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The AudioBookaneers pick their favorite audiobooks of 2014

Well, it’s (past) that time of year again: time for Dave and I to look back on a year in listening. We laughed, we cried, we cheered, we jeered, we stayed up well into the night for these audiobooks. It seems … Continue reading

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Release Week: Kameron Hurley’s The Mirror Empire, Steven Erikson’s Willful Child, Daryl Gregory’s Pandemonium, and Tad Williams’ Otherland

OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 4, 2014: Breathtakingly imaginative epic fantasy, sarcastic star-crossing science fiction, a demon possession pandemic, and multiverse-spanning virtual realities make for a fantastic release week of concurrent and backlist new audiobooks this week to start November. It’s a packed week … Continue reading

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Release Week(s): World of Trouble, Land of Love and Drowning, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Half a King, The Outsorcerer’s Apprentice, Blightborn, and Kaiju Rising

JULY 9-29, 2014: Covering three weeks worth of releases in mid-to-late July, with picks including a terrific ending to Ben H. Winters’ The Last Policeman trilogy, new standalone epic fantasy, magical realism, near-future sf, comedic high fantasy, CornPunk, and a Kickstarter-funded anthology … Continue reading

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Whispersync Monthly Deals for June 2014: Ben Winters, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Hill, Marcus Sakey, Elmore Leonard, and more (updated June 5!)

June is here, and along with it another crop of monthly Kindle deals, including quite a few fantastic titles with inexpensive Whispersync for Voice upgrades to the Audible editions. Here are the eight titles which most caught my eye:   … Continue reading

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Whispersync Deal Roundup: Patrick Rothfuss, Jonathan Maberry, Ben H. Winters, Gail Z. Martin, and more

Friday, March 21, 2014: Well, since my last big roundup (based on SFSignal’s excellent monthly peek into discount Kindle listings) a new crop of titles to check out has gone on sale in a slightly roundabout way. Let’s follow the … Continue reading

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Whispersync Daily Deal: Celebromancy, Clive Barker’s The Books of Blood, House of Bathory, and Cassandra Rose Clarke’s The Assassin’s Curse

Friday, January 24, 2014: Four more deals to share today, starting with Celebromancy: Ree Reyes, Book 2 by Michael R. Underwood, narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal for Audible Frontiers, book two in the series after Geekomancy and on sale for $1.99 Kindle, … Continue reading

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Release Week: Unfettered, Bloodchild and Other Stories, The Unreal and the Real, Dirty Magic, Snowblind, The Séance, A.C. Crispin’s StarBridge, and Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn

JANUARY 15-21, 2014: This week brings an absolute feast for lovers of short stories, with picks including the star-studded Unfettered anthology and two collections, Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild and Other Stories and Ursula Le Guin’s The Unreal and the Real. In … Continue reading

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2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

Via Locus Online, the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced [with DRM-free audiobook editions linked where available]: A Calculated Life, Anne Charnock (47North) — Brilliance Audio, narrated by Susan Duerden [MP3-CD] The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, Cassandra Rose … Continue reading

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