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Dave reviews: The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley, read by Susan Duerden

Posted on 2013-01-16 at 1:44 by Sam

The Rook, by Daniel O’Malley, read by Susan Duerden for Dreamscape

 Review by Dave Thompson:

Imagine if J.K. Rowling had decided to do a Ministry of Magic novel and you’ve basically got the set-up for The Rook.

The Rook has a little bit of everything in it: It’s as if O’Malley took some of the best (and worst) tropes from the last 20 years of genre fiction, tossed them into a blender with his own special ingredients, and served up a tasty little cocktail with fruit and an umbrella. It starts off a bit

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Posted in reviews | Tagged daniel o'malley, dave thompson, dreamscape, susan duerden, the rook

Listening report: July 2012

Posted on 2012-10-02 at 13:57 by Sam

After ending a run of eight audiobooks in my June listening with the amazing The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, I listened to seven audiobooks in August, with Michael J. Sullivan’s Theft of Swords, Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook, and G. Willow Wilson’s Alif the Unseen being the outstanding listens.

     

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Posted in Sam's Monthly Listening Report | Tagged alif the unseen, Carlos Fuentes, earth unaware, into the black, james maxey, john scalzi, michael j sullivan, monthly listening report, orson scott card, the rook, theft of swords

Audiobook release day: Daniel O'Malley's The Rook and Gail Carriger's Timeless: The Parasol Protectorate, the Fifth

Posted on 2012-03-02 at 2:58 by Sam

March 1 brings with it two much-anticipated audiobooks, though also sees the print publication of a few books I’d love to see/hear in audio.

First up among those anticipated audiobooks is The Rook: A Novel By Daniel O’MalleyNarrated by Susan Duerden for Hachette Audio (Dreamscape) — O’Malley’s debut was published in hardcover and e-book by Little, Brown and Company on January 11, and it was on both my radar and my “where’s the audio?” list, put onto the former by TIME magazine book editor (and author of T

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Posted in regular | Tagged daniel o'malley, dreamscape, gail carriger, hachette audio, release day, the rook, timeless