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Release Week: Gibson, Faber, Rothfuss, Martin, Rice, Shiner, and! Mieville

OCTOBER 22-28, 2014: What was already an absolutely packed release week for concurrent new releases (Gibson, Faber, Rothfuss, Martin, Rice) and already with one back-list gem (Lewis Shiner’s Frontera) includes the magnificent surprise of China Mieville’s The Scar and Iron Council finally coming to US … Continue reading

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Release Week: Bears Discover Fire, The Quick, Rogues, The Fever, high-end sf sequels, and Luke Daniels, Luke Daniels, Luke Daniels

JUNE 11-17, 2014: There is an absolute avalanche of outstanding audio this week, comprised mostly of audiobooks we’ve been anticipating for a good while now, but led by a breathtaking surprise: Terry Bisson’s 1993 collection Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories. There’s … Continue reading

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Top 25 most-anticipated books of June 2014

Everyone has their own lists, but here’s ours: what we’re most looking forward to this month, in chronological order of release, with audiobook information if we know about it. (I tried holding the list to 10 as I managed for last month’s … Continue reading

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Release Week: Dangerous Women, Ian Tregillis’ Something More Than Night, Helen Marshall’s Hair Side, Flesh Side, and John Gwynne’s Malice

NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 3, 2013: While there’s still no sign of Nicola Griffith’s Hild — read like the wind, Ms. Flosnick! — we still get another fantastic week of audiobooks, including the latest GRRM/Dozois anthology, a Kirkus year’s-best-listed new standalone novel … Continue reading

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Release Week: The Twelve, Bowl of Heaven, Roadside Picnic, and George R.R. Martin

Vampires and aliens are featured in two new highly-anticipated books in this mid-October release week, and aliens and vampires are also featured in new audiobooks of highly-regarded books published in past years. The Twelve by Justin Cronin, read by Scott … Continue reading

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Audible “Win-Win” $4.95 sale, through Sep 18

A members-only sale at Audible, this one dubbed Win-Win, with $4.95 titles running through September 18. The sale page sorts out titles by author last name groupings, so here is my scan-through for interesting titles:       LONGER LIST … Continue reading

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World Fantasy Awards 2012 nominees announced

The nominees for the 2012 World Fantasy Awards have been announced, and all five of the novels on the final ballot are available in audio. Let me run them down for you:       Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman … Continue reading

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