Audiobook release week, 27 December 2011
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Audiobook release week, 27 December 2011
Posted on 2011-12-28 at 4:0 by Sam
A quiet final Tuesday for 2011 sees a handful of urban fantasy releases, along with the self-published The Circle of Sorcerers: A Mages of Bloodmyr Novel: Book #1 By Narrated by Late Nite Books:
An attractive cover for a mid-length (8 hours) opening novel pitting priests against sorcerers, vying for control over elemental magic.
OUT PREVIOUSLY THIS WEEK:
- The Parting: An O.C.L.T. Novel By Narrated by Crossroad Press — ”the first full length novel of the O.C.L.T. - the Orphic Crisis Logistical Taskforce”
- Short: Chasing the Dragon By Narrated by Centuries ago, St. George fought and killed a dragon - or so the legend goes. The truth is somewhat different. George failed in his mission, and the Dragon still walks the Earth, protected by an undead army, hiding in the shadows and slaughtering men, women, and children for its prey. Each of George’s descendants through time has been tasked with killing the Dragon, and each has failed. Twenty-five-year-old Georgia Quincey is the last of the line - the last, best hope for defeating the Dragon once and for all.”
- Very short: Unfallen By Narrated by Hachette Audio — ” Falling in love with the teenage Antichrist is dangerous, in this short story from New York Times best-selling author Lilith Saintcrow.”
MISSING IN ACTION:
- Empire State by Adam Christopher (Dec 27, Angry Robot) — “Adam Christopher’s debut novel is a noir, Philip K Dick-ish science fiction superhero story… As captivating as a kaleidoscope… just feel it in all its weird glory.” - Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother
- The Demi-Monde: Winter: A Novel (The Demi-Monde Saga) by Rod Rees (Dec 27, 2011, William Morrow) — published early this year by Quercus in the UK
- City of Light and Shadow: City of a Hundred Rows, Book 3 by Ian Whates (Dec 27, 2011, Angry Robot)
- Collection: Gothic High-Tech by Bruce Sterling (Dec 31, 2011, Subterranean Press)
- Short: All About Emily by Connie Willis and illustrated by J. K. Potter (Dec 31, 2011, Subterranean)
NEXT WEEK (Jan 3):
- Stellarnet Rebel by J.L. Hilton to be released by Harlequin imprint Carina Press in e-book and at Audible.com — interstellar cyberpunk thriller I talked about and linked to previously here at Audible SF/F
- Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson (Hardcover - Jan 3, 2012) — audiobook edition read by Robertson Dean coming January 17 from Tantor Audio — a collection of Gibson’s essays and non-fiction, one of TIME magazine book editor Lev Grossman’s “Seven books I’m looking forward to in 2012”
- Cate Tiernan’s second book in her Immortal Beloved series, Darkness Falls, to be published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Hachette Audio
- Winterling by Sarah Prineas (Jan 3, 2012)
- Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer — YA? link via Tor.com to USA Today article with excerpt: http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2011-11-01/exclusive-excerpt-of-cinder-by-marissa-meyer/560252/1 and Tor.com hosts a prequel short story
- Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, read by Scott Brick for Macmillan Audio (January 3)
- City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore — from Library Journal: Stephen Blackmore brings his crime-writing background to January 2012’s City of the Lost (DAW), a first-person noir about a Los Angeles thug turned zombie
- Working for the Devil (Dante Valetine Series) by Lilith Saintcrow, read by Tanya Eby for Brilliance Audio (Jan 1) — 2006 urban fantasy novel, first in a series
- The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney (January 5, 2012)
TWO WEEKS (Jan 10, 2012):
- The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett (Small Beer Press, Jan 10, 2012) — no audio news
- Short: Mile 81 by Stephen King (January 10, 2012) — on Audible.com’s “Coming Soon” calendar
- YR: The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill, read by Luke Daniels for Amazon.com’s Brilliance Audio (Jan 10) — originally published in August 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Daniel O’Malley, The Rook (January 11) — via Lev Grossman’s most anticipated books of 2012, I still haven’t looked into audio news yet