Audible "Win-Win" $4.95 sale, through Sep 18
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Audible "Win-Win" $4.95 sale, through Sep 18
Posted on 2012-09-07 at 00:24 by Sam
A members-only sale at Audible, this one dubbed Win-Win, with $4.95 titles running through September 18. The sale page sorts out titles by author last name groupings, so here is my scan-through for interesting titles:
LONGER LIST and LINKS:
- TEMPTING: The Heroes By Joe Abercrombie, Narrated by Michael Page — Length:22 hrs and 44 mins
- The End of Eternity By Isaac Asimov, Narrated by Paul Boehmer — Length:8 hrs and 11 mins
- The Windup Girl By Paolo Bacigalupi, Narrated by Jonathan Davis — Length:19 hrs and 34 mins
- Ship Breaker By Paolo Bacigalupi, Narrated by Joshua Swanson — Series: Ship Breaker, Book 1 — Length:9 hrs and 8 mins
- Orion: Orion Series, Book 1 By Ben Bova, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki — Series: Orion, Book 1 — Length:11 hrs and 31 mins
- Bearers of the Black Staff By Terry Brooks, Narrated by Phil Gigante — Series: Legends of Shannara, Book 1 — Length:13 hrs and 33 mins
- Furies of Calderon: Codex Alera, Book 1 By Jim Butcher, Narrated by Kate Reading — Series: Codex Alera, Book 1 — Length:19 hrs and 58 mins — Also quite a few books from series, Narrated by James Marsters
- The Ambassador’s Mission: Traitor Spy Trilogy, Book 1 By Trudi Canavan, Narrated by Richard Aspel — Series: Traitor Spy Trilogy, Book 1 — Length:17 hrs and 28 mins
- Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel By Gail Carriger, Narrated by Emily Gray — Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 1 — Length:10 hrs and 52 mins
- Childhood’s End By Arthur C. Clarke, Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer and introduced by Robert J. Sawyer — Length:7 hrs and 47 mins
- The Black Company: Chronicles of The Black Company, Book 1 By Glen Cook, Narrated by Marc Vietor — Series: Black Company, Book 1 — Length:10 hrs and 54 mins
- Hard Magic: Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles By Larry Correia, Narrated by Bronson Pinchot — Series: Grimnoir Chronicles, Book 1 — Length:15 hrs and 59 mins
- Monster Hunter Vendetta By Larry Correia, Narrated by Oliver Wyman — Series: Monster Hunter, Book 2 — Length:20 hrs and 46 mins
- TEMPTING: The Strain By Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, Narrated by Ron Perlman — Series: Strain Trilogy, Book 1 — Length:13 hrs and 36 mins
- Belgarath the Sorcerer By David Eddings and Leigh Eddings, Narrated by J. P. Linton — Length:29 hrs and 28 mins — along with Polgara the Sorceress, Narrated by Dina Pearlman — Length:30 hrs and 51 mins
- TEMPTING: A Visit from the Goon Squad By Jennifer Egan, Narrated by Roxana Ortega — Length:10 hrs and 8 mins
- PICK: Good Omens By Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Narrated by Martin Jarvis — Length:12 hrs and 32 mins — a great pairing of sarcasm, satire, and witty narration makes for one of the highest-rated books on this list
- TEMPTING: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter By Seth Grahame-Smith, Narrated by Scott Holst — Length:10 hrs and 18 mins
- TEMPTING: Raising Stony Mayhall By Daryl Gregory, Narrated by David Marantz — Length:12 hrs and 18 mins — have heard a lot of good things about this one
- The Stainless Steel Rat By Harry Harrison, Narrated by Phil GiganteThe Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge: Stainless Steel Rat, Book 2 is also in the sale
- Bloodring: Rogue Mage, Book 1 By Faith Hunter, Narrated by Natalie Gold — Series: Rogue Mage, Book 1 — Length:12 hrs and 5 mins
- TEMPTING: The Snow Child By Eowyn Ivey, Narrated by Debra Monk — Length:10 hrs and 51 mins
- The Iron King: The Iron Fey, Book 1 By Julie Kagawa, Narrated by Khristine Hvam — Series: Iron Fey, Book 1 — Length:11 hrs and 48 mins
- The Briar King: The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Book 1 By Greg Keyes, Narrated by Patrick Michael — Length:19 hrs and 59 mins
- PICK: METAtropolis: Cascadia By Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, and Tobias Buckell, Narrated by Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, and Jay Lake — Length:12 hrs and 54 mins — an all-star cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation cast members reads this near future shared world anthology of a post-oil crash Pacific Northwest
- Swarm: Star Force, Book 1 By B. V. Larson, Narrated by Mark Boyett — Series: Star Force, Book 1 — Length:9 hrs and 39 mins
- TEMPTING: Solaris: The Definitive Edition By Stanislaw Lem, translated by Bill Johnston (translator), and Narrated by Alessandro Juliani — Length:7 hrs and 42 mins
- Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories By H. P. Lovecraft, Narrated by William Roberts — Length:4 hrs and 22 mins
- PICK: Wild Cards I By George R. R. Martin (editor), Walter John Williams, Melinda Snodgrass, Carrie Vaughn, David Levine, Walter Jon Williams, Lewis Shiner, and Howard Waldrop — Narrated by Luke Daniels — Series: Wild Cards, Book 1 — Length:18 hrs and 59 mins — excellent shared world anthology of viral superhero outbreak cast against post-WW2 New York City, with plenty of commentary on the Red Scare, social riots, and good fun stories as well
- PICK: 1Q84 By Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), and Philip Gabriel (translator), Narrated by Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, and Mark Boyett — Length:46 hrs and 50 mins — at $4.95 for 46 hours, you’re getting near an hour per dime
- The Mote in God’s Eye By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Narrated by L J Ganser — Length:20 hrs and 27 mins — along with Footfall, Narrated by MacLeod Andrews — Length:24 hrs and 34 mins
- TEMPTING: Liesl & Po By Lauren Oliver and Kei Acedera, Narrated by Jim Dale — Length:5 hrs and 55 mins
- Snuff By Terry Pratchett, Narrated by Stephen Briggs — Series: Discworld, Book 33 — Length:11 hrs and 29 mins
- Pushing Ice By Alastair Reynolds, Narrated by John Lee — Length:19 hrs and 39 mins
- Live Free or Die: Troy Rising, Book One By John Ringo, Narrated by Mark Boyett — Series: Troy Rising, Book 1 — Length:17 hrs and 35 mins
- Contact By Carl Sagan, Narrated by Laurel Lefkow — Length:14 hrs and 42 mins
- Cast in Ruin: Chronicles of Elantra, Book 7 By Michelle Sagara — Narrated by Khristine Hvam — Series: Chronicles of Elantra, Book 7 — Length:15 hrs and 8 mins
- PICK: Agent to the Stars By John Scalzi, Narrated by Wil Wheaton — Length:8 hrs and 49 mins — Wheaton gives an award-winning turn on this comic sf novel of a most peculiar pairing of Hollywood agent smarm with, er, alien farts? Yeah.
- The Becoming: Anna Strong, Vampire, Book 1 By Jeanne C. Stein, Narrated by Dina Pearlman — Series: Anna Strong, Book 1 — Length:7 hrs and 40 mins
- PICK: Snow Crash By Neal Stephenson, Narrated by Jonathan Davis — Length:17 hrs and 8 mins — if you haven’t listened to this one, give it a try; it’s one of the few audiobooks I’ve listened to more than once (and a book I’ve read several times as well)
- Interface By Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George, Narrated by Oliver Wyman — Length:25 hrs and 20 mins
- Daemon By Daniel Suarez, Narrated by Jeff Gurner
- Bitter Seeds: The Milkweed Triptych, Book 1 By Ian Tregillis, Narrated by Kevin Pariseau — Series: Milkweed Triptych, Book 1 — Length:14 hrs and 11 mins
- TEMPTING: A Beautiful Friendship: Star Kingdom, Book 1 By David Weber, Narrated by Khristine Hvam — Length:10 hrs and 58 mins
- The Once and Future King By T. H. White, Narrated by Neville Jason — Series: Once and Future King, Book 1-5 — Length:33 hrs and 3 mins