Audible's "Holiday Relief Sale" includes titles from Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Robert J. Sawyer, and more

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Audible's "Holiday Relief Sale" includes titles from Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Robert J. Sawyer, and more

Posted on 2011-12-29 at 16:08 by Sam

Audible’s $9.95 Holiday Relief sale goes through January 3, and while there’s a breakout for Fiction the list of 75 titles there isn’t broken down further into genre categories. So, along with a few others that catch my eye:

Split Infinity: Apprentice Adept Series, Book 1 by Piers Anthony Narrated by Traber Burns for Audible Frontiers
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Jane Austen, Steve Hockensmith Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
Orion: Orion Series, Book 1 by Ben Bova Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki for Audible Frontiers
Moon Called: Mercy Thompson, Book 1 by Patricia Briggs Narrated by Lorelei King
Young Readers/Short: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Narrated by Jim Dale
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke Narrated by Peter Ganim, with an introduction by Robert J. Sawyer
Historical fiction: Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell Narrated by Charles Keating
Non-genre: The Sisters Brothers: A Novel by Patrick deWitt Narrated by John Pruden — this “Western picaresque” took the #1 spot on the Washington Post’s best audiobooks of the year
Thriller: Rain Storm: John Rain Thrillers by Barry Eisler Narrated by Brian Nishii
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Narrated by Martin Jarvis — the four “horsemen” of the apocalypse ride to end the world
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson Narrated by Jonathan Davis for Audible Frontiers
The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind Narrated by Mark Deakins
Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1 by Charlaine Harris Narrated by Johanna Parker
Historical fiction: Pompeii by Robert Harris Narrated by Steven Pacey — one of Robert J. Sawyer’s favorite audiobooks
The Trial by Franz Kafka, translated by David Whiting, Narrated by Rupert Degas
C by Tom McCarthy Narrated by Stephen Hoye — 2010 novel which was both a finalist for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, dealing with “technology and mourning”
Solar by Ian McEwan Narrated by Roger Allam — an aging physicist tries to battle global warming
Non-genre: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Narrated by James Yaegashi
Non-genre: Rant by Chuck Palahniuk — a story told through vignettes from multiple points of view
Nation by Terry Pratchett Narrated by Stephen Briggs — survivors of a catastrophic tsunami confront the aftermath, ancestral spirits, and death himself
Non-genre: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon Narrated by George Wilson
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer Narrated by Mark Boyett for Audible Frontiers
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu and Erin McGuire Narrated by Kirby Heyborne — a modern-day retelling of The Snow Queen
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Narrated by Jay Snyder
Non-genre: Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel by S. J. Watson Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy — a woman loses her memory every time she goes to sleep
Non-Fiction: Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson Narrated by Dion Graham

Audible's "Holiday Relief Sale" includes titles from Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Robert J. Sawyer, and more

Audible's "Holiday Relief Sale" includes titles from Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Robert J. Sawyer, and more

Posted on 2011-12-29 at 16:08 by Sam

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