Audible.com’s Semi-Annual Half-Price Sale lists 1000+ titles, ending April 27 at Noon ET. Organized into the major categories, there’s helpfully a Sci-Fi and Fantasy listing, but it’s quite a doozy at 131 results. So! Here’s my usual rundown of the (too many, still) titles which caught my eye with a (somewhat) shorter list of PICKs:
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by , Narrated by — 10 hrs and 18 mins — the basis for an upcoming feature film by the “co-author” of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- PICK: The Road by , Narrated by — 6 hrs and 39 mins — this is one of my all-time favorite audiobooks; done amazingly by Stechschulte, a story of a father and son making their way across a post-apocalyptic wasteland of cannibals and ash, ash, and more ash
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by , Narrated by — 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Fool Moon: The Dresden Files, Book 2 by , Narrated by James Marsters —Death Masks: The Dresden Files, Book 5, Blood Rites: The Dresden Files, Book 6, Dead Beat: The Dresden Files, Book 7, Proven Guilty: The Dresden Files, Book 8, White Night: The Dresden Files, Book 9, Small Favor: The Dresden Files, Book 10, Turn Coat: The Dresden Files, Book 11, Changes: The Dresden Files, Book 12, and Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files
- And if that’s not enough Butcher for you, there’s also the Narrated by Furies of Calderon: Codex Alera, Book 1, Academ’s Fury: Codex Alera, Book 2, Cursor’s Fury: Codex Alera, Book 3, Captain’s Fury: Codex Alera, Book 4, Princeps’ Fury: Codex Alera, Book 5, and First Lord’s Fury: Codex Alera, Book 6
- Best Served Cold by , Narrated by — 27 hrs and 32 mins — as I get ready for the return of Logen Ninefingers in this fall’s The Red Country (Orbit) I’m more tempted to pick up the follow-ons to Abercrombie’s excellent trilogy
- The End of Eternity by , Narrated by — 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Ragamuffin by , Narrated by — 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Wild Seed by , Narrated by — 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Heartless: The Parasol Protectorate, the Fourth by Gail Carriger, Narrated by Emily Gray — Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 4
- A Fall of Moondust by , Narrated by — 8 hrs and 7 mins
- The Fall: Book Two of the Strain Trilogy by , Narrated by
- When Gravity Fails: Marid Audran Trilogy, Book 1 by , Narrated by — Length:11 hrs and 54 mins
- Shades of Grey by , Narrated by — Length:13 hrs and 34 mins
- For Love of Mother-Not: A Pip & Flinx Adventure by , Narrated by
- Dragonfly in Amber by , Narrated by — Length:38 hrs and 58 mins
- Tigana by , Narrated by — Length:24 hrs and 50 mins
- Collection: Burning Chrome by , Narrated by — Length:7 hrs and 7 mins
- PICK: Zero History by , Narrated by — Length:13 hrs and 14 mins
- PICK: Neuromancer by , Narrated by — Length:10 hrs and 30 mins
- Pattern Recognition by , Narrated by — Length:10 hrs and 7 mins
- Stone of Tears: Sword of Truth, Book 2 by , Narrated by
- 7th Sigma by , Narrated by — Length:9 hrs and 27 mins
- PICK: The Forever War by , Narrated by — Length:9 hrs and 19 mins
- Judas Unchained by , Narrated by — Length:40 hrs and 59 mins
- Beyond This Horizon by , Narrated by — Length:7 hrs and 39 mins
- Dune: House Corrino: House Trilogy, Book 3 by , Narrated by — Length:24 hrs and 8 mins — I’ve listened to Brick’s narration of the most recent Dune book, Sisterhood of Dune, and found it quite well done
- The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by , Narrated by — Length:18 hrs
- The Eyes of the Dragon by , Narrated by — Length:10 hrs and 18 mins
- PICK: Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners by , Narrated by — Length:10 hrs and 54 mins
- His Master’s Voice by , Narrated by — Length:9 hrs and 17 mins
- PICK: The Summoner: Chronicles of the Necromancer, Book 1 by , Narrated by Length:17 hrs and 32 mins — revenants and “The Crone”, a well-realized epic fantasy world of political and spectral intrigue and action and full of fun characters, to boot
- PICK: The Curse of Chalion by , Narrated by — Length:18 hrs and 27 mins
- The Riddle-Master of Hed: Riddle-Master Trilogy, Book 1 by , Narrated by — Length:7 hrs and 35 mins
- Sheepfarmer’s Daughter: The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1 by , Narrated by — Length:15 hrs and 53 mins
- Altered Carbon by , Narrated by — Length:17 hrs and 10 mins — if I hadn’t already picked this one up on a previous sale, I would probably take this chance to start the series
- The Moon Maze Game: A Dream Park Novel by , Narrated by — Length:11 hrs and 14 mins
- PICK: The Prestige by , Narrated by — Length:12 hrs and 19 mins — a different experience than the (well done) film, and one of the experienced and talented Vance’s most favorite narrations
- The Prefect by , Narrated by — Length:19 hrs and 43 mins
- PICK: Red Mars by , Narrated by — Length:23 hrs and 52 mins — though even half-priced it’s more than the cost of a credit
- Idlewild by , Narrated by — Length:8 hrs and 10 mins
- Warbreaker by , Narrated by — Length:24 hrs and 46 mins
- WWW: Wake by , Narrated by — Length:12 hrs and 13 mins
- The Android’s Dream by , Narrated by — Length:10 hrs and 34 mins
- The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break: A Novel by , Narrated by — Length:9 hrs and 4 mins
- Suldrun’s Garden: Lyonesse: Book 1 by , Narrated by — Length:18 hrs and 49 mins
- Exiled: Clan of the Claw, Book One by , Narrated by — Length:11 hrs and 47 mins
- The Day of the Triffids by , Narrated by — Length:7 hrs and 37 mins
Some titles from the “Kids & Teens” category:
- The Child Thief by , Narrated by — Length:19 hrs and 40 mins
- The Fourth Apprentice: Warriors: Omen of the Stars, Book 1 by , Narrated by — Length:8 hrs and 14 mins — Fading Echoes: Warriors: Omen of the Stars, Book 2 and Night Whispers: Warriors: Omen of the Stars, Book 3
- The Magic Thief by , Narrated by — Length:7 hrs and 32 mins — along with The Magic Thief: Lost and The Magic Thief: Found
- Shiver by , Narrated by — Length:10 hrs and 43 mins
And lastly some titles from the “Fiction” category:
- PICK: Anthology: Stories: All-New Tales by , Narrated by — Length:18 hrs and 16 mins — what you lose (and you do lose a little) by missing out on the print version (the stair-step formatting for Joe Hill’s story for example) is well-balanced by the narrations of Davis and Kellgren; while perhaps the anthology as a whole does not live up to Gaiman’s bold introduction (“… but what happens next?”) it’s one of the upper-echelon essential anthologies of the well-stocked 2010
- PICK: The Taker by , Narrated by — Length:14 hrs and 48 mins — certainly a genre novel, with a great narrative frame quite literally made for the audio format
- The Four Fingers of Death by , Narrated by — Length:27 hrs and 52 mins
- Nog by , Narrated by — Length:5 hrs and 1 min
