Page 14 of posts by: Sam

Casting News: Monica Byrne's The Girl in the Road to be narrated by Dioni Collins and Nazneen Contractor

Posted on 2014-04-03 at 15:02 by Sam

Since it's no longer April 1, some serious news to pass along: Monica Byrne's debut The Girl in the Road (May 20, Crown and Random House Audio) has been cast, with actresses Dioni Collins (BioShock Infinite) and Nazneen Contractor (Star Trek Into Darkness, 24) providing the voices of Mariama and Meena, respectively. I've been waiting and waiting on official news that there would be an audiobook, so this is doubly exciting:

A debut that Neil Gaiman calls “Glorious,” The Girl in the Road describes a

Posted in news | Tagged dioni collins, monica byrne, nazneen contractor, the girl in the road

Breaking news: Wil Wheaton to narrate Robin Sloan's The Dragon-Song Chronicles

Posted on 2014-04-01 at 18:12 by Sam

April 1, 2014, Durham, North Carolina: 

In Robin Sloan's wonderful 2012 novel Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Clark Moffat's fantasy series The Dragon-Song Chronicles seemed so very much like real books that I looked them up in a few places -- and I was certainly not the only one -- before realizing that, duh, they're fictional artifacts of the novel. Well played, Mr. Sloan. Still, the novels seemed so thoroughly developed, with plot summaries and complete excerpts -- narrated by author Sloan to great ef

Posted in April 1 | Tagged fsg originals, robin sloan, skyboat media, the dragon-song chronicles, wil wheaton

Release Week: Accelerando by Charles Stross, Lockstep by Karl Schroeder, Sleep Donation by Karen Russell, The Boy with the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick, and Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars

Posted on 2014-03-31 at 13:13 by Sam

MARCH 19-25, 2014: Well, I had no idea it was coming, but when Charles Stross' mindfuck-a-minute 2005 novel Accelerando shows up, read by George Guidall no less, it's your lead pick of the week. And a packed week it is, with, Karl Schroeder's new space opera Lockstep, Karen Russell's new novella Sleep Donation, and Den Patrick's "ornate yet dark" fantasy debut The Boy with the Porcelain Blade. Also out this week: Frank M. Robinson's 1956 sf novel The Power read by Bronson Pinchot, Jonathan Maberry's Code

Posted in Release Week | Tagged accelerando, charles stross, den patrick, george guidall, karen russell, karl schroeder, kristen bell, lockstep, sleep donation, the boy with the porcelain blade, veronica mars

Whispersync Deal Roundup: Patrick Rothfuss, Jonathan Maberry, Ben H. Winters, Gail Z. Martin, and more

Posted on 2014-03-21 at 20:30 by Sam

Friday, March 21, 2014: Well, since my last big roundup (based on SFSignal's excellent monthly peek into discount Kindle listings) a new crop of titles to check out has gone on sale in a slightly roundabout way. Let's follow the chain:

• Barnes & Noble launched a Nook First in Series promotion, placing a whole bunch of "first in a series" ebooks on sale
• Amazon.com's price matching brings the Kindle price down to match
• Some of those titles have pretty nice Whispersync upgrade prices to the Audible edition

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged ben h. winters, corey jackson, gail z martin, jonathan maberry, kate elliott, myke cole, nick podehl, patrick rothfuss, peter berkrot, tim gerard reynolds

News: Richard Armitage to narrate "Hamlet: a novel" by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson

Posted on 2014-03-21 at 16:47 by Sam

Via AJHartley.net, some casting news from late February that I missed: "We are thrilled to announce that the Hamlet, a Novel, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed international bestseller Macbeth: A Novel, co-written by A.J. and David Hewson will be out on audio on May 20th, performed by the incomparable Richard Armitage. Armitage has a history of playing Shakespeare but is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Thorin Oakenshield in the recent Hobbit movies, as well as Guy of

Posted in news | Tagged aj hartley, hamlet, richard armitage

Whispersync Daily Deal: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities and Kate Danley's The Woodcutter

Posted on 2014-03-20 at 13:26 by Sam

Thursday, March 20, 2014: Today's Kindle Daily Deal listings bring a pair of fantastic Whispersync deals, led by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, the Cuban-born Italian author's Nebula Award-nominated 1972 novel of Marco Polo's describing to Kublai Khan of the cities he has visited on his travels. "Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged invisible cities, italo calvino, john lee, kate danley, sarah coomes, the woodcutter

Release Week: Lavie Tidhar, Terry Pratchett's Raising Steam, Scott Meyer's Off to Be the Wizard, and Cory Doctorow's Homeland read by Wil Wheaton

Posted on 2014-03-19 at 15:39 by Sam

MARCH 12-18, 2014: A jam-packed week straddes the Ides of March, bringing a fantastic haul of audiobooks led by two short novels from Lavie Tidhar, the latest steam-powered Discworld novel from Terry Pratchett, and Scott Meyer's Off to Be the Wizard read by Luke Daniels. Update: Also out now and available exclusively as part of the current Humble eBook Bundle, Cory Doctorow's Homeland, bestselling sequel to Little Brother, is read by Wil Wheaton -- at Skyboat Media no less, directed by Gabrielle de Cuir who

Posted in Release Week | Tagged cory doctorow, lavie tidhar, luke daniels, scott meyer, terry pratchett, wil wheaton

Whispersync Daily Deal: SEAL Team 13, Torrent, and Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins

Posted on 2014-03-16 at 13:55 by Sam

Sunday, March 16, 2014: Today's haul includes scifi, YA time travel, and one of 2012's best audiobooks.

First up, the scifi. Evan Currie's SEAL Team 13, $1.99 Kindle and $0.99 Whispersync upgrade to the Audible edition read by Todd Haberkorn for Brilliance Audio. "It's been ten years since a mysterious, horrific incident in the South China Sea annihilated a US Navy destroyer and its Navy SEAL team. Only one man survived. Now, the US Navy is determined to put a stop to the new, frightening incidents taking

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged evan currie, lisa t bergren, todd haberkorn

Release Week: Helen Oyeyemi's "Boy, Snow, Bird" and Maureen F. McHugh's After the Apocalypse: Stories

Posted on 2014-03-15 at 04:03 by Sam

MARCH 5-11, 2014: Some highly anticipated audiobooks arrived this week, led by Helen Oyeyemi's new novel Boy, Snow, Bird and Maureen F. McHugh's 2011 collection After the Apocalypse: Stories. Also out this week are Michael Rowe's Wild Fell, a trio of Ian McDonald's backlist including 1993 BSFA finalist The Broken Land, high-end epic fantasy in the form of Miles Cameron's The Fell Sword, R.A. Salvatore's Night of the Hunter, and Simon R. Green's Once in a Blue Moon, sf in the form of Hugh Howey's Sand, horro

Posted in Release Week | Tagged after the apocalypse, boy snow bird, helen oyeyemi, maureen f mchugh

Whispersync Daily Deal: Scott Nicholson's The Red Church

Posted on 2014-03-12 at 19:20 by Sam

Wednesday, March 12, 2014: Scott Nicholson's Stoker Award finalist The Red Church is on sale for $0.99 in its Kindle edition, and offers a $2.99 Whispersync upgrade to the Audible edition, read by Aaron Tucker for Perfect Voices:

"For 13-year-old Ronnie Day, life is full of problems: Mom and Dad have separated, his brother Tim is a constant pest, Melanie Ward either loves him or hates him, and Jesus Christ won’t stay in his heart. Plus he has to walk past the red church every day, where the Bell Monster

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged scott nicholson