Page 2 of posts published in: 2012/04

Joining Literate Housewife's The Silence of Trees Listen-A-Long

Posted on 2012-04-04 at 15:31 by Sam

Link: Joining Literate Housewife's The Silence of Trees Listen-A-Long

I’ve seen narrator Xe Sands name come up on a few titles I’m interested in listening to (most recently The Vanishers) and along comes an audiobook listen-a-long for The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, narrated by Sands for Iambik:

And the “listen-a-long” includes a 20% discount code as well. So: join along!

Posted in link | Tagged iambik, literate housewife, the silence of trees, xe sands

Release Week: Triggers, David Drake, Kim Stanley Robinson, Girl Genius, and more

Posted on 2012-04-04 at 12:00 by Sam

The release week for Tuesday, April 3 is led by the release of Triggers By Robert J. Sawyer, Narrated by Jeff Woodman for Audible Frontiers: ”On the eve of a secret military operation, an assassin’s bullet strikes President Seth Jerrison. He is rushed to the hospital, where surgeons struggle to save his life. At the same hospital, researcher Dr. Ranjip Singh is experimenting with a device that can erase traumatic memories. Then a terrorist bomb detonates. In the operating room, the president suffers cardiac

Posted in regular, Release Week | Tagged david drake, jeff woodman, kim stanley robinson, phil and kaja foglio, release week, robert j sawyer, triggers

Listening Report: March 2012

Posted on 2012-04-03 at 19:16 by Sam

Six audiobooks this month, down from eight last month, this time heavily skewed toward sf (5) over fantasy (1):

REVIEWS:

• To Marry Medusa By Theodore Sturgeon, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki for Blackstone Audio — Rudnicki’s a fan of Sturgeon’s, and I’ve heard him on More Than Human which, along with To Marry Medusa, explores the idea of emergent parapsychology. It’s a reminder that, along with Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End, science fiction (and science) actually took telepathy quite seriously

Posted in Sam's Monthly Listening Report | Tagged a door into ocean, arctic rising, james sa corey, jay snyder, jefferson mays, joan slonczewski, leviathan wakes, mm buckner, monthly listening report, rosalyn landor, simon vance, stefan rudnicki, the gravity pilot, the stress of her regard, theodore sturgeon, tim powers, to marry medusa, tobias s buckell

News: Wil Wheaton to narrate John Scalzi's Redshirts

Posted on 2012-04-02 at 20:10 by Sam

Link: News: Wil Wheaton to narrate John Scalzi's Redshirts

Quoth the Scalzi: “I can tell you this now that it is not April Fools Day and you will believe me.” — Wil Wheaton will narrate the audiobook version of Redshirts:

And the news was confirmed by Wheaton on Twitter, where he added, “I’m super proud of it.”

Meanwhile, I’m still a-twitter over @wilw’s retweeting of my own April Fool’s joke, which even included speculation as to why this wasn’t already announced, as, yes, Scalzi says, “If ever there

Posted in link | Tagged john scalzi, redshirts, wil wheaton

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Posted on 2012-04-02 at 19:46 by Sam

neil-gaiman:

Yesterday was the birthday of one of my favorite living writers. He’s someone whose words have made a huge impression on me, whose stories made me dream and want to be a writer myself.

He’s Samuel R. Delany, Chip to his friends. This is a photo taken of him yesterday afternoon, on his 70th birthday, by Kyle Cassidy.

I don’t have many heroes left.

Happy Birthday for yesterday, Chip.

And his new book Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders is finally coming out this month. Also: Kyle

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Breaking news: Wil Wheaton to narrate John Scalzi's fantasy trilogy Shadow War of the Night Dragon

Posted on 2012-04-02 at 07:38 by Sam

April 1, 2012: Already today it was announced that Tor is set to publish a Manga adaptation of bestselling author John Scalzi’s bestselling and award-winning fantasy trilogy Shadow War of the Night Dragon, with artist Madeleine Rosca on illustration duties:

While this is fantastic news for fans of the series, here at the Audible SF/F blog we have the inside scoop on an exclusive announcement: Macmillan Audio has reached an agreement with Wil Wheaton to narrate the entire trilogy in audio. Inside

Posted in April 1 | Tagged brrrrrreaking news, john scalzi, wil wheaton