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Audiobook release week, 27 December 2011

Posted on 2011-12-28 at 04:00 by Sam

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2011 in review, 4 of 4: My picks for the year's best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks

Posted on 2011-12-23 at 13:24 by Sam

This is the last of four posts looking back at 2011 in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks, after my year in listening, what I missed, and the most missing audiobooks. Here, I lay out my picks for the year’s best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks!

I already spilled the beans on my pick for the best new audiobook of the year, that being Glimpses By Lewis Shiner Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki:

This one I reviewed back in March, and my opinion of this 1994 World Fantasy Award winner hasn’t changed

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Isla J. Bick's Ashes (and offers some post-apoc survival advice)

Posted on 2011-12-23 at 12:57 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Isla J. Bick's Ashes (and offers some post-apoc survival advice)

Bob offers a “full service” review here, even adding some helpful tips to surviving a zombie apocalypse.

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2011 in review, 3 of 4: Where's the audiobook?

Posted on 2011-12-21 at 19:22 by Sam

This is the third of four posts looking back at 2011 in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. I started with my year in listening and continued with a look into what I missed. Here, I’ll gripe at the world with my list of the most missing audiobooks of the year — those books I wanted to listen to but for which there was no audiobook. Lastly, I’ll lay out my picks for the year’s best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. But now: Where’s the audiobook?

• An Agreement with Hell by Dru

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The perils and rewards of having a public "where's the audiobook?" list

Posted on 2011-12-21 at 17:05 by Sam

I have done a terrible job of categorizing, sorting, and updating my list of missing audiobooks, as the arrival this year of several on my “where’s the audiobook?” list attests. But on the plus side, sometimes folks see the list and let me know that, hey, some of those books are coming. And I get to pass that info along, which is quite fun. So without further adieu, Audible contacted me to let me know about some of the titles they (or someone they know about) has in the works for 2012:

Glory Road by Robert

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Audiobook release Tuesday: Wild Cards II: Aces High; Eutopia; and Amanda Hocking's My Blood Approves

Posted on 2011-12-20 at 21:15 by Sam

A fairly quiet Tuesday, past the midway part of December. Still, there’s a great new title this week: Wild Cards II: Aces High by George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, and Walter Jon Williams, Narrated by Luke Daniels For Brilliance Audio:

This volume follows a more unified story arc, as The Swarm-Mother infestation approaches Earth, making for a more novel-like feel as opposed to a shared world short story anthology as in the first volume. Daniels does an excellent job on both

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Received: Burning Chrome by William Gibson

Posted on 2011-12-20 at 15:53 by Sam

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2011 in review, 2 of 4: What I missed.

Posted on 2011-12-19 at 18:26 by Sam

This is the second of four posts looking back at 2011 in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. I started with my year in listening and continue here with a look into what I missed. Next I’ll gripe at the world with my list of the most missing audiobooks of the year — those books I wanted to listen to but for which there was no audiobook. Lastly, I’ll lay out my picks for the year’s best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. But now! What I missed.

The full list of titles which came out in 2011 which

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Interview: Robert J. Sawyer on Audible, Triggers, and more

Posted on 2011-12-19 at 16:12 by Sam

Award-winning Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer is not just the author of a long list of audiobooks (from FlashForward, from which the recent television series was adapted, to his Neanderthal Parallax series Hominids, Humans, and Hybrids, to his most recent series, WWW: Wake, Watch, and Wonder, and several standalone novels besides) he’s also a great fan of audiobooks and of Audible.com, having been a member for over ten years. He’s also narrated several introduction to classic science

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2011 in review, 1 of 4: My year in listening. (70 audiobooks, if you're counting.)

Posted on 2011-12-15 at 20:13 by Sam

This is the first of four posts looking back at 2011 in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. I’m going to start with my year in listening, continue with a look into what I missed, and then gripe at the world with my list of the most missing audiobooks of the year — those books I wanted to listen to but for which there was no audiobook. Lastly, I’ll lay out my picks for the year’s best in science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. But first! My year in listening.

I have never read as much as I have this year

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