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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 Narrated by 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 arrated by
So, just what is the behemoth? From the publisher description:
Read more...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 Narrated by Audible Frontiers:
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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 toRead more...
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