Page 2 of posts published in: 2012/07

Release week: Alif the Unseen; Guy Gavriel Kay; Alexei Panshin; White Trash Zombies; Prince of Thorns; and more

Posted on 2012-07-04 at 01:21 by Sam

While the first release week in July isn’t headlined with new star-powered releases — those might be found in the “seen but not heard” section, including a new Charles Stross “Laundry Files” novel — there are a few intriguing new titles along with another round of new Audible Frontiers productions of previously well-received novels.

The title that most intrigues me this week is shelved in the Mysteries/Thrillers section, but with both some near future cyberthriller elements, and supernatural fantasy

Posted in regular, Release Week | Tagged alexei panshin, alif the unseen, guy gavriel kay, release week, stefan rudnicki

Listening Report: May 2012

Posted on 2012-07-04 at 00:04 by Sam

April’s claim of 9 audiobooks was a bit of a “cheat”; I included the late Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 although I had actually read it in (very) early May. Here, things were going to again a bit stretched as it took a few days into June to finish the audiobook which took up most of my late May as well (Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312) but hey, again, it’s my blog, I include what I want, when I want, right? So. Six audiobooks in May, several outstanding including J.M. McDermott’s Last Dragon, Lavie Tidhar’s Osa

Posted in Sam's Monthly Listening Report | Tagged 2312, david tallerman, giant thief, jm mcdermott, kim stanley robinson, last dragon, lavie tidhar, monthly listening report, osama

Wonderful 16-minutes of Oliver Wyman reading H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon"

Posted on 2012-07-02 at 18:25 by Sam

In a tweet, fantastically talented narrator Oliver Wyman (Jeff VanderMeer’s Finch, Frederik Pohl’s Gateway, on and on) mentions that he “Finally got around to recording some Lovecraft for #GoingPublic.” Well, I don’t know exactly what this particular Twitter tag is for yet, but I do know that Wyman gives a perfect rendition of the pulpish proto-weirdish story in question, and that you should go listen to it.

Posted in regular | Tagged GoingPublic, h.p. lovecraft, oliver wyman