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Feature Friday: The regional digital divide cuts both ways (or: WHERE IS MY IRON COUNCIL AUDIOBOOK, WORLD!)
Posted on 2012-02-17 at 17:48 by Sam
Most times, as a reader and listener in the US, I don’t have to worry much about regional rights when it comes to the books I want to read, the films I want to watch, and so on. But as I find myself following the field more and more closely, those exceptions, generally UK and Australia (and sometimes Canadian!) titles which haven’t (yet?) made it to the US begin to gnaw at me.
Last year, it was (among other books, but most notably) Christopher Priest’s The Islanders which came out in the UK …
But not in
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The Guilded Earlobe reviews John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar
Posted on 2012-02-17 at 15:32 by Sam
Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar
“Quick Thoughts: Despite my struggles and the fact that it took me nearly half the audiobook to get a grip on the overall narrative, I am glad that I finally fully experienced Brunner’s strange, troubling but beautiful novel. This is a book that is hard for me to recommend, because it takes a lot of investment by the reader/listener, but if you’re game, I’ll definitely cheer you on.”
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Audiobook release day: John Carter in 'A Princess of Mars', read by Scott Brick
Posted on 2012-02-17 at 01:54 by Sam
Although I swear I saw Tanith Lee’s Delusion’s Master, read by Susan Duerden no less, show up momentarily today, another title hit Audible’s shelves this evening and seems to have stuck: John Carter in ‘A Princess of Mars’: Barsoom Series, Book 1 By Narrated by
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Audiobook review: Viriconium by M. John Harrison, read by Simon Vance
Posted on 2012-02-16 at 14:02 by Sam
Last month the blog welcomed contributor Dave Thompson with his review of Tim Powers’s The Stress of Her Regard, read by Simon Vance. Today he returns with another review, setting his ears on Viriconium by M. John Harrison, read by Vance for Neil Gaiman Presents:
Review by Dave Thompson: “A Not As Young Man’s Return Journey to Viriconium”
I have been to Viriconium once before – and appropriately – I find that the landscape of the city seems to have shifted since the last time I was here. Sometimes, it’s a
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Release Week: Stephen King's The Stand; Reese, Kittredge, and Simmons; Zebrowski, Gunn, and Lieber
Posted on 2012-02-15 at 15:30 by Sam
Coming in at nearly 48 hours, the big title this audiobook release week is The Stand By arrated by Random House Audio:
Not only is the recording unabridged, it’s the “complete and uncut” version of King’s classic post-apocalyptic tale, “includ[ing] more than 500 pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation.” First published in it’s “abbreviated” (yet still doorstopping) form in 1978 and
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Steampunk'd : Audible.com "asked Mark Hodder, author of the Burton and Swinburne series and steampunk aficionado, to fill us in on what the genre is all about"
Posted on 2012-02-14 at 16:15 by Sam
Includes a little 4-paragraph answer from Hodder, along with a selection of 15 audiobook titles, including Hodder’s Burton and Swinburne series, along with Boneshaker, The Dream of Perpetual Motion: A Novel, The Difference Engine, Infernal Devices, and more:
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The Coode Street Podcast (Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe) talk audiobooks with Ellen Kushner
Posted on 2012-02-12 at 02:23 by Sam
Link: The Coode Street Podcast (Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe) talk audiobooks with Ellen Kushner
“This week we invited award-winning actor, broadcaster, editor and writer Ellen Kushner to join us to discuss the excellent audiobook adaptation of her novel Swordspoint, which was recently released by Audible, her thoughts on the rise of audiobooks, and her many other projects.”
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SF/F for Dog-Lovers?
Posted on 2012-02-12 at 02:20 by Sam
Listening to Kevin Hearne’s Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1 this weekend two things struck me. First, that narrator Luke Daniels, whom I enjoyed on the first two volumes of the Wild Cards series and have spotted as the voice behind a Red Bull radio spot, really is darn near a soundalike for Nick Podehl, the voice of Patrick Rothfuss’s KingKiller Chronicles. (Side note: Hounded and The Name of the Wind are both on sale for $4.95 right now.)
Second, and the reason for this post, is that one of the
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Problem
Posted on 2012-02-08 at 15:06 by Sam
Do I want to buy “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac? or “The Great Gasby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Both.
(It’s possible we may have a slight bias, but they’re both great recordings)
One vote for the excellent Tom Parker narration of On the Road. Though I’ve heard good things about Harper’s production, too. :)
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The Guilded Earlobe gives an "A" to Saladin Ahmed's Throne of the Crescent Moon
Posted on 2012-02-08 at 14:49 by Sam
Link: The Guilded Earlobe gives an "A" to Saladin Ahmed's Throne of the Crescent Moon
“Quick Thought: Throne of the Crescent Moon is the rare fantasy that seems to do everything right in an accessible, highly readable way. This book will thrill fantasy fans, and make them long to discover even more about Saladin Ahmed’s intriguing world. Even better, this is the type of accessible fantasy that I would have no trouble recommending to people whether they are fans of the genre or not.”
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