Release Week: Stephen King's The Stand; Reese, Kittredge, and Simmons; Zebrowski, Gunn, and Lieber
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Coming in at nearly 48 hours, the big title this audiobook release week is The Stand By Stephen King, narrated by Grover Gardner for Random House Audio:
Not only is the recording unabridged, it’s the “complete and uncut” version of King’s classic post-apocalyptic tale, “includ[ing] more than 500 pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation.” First published in it’s “abbreviated” (yet still doorstopping) form in 1978 and nominated for a World Fantasy award, Books on Tape released a two-part audio cassette version in 1987, read by Gardner, long out of “print”.
ALSO OUT TUESDAY:
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Cave of Stars (1999)
By George Zebrowski Narrated by Joe Barrett for Audible Frontiers — ”Old Earth is gone. Humanity has been scattered to the stars. Some left their dying planet in spaceship arks, in search of new worlds to inhabit. Others, nanoengineered for near-immortality, explore the far reaches of interstellar space in gargantuan macrolife mobiles. An earthlike human society endures on the einvironmentally volatile planet of Tau Ceti IV—a rigid community of the faithful that has declared evil the science that caused the homeworld’s destruction.”
- Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, from Brilliance Audio on Feb 14 — the 2011 Audible production comes to physical media
- This Fortress World (1955) by James E. Gunn, narrated by Nick Sullivan for Audible Frontiers — ” takes place in the far future of our galaxy, when countless civilizations have risen and fallen, leaving only their marvelous scientific achievements as legacy to those worlds that have now fallen into a new Dark Age.”
- YR: Above World By Jenn Reese Narrated By Kate Rudd (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)
- YR: The Nightmare Garden: The Iron Codex, Book 2 By Caitlin Kittredge Narrated By Katie MacNichol for Listening Library (Delacorte)
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OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK:
- The Dreamers (1981) by James E. Gunn, read by Edoardo Ballerini for Audible Frontiers — ” It’s an age where high-tech rules supreme. Computers do all the work while humans spend their lives enjoying drug-induced fantasies. Only a handful live and work in the traditional sense - managing the few affairs that still need attention. At the center of this system is the Mnemonist, the man who directs everything that happens. But now he has reached an advanced age and must carefully choose a dreamer capable of taking over his crucial position.”
- Wild Thing: A Novel By Josh Bazell, Narrated by Robert Petkoff and Stephanie Wolfe — Series: Dr. Peter Brown, Book 2
- Pure By Julianna Baggott, Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Collins, and Casey Holloway for Hachette Audio
- I, Robot: To Protect By Mickey Zucker Reichert, Narrated by Alma Cuervo for Recorded Books
- Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 4 By Poul Anderson, Ben Bova, Fredric Brown, Philip K. Dick, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Robert Sheckley, Clifford Simak, and more, narrated by Jim Roberts, Cindy Killavey, and Emmett Casey for Jimcin Recordings
- YA: Article 5 By Kirsten Simmons, Narrated by Jenny Ikeda for Recorded Books — a near-future dystopian novel published in print earlier this year by Tor Teen.
- The Fourth Wall by Walter Jon Williams (Orbit, Feb 13, 2012) — third in a series
- When We Were Executioners by J. M. McDermott (Night Shade Books,Feb 14, 2012) — sequel to 2011’s Never Knew Another
- Non-genre: Available Dark: A Crime Novel by Elizabeth Hand (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne, 14 Feb 12) — no audio news
- Ashes of Candesce: Book Five of Virga by Karl Schroeder (Tor, Feb 14, 2012)
- Thief’s Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell (Pyr, Feb 14, 2012)
- Anthology: Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic edited by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo and Chris N. Brown (Small Beer Press, Feb 14, 2012)
- From the Deep of the Dark (Jackelian 6) by Stephen Hunt (Harper Voyager, Feb 16, 2012)
- YA: The Galahad Legacy by Dom Testa (Tor Teen, Feb 14, 2012) — concludes Testa’s ya sf series — “Council leader Triana Martell has returned from her journey through the mysterious wormhole, but she isn’t alone. She is accompanied by the ambassador of an alien race—the Dollovit.”
- Collection: Upon the Dull Earth and Other Stories By Philip K. Dick, Narrated by William Coon for Eloquent Voice, LLC — a short (4.5 hours) collection, comprising five stories, all first published in 1954.
NEXT WEEK (Feb 21):
- Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon (Brilliance Audio, 21 Feb 2012) — simultaneously released with the hardcover
- Satantango by László Krasznahorkai and translated by George Szirtes(New Directions, Feb 21, 2012)
- Non-genre: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl (Coming February 21, 2012) — The Civil War is over, and MIT is founded…
- Non-genre: Stirred by J. A. Conrath and Blake Crouch, from Brilliance Audio (2/21/2012)
- Exogene by T. C. McCarthy, read by Bahni Turpin for Blackstone Audio (Orbit, 28 Feb 12) — sequel to 2011’s Germline
- The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit, Feb 21, 2012)
- The Legend of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron (Orbit, Feb 24) — no audio news
TWO WEEKS (Feb 28):
- Arctic Rising by Tobias S. Buckell (Tor, Feb 28, 2012) — coming to audio from Audible Frontiers, read by Dina Pearlman
- Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper (Tor, Feb 28, 2012) — a well-received fantasy published in the UK last year
- The Scar by Sergey Dyachenko and Marina Dyachenko (Feb 28, 2012) — no audio news
- YA: Pandemonium (Delirium) by Lauren Oliver (Feb 28, 2012) — sequel to Delirium
- Kings of Morning (Macht Trilogy) by Paul Kearney (Solaris, Feb 28, 2012) — no audio news
- Dancing With Bears by Michael Swanwick (Audible, Feb 28, 2012) — originally published by Night Shade Books on May 17, 2011, coming to audiobook on Feb 28 (along with 4 other Swanwick novels)
- Non-genre: Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (Coming February 28, 2012) — jazz in the time between world wars — coming to audio per Audible.com’s “Coming Soon” list
- Touchstone (Glass Thorns) by Melanie Rawn (Tor, Feb 28, 2012) — no audio news
- Dead Harvest by Chris F. Holm (Angry Robot, Feb 28, 2012) — no audio news
- Carpathia by Matt Forbeck (Angry Robot, Feb 28, 2012) — coming to audio June 1 from Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio
- The Kingdoms of Dust (The Necromancer Chronicles) by Amanda Downum (Orbit, Feb 28, 2012) — no audio news
- Collection: The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories by Andy Duncan (PS Publishing, February 2012) — no audio news
- Unruly Islands by Liz Henry (Aqueduct, February 2012) — no audio news
- Non-fiction: The History of Supernatural Fiction, Volume 1 by S. T. Joshi (PS Publishing, February 2012) — no audio news
- Mare Ultimate by Alex Irvine (novella, PS publishing, February) — no audio news
- The Ruined City by Paula Brandon (Spectra, February 28) — sequel to October 2011’s The Traitor’s Daughter — Paula Brandon’s epic and captivating trilogy continues as magic and mystery wreak havoc with the very fabric of existence.
