Page 2 of posts published in: 2011/12

2011 in review, 2 of 4: What I missed.

Posted on 2011-12-19 at 18:26 by Sam

This is the second of four posts looking back at 2011 in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. I started with my year in listening and continue here with a look into what I missed. Next I’ll gripe at the world with my list of the most missing audiobooks of the year — those books I wanted to listen to but for which there was no audiobook. Lastly, I’ll lay out my picks for the year’s best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. But now! What I missed.

The full list of titles which came out in 2011 which

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Interview: Robert J. Sawyer on Audible, Triggers, and more

Posted on 2011-12-19 at 16:12 by Sam

Award-winning Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer is not just the author of a long list of audiobooks (from FlashForward, from which the recent television series was adapted, to his Neanderthal Parallax series Hominids, Humans, and Hybrids, to his most recent series, WWW: Wake, Watch, and Wonder, and several standalone novels besides) he’s also a great fan of audiobooks and of Audible.com, having been a member for over ten years. He’s also narrated several introduction to classic science

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2011 in review, 1 of 4: My year in listening. (70 audiobooks, if you're counting.)

Posted on 2011-12-15 at 20:13 by Sam

This is the first of four posts looking back at 2011 in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. I’m going to start with my year in listening, continue with a look into what I missed, and then gripe at the world with my list of the most missing audiobooks of the year — those books I wanted to listen to but for which there was no audiobook. Lastly, I’ll lay out my picks for the year’s best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. But first! My year in listening.

I have never read as much as I have this year

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Random House Audio releases a new production of George R. R. Martin's A Feast for Crows, this time narrated by Roy Dotrice

Posted on 2011-12-15 at 16:07 by Sam

Well, this one catches me flat-footed and flabbergasted as to how I missed knowing about it ahead of time, but Random House Audio has released a new production of A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 4 by George R.R. Martin, this time narrated by the narrator of the original productions of books 1, 2, 3, and 5, Roy Dotrice:

In 2005, a scheduling conflict kept Dotrice from narrating the original production, A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book IV, for which John Lee filled in quite

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The Guilded Earlobe picks its Top 20 Audiobooks for 2011

Posted on 2011-12-15 at 15:39 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe picks its Top 20 Audiobooks for 2011

And there’s a bunch, bunch that I didn’t get to this year — I’ve loved following Bob’s reviews and look forward to discussing audiobooks with him in 2012 as well. One of the reasons I picked up The Passage was its appearance on his 2010 list, and I’m sure I’ll get to at least a few of the audiobooks on his 2011 list along the way in 2012. But there’s no way I can keep up with his overall listening — 165 audiobooks? REALLY!?

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Iambik Audiobooks also has some Small Beer Press titles in production

Posted on 2011-12-14 at 21:20 by Sam

When putting together my notes for my post about ChiZine Publications titles coming to audio, I noticed that Iambik Audiobooks — a fantastic independent publisher which is really putting out some great short and medium length titles — also had recently published a title from (speaking of fantastic and independent) Small Beer Press. That title is Couch by Benjamin Parzybok, but (with absolutely no offense meant to Parzybok!) it’s the fact that a relationship between Small Beer and Iambik is building which

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Rhiannon Frater's The First Days

Posted on 2011-12-14 at 14:44 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Rhiannon Frater's The First Days

“Genre: Zombie Apocalypse. Quick Thoughts: The First Days is an action filled, fast paced tale of a Zombie Apocalypse, that gives its props to Romero but also adds its own unique spin on the genre. Despite having my next few audiobook selections mapped out, I was very tempted to start the next book in the trilogy, Fighting to Survive, right away.”

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Audiobook release Tuesday: Two from Neil Gaiman Presents; Elizabeth Hand's "Generation Loss"; Tom Clancy; "The Leopard"; "The Broken Ones"; and "Rebellion"

Posted on 2011-12-13 at 20:49 by Sam

Neil Gaiman Presents returns today with two new audiobooks. The first is Viriconium By M. John Harrison Narrated by Simon Vance. It’s the second Harrison audiobook for Gaiman’s line, after Light, and with a big-time narrator in Vance (The Prestige, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Interview with the Vampire, The Third Reich, Casino Royale, The Steel Remains) to boot. A few words from Neil on Viriconium: ”Viriconium is three novles and a short story collection, spanning much of M. John Harrison’s illustrious

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews A. Lee Martinez's MONSTER

Posted on 2011-12-12 at 17:56 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews A. Lee Martinez's MONSTER

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Untitled

Posted on 2011-12-10 at 01:31 by Sam

Received: Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, narrated by Scott Brick for Macmillan Audio, Jan 3, 2012: “83 years after the last thinking machines were destroyed in The Battle of Corrin, great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind. … [A] riveting science fiction epic that explores the growing contest between Reason and Faith.” Audio excerpt available at the link.

Also pictured: Link, stoically observing the desert that is an area rug.

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