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Audiobook release Tuesday: Joe Haldeman's Earthbound, Pohl's The Space Merchants, The Thirteen Hallows, Cassandra Clare, Philip Palmer, and Patricia Briggs galore

Posted on 2011-12-06 at 19:53 by Sam

December gets off to a rolling start with a fairly sizable first Tuesday of big-title audiobooks:

1. Earthbound By Joe Haldeman Narrated by Annie Henk For Recorded Books — concluding Haldeman’s trilogy which began with Marsbound and continued with Starbound, Earthbound literally brings the story “home”:

2. The Space Merchants (1958) by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, Narrated by Dan Bittner For Macmillan Audio — “In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Jose Saramago's Cain

Posted on 2011-12-06 at 14:37 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Jose Saramago's Cain

“Quick Thoughts: In Cain, readers will find some laugh out loud moments, and a lot of fun in the early parts of the novel as Saramago gives us a new perspective on old Biblical legends, but be prepared for a major shift in tone as the main character becomes more and more disillusioned by a God he believes is, if not totally evil, at least sadistic.”

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Daryl Gregory's Raising Stony Mayhall

Posted on 2011-12-05 at 21:30 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Daryl Gregory's Raising Stony Mayhall

“Quick Thoughts: Raising Stony Mayhall (audiblesff note: just announced as Audible.com’s editor’s pick for Best Zombie Book of 2011) isn’t just a great zombie novel, it’s a great novel. People who want a book with a main character that you can really cheer for and told in a unique and engaging way should give it a chance. Don’t let your prejudice against non-breathers keep you from experiencing one of my favorite books of the year. Gra

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Neil Gaiman (@NeilHimself) talks audiobooks with Salon.com

Posted on 2011-12-04 at 13:10 by Sam

Link: Neil Gaiman (@NeilHimself) talks audiobooks with Salon.com

There’s a very nice interview with author (and audiobook narrator, and, now, presenter) Neil Gaiman by Laura Miller over at Salon.com, ranging from his love of audiobooks, to “Neil Gaiman Presents” and ACX.com, and the ever-fun topic, “is listening to an audiobook ‘really’ reading?”

I have read Gaiman’s thoughts about his affection for Lenny Henry’s narration of Anansi Boys in brief before, but here he offers a bit more expansion on that

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Audible.com release day: The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

Posted on 2011-12-04 at 03:37 by Sam

We don’t often get Saturday releases, but maybe it’s because Audible.com’s servers finally finished processing the just-over 52 hours of the December 7-released Brilliance Audio production of The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick By Philip K. Dick, edited by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem, and narrated by Fred Stella:

So, just what is the behemoth? From the publisher description:

Based on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K

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A (text) excerpt from the forthcoming STELLARNET REBEL by J.L. Hilton

Posted on 2011-12-03 at 13:10 by Sam

Link: A (text) excerpt from the forthcoming STELLARNET REBEL by J.L. Hilton

Being published by Carina Press in e-book, J.L. Hilton’s Stellarnet Rebel is 30 days away — Jan 2, 2012. I’ve been looking forward to it for quite a while, and today there’s an excerpt and, at the bottom, some news I have been waiting to see confirmed: there will also be an Audible.com audiobook!

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Audible.com release day: Diane Duane's A Wind From the South: Raetian Tales, Book 1

Posted on 2011-12-02 at 21:33 by Sam

Originally published by Badfort Press on Kindle in February, A Wind from the South: Raetian Tales, Book 1 By Diane Duane Narrated by Jessica Almasy comes to audio via Audible Frontiers:

It’s a book I’ve heard nothing about and which I would generally skip over, but a couple of things about the cover give me pause: the first is that it is fairly striking; the second is that it boasts “New York Times Bestselling Author” across the top and, well, I figure I should probably look into this one a bit more closely

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews The Night Eternal by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan

Posted on 2011-12-02 at 15:10 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews The Night Eternal by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan

“Quick Thoughts: The Night Eternal, and the Strain trilogy in total, may not live up entirely to what I expected, but if you can trudge through the rough patches early in the novel you will be rewarded with a well plotted final confrontation which leaves the series on a high note.”

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A great list of ChiZine Publications books are coming to audio

Posted on 2011-12-02 at 13:10 by Sam

As a postscript to unrelated correspondence, I complained to CZP co-publisher Brett Savory that I wanted to see more audiobooks of CZP titles. Well, I should have been paying better attention, as there’s not one but two audiobook publishers working on CZP titles.

Firstly, the folks at Iambik Audiobooks have already produced the first of five CZP titles they have in the pipeline:

Chasing the Dragon by Nicholas Kaufmann is narrated by Alex Foster, and should go live at Audible.com soon — through it’s already

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A narrator in need: Jay Snyder

Posted on 2011-12-02 at 01:02 by Sam

Via a Twitter post, narrator Oliver Wyman (The Children of the Sky, Gateway, Finch, …) shares that:

Michal Friedman lost her life delivering twins last week. Please make a donation to help Jay Snyder raise his children: http://sgp.cm/c60302

Jay Snyder is both the narrator for 81 audiobooks at Audible.com, as well as the father of newborn twins. Tragically, his wife died shortly after giving birth last Friday:

Michal Lura Friedman lost her life on Friday, November 25, 2011 in New York City, due to

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