Page 18 of posts by: Sam

Whispersync Daily Deal: Richard Ellis Preston's Romulus Buckle (Chronicles of the Pneumatic)

Posted on 2014-01-25 at 19:24 by Sam

Saturday, January 25, 2014: Both books in Richard Ellis Preston's Steampunk adventure series Chronicles of the Pneumatic are Kindle Daily Deals at $1.99 today, and both offer $1.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrades to their Audible editions, performed by Luke Daniels for Brilliance Audio.

Book one is Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders. "In a postapocalyptic world of endless snow, Captain Romulus Buckle and the stalwart crew of the Pneumatic Zeppelin must embark on a perilous mission to rescue their

Posted in Uncategorized, Whispersync Deals | Tagged luke daniels, richard ellis preston, romulus buckle

Whispersync Daily Deal: Celebromancy, Clive Barker's The Books of Blood, House of Bathory, and Cassandra Rose Clarke's The Assassin's Curse

Posted on 2014-01-24 at 15:12 by Sam

Friday, January 24, 2014: Four more deals to share today, starting with Celebromancy: Ree Reyes, Book 2 by Michael R. Underwood, narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal for Audible Frontiers, book two in the series after Geekomancy and on sale for $1.99 Kindle, offering a $1.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition. "Things are looking up for urban fantasista Ree Reyes. She’s using her love of pop culture to fight monsters and protect her hometown as a Geekomancer, and now a real-live production

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged AudioGO, cassandra rose clarke, Celebromancy, Chris Patton, clive barker, crossroad press, Dick Hill, Geekomancy, House of Bathory, Kathleen Gati, Linda Lafferty, mary robinette kowal, Michael R Underwood, peter berkrot, Ree Reyes, simon vance, Tania Rodrigues, The Assassin's Curse, The Books of Blood

Release Week: Unfettered, Bloodchild and Other Stories, The Unreal and the Real, Dirty Magic, Snowblind, The Séance, A.C. Crispin's StarBridge, and Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn

Posted on 2014-01-24 at 00:56 by Sam

JANUARY 15-21, 2014: This week brings an absolute feast for lovers of short stories, with picks including the star-studded Unfettered anthology and two collections, Octavia Butler's Bloodchild and Other Stories and Ursula Le Guin's The Unreal and the Real. In the "also out" listings there's more high quality short fiction, including a volume of Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year, H.P. Lovecraft's Eldritch Tales, and a standalone "Day by Day Armageddon" story by J.L. Bourne, among others. As far as

Posted in Release Week | Tagged ac crispin, bloodchild, christopher golden, dirty magic, jaye wells, jonathan lethem, motherless brooklyn, octavia butler, patrick rothfuss, peter berkrot, shawn speakman, snowblind, starbridge, terry brooks, the seance, unfettered, unreal and the real, ursula le guin

Whispersync Daily Deals: The Secret of the Water Knight, Cold Hearted Son of a Witch, and "Einstein Must Die!"

Posted on 2014-01-23 at 16:15 by Sam

Thursday, January 23, 2014: A small crop of Whispersync deals today, one from the Kindle Daily Deal list and two more from the "countdown deals" lists.

I'll start with the daily deal, which is a young reader audiobook coming in at just under 2.5 hours. The Secret of the Water Knight By Rusalka Reh, Narrated By Cris Dukehart for Brilliance Audio. $1.99 Kindle and a $0.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade:

"Ten-year-old Kat has a terrible fear of swimming. She’s tried everything, but to no avail: The feeling

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Whispersync Daily Deal: The Secret of Ji, Books 1 and 2, by Pierre Grimbert, translated by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb, narrated by Michael Page

Posted on 2014-01-21 at 14:29 by Sam

Tuesday, January 21, 2014: So. We've had quite a run of these "Whispersync Daily Deals" of late, yesterday's Zoo City following Sunday's The Golem and the Jinni. Today brings another fantastic pair of fantasy audiobooks, the first two books in The Secret of Ji series, read by the masterful Michael Page for Brilliance Audio. These come from the fantastic French mind of Pierre Grimbert, translated ably by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb for AmazonCrossing. Originally published in France to high acclaim (le prix Ozone

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged matt ross, michael page, pierre grimbert, secret of ji

Whispersync Daily Deal: Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, read by Justine Eyre

Posted on 2014-01-20 at 18:59 by Sam

Monday, January 20, 2014: It's almost hard to believe that for just $1.99 Kindle and a mere $0.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition that you can enjoy one of the more oustanding contemporary fantasy audiobooks of the last decade, Zoo City By Lauren Beukes, Narrated By Justine Eyre for Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio. The minimal description doesn't nearly do the book justice, but let's start there: "Zinzi December has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit, and a talent for finding

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged justine eyre, lauren beukes, zoo city

Whispersync Daily Deal: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Posted on 2014-01-19 at 16:39 by Sam

Sunday, January 19, 2014: I would call it one of the best debuts of the year; then one of the best audiobooks of the year; then, simply, one of the best books of the year: The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel By Helene Wecker, Narrated By George Guidall for HarperAudio, a Kindle Daily Deal today at $1.99 and offering $4.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition:

"Helene Wecker's dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. Chava is

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged george guidall, helene wecker, the golem and the jinni

Whispersync Daily Deal: Tony DiTerlizzi's The Search for WondLa, read by Teri Hatcher

Posted on 2014-01-17 at 14:44 by Sam

Friday, January 17, 2014: Among today's Kindle Daily Deal hail is a young reader book of interest: The Search for WondLa By Tony DiTerlizzi (co-author of the Spiderwick Chronicles), Narrated By Teri Hatcher (yes, that Teri Hatcher -- how DiTerlizzi has got Mark Hamill, Alan Cumming, and Teri Hatcher as narrators is either a stroke of good fortune or a deal with the devil) for Simon & Schuster Audio. Available today for $1.99 in Kindle, it offers a $4.95 Whispersync upgrade to the unabridged audio at Audible

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged teri hatcher, The Search for WondLa, Tony DiTerlizzi, WondLa

Pre-order update: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Posted on 2014-01-16 at 20:51 by Sam

Not that I've been checking every week for a couple of months or anything, but: one thing I snuck into an update of this week's release week coverage is that there's finally a pre-order page at Downpour.com for Annihilation (Southern Reach, Volume 1) by Jeff VanderMeer, read by Carolyn McCormick for Blackstone Audio, due out February 4 concurrent with the Farrar, Straus, & Giroux print/ebook release:

I last reported on this audiobook late last month when McCormick, the voice of The Hunger Games audiobook

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged annihilation, carolyn mccormick, jeff vandermeer

2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

Posted on 2014-01-16 at 15:08 by Sam

Via Locus Online, the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced [with DRM-free audiobook editions linked where available]:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a calculated life, ancillary justice, ann leckie, anne charnock, ben h. winters, cassandra rose clarke, countdown city, ian whates, jack skillingstead, kate rudd, peter berkrot, philip k dick award, solaris rising, susan duerden, toh enjoe