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The Guilded Earlobe reviews The Night Eternal by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Posted on 2011-12-02 at 15:10 by Sam
Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews The Night Eternal by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
“Quick Thoughts: The Night Eternal, and the Strain trilogy in total, may not live up entirely to what I expected, but if you can trudge through the rough patches early in the novel you will be rewarded with a well plotted final confrontation which leaves the series on a high note.”
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A great list of ChiZine Publications books are coming to audio
Posted on 2011-12-02 at 13:10 by Sam
As a postscript to unrelated correspondence, I complained to CZP co-publisher Brett Savory that I wanted to see more audiobooks of CZP titles. Well, I should have been paying better attention, as there’s not one but two audiobook publishers working on CZP titles.
Firstly, the folks at Iambik Audiobooks have already produced the first of five CZP titles they have in the pipeline:
Chasing the Dragon by Nicholas Kaufmann is narrated by Alex Foster, and should go live at Audible.com soon — through it’s already
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A narrator in need: Jay Snyder
Posted on 2011-12-02 at 01:02 by Sam
Via a Twitter post, narrator Oliver Wyman (The Children of the Sky, Gateway, Finch, …) shares that:
Michal Friedman lost her life delivering twins last week. Please make a donation to help Jay Snyder raise his children: http://sgp.cm/c60302
Jay Snyder is both the narrator for 81 audiobooks at Audible.com, as well as the father of newborn twins. Tragically, his wife died shortly after giving birth last Friday:
Michal Lura Friedman lost her life on Friday, November 25, 2011 in New York City, due toRead more...
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Neil Gaiman blogs some thoughts on "Audiobooks: A Cautionary Tale"
Posted on 2011-12-01 at 21:40 by Sam
Link: Neil Gaiman blogs some thoughts on "Audiobooks: A Cautionary Tale"
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Audible.com release day: Peter F. Hamilton's 1993 debut novel Mindstar Rising
Posted on 2011-12-01 at 20:42 by Sam
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Audible.com unveils its audiobooks of the year: Editors' Picks and Customer Favorites, and more
Posted on 2011-12-01 at 17:28 by Sam
Picking Stephen King’s 11-22-63: A Novel as its Audiobook of the Year, Audible.com also unveils its lineup of the Best of 2011 in various categories, along with naming Lorelei King as the Narrator of the Year based on customer ratings, providing several lists of selections by editors, and even identifying the site’s Most Helpful Reviewer and Most Followed Reviewer. (I worry that this might lead to competitive reviewers refraining from following other popular reviewers, or marking reviews as helpful, but
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