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Posted on 2011-12-01 at 21:40 by Sam

Link: Neil Gaiman blogs some thoughts on "Audiobooks: A Cautionary Tale"

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Audible.com release day: Peter F. Hamilton's 1993 debut novel Mindstar Rising

Posted on 2011-12-01 at 20:42 by Sam

Mindstar Rising: The Greg Mandel Trilogy, Part 1 By Peter F. Hamilton Narrated by Toby Longworth For Audible Frontiers:

Mindstar Rising is the 1993 first novel from prolific British author Hamilton, whose 10 books have sold more than 2 million copies. “It’s the 21st century, and global warming is here to stay, so forget the way your country used to look. And get used to the free market, too – the companies possess all the best hardware, and they’re calling the shots now. In a world like this, a man open

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Audible.com unveils its audiobooks of the year: Editors' Picks and Customer Favorites, and more

Posted on 2011-12-01 at 17:28 by Sam

Picking Stephen King’s 11-22-63: A Novel as its Audiobook of the Year, Audible.com also unveils its lineup of the Best of 2011 in various categories, along with naming Lorelei King as the Narrator of the Year based on customer ratings, providing several lists of selections by editors, and even identifying the site’s Most Helpful Reviewer and Most Followed Reviewer. (I worry that this might lead to competitive reviewers refraining from following other popular reviewers, or marking reviews as helpful, but

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Audible.com release day: Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss

Posted on 2011-11-30 at 20:47 by Sam

The newest addition both to Audible.com’s SF/F section and to the Halo universe is Halo: Glasslands By Karen Traviss Narrated by Euan Morton For Macmillan Audio:

“The Covenant has collapsed after a long, brutal war that saw billions slaughtered on Earth and her colonies. For the first time in decades, however, peace finally seems possible. But though the fighting’s stopped, the war is far from over: it’s just gone underground.”

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Jonathan Maberry's Dead of Night

Posted on 2011-11-30 at 15:34 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Jonathan Maberry's Dead of Night

“Quick Thoughts: Dead of Night does what few Zombie novels have, scared me to the point where I felt a burning desire to build my own heavily armed bunker in preparation for the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse and for this, I am not sure whether I should thank the author, or run screaming at the very thought of him.”

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Audiobook release day: Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners by Ellen Kushner

Posted on 2011-11-29 at 20:39 by Sam

Neil Gaiman Presents continues with its next selection, Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners By Ellen Kushner Narrated by Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, and Simon Jones:

This is an “illuminated” audiobook with sound effects like doors closing, background noise at a restaurant, “the ring of steel”, and a full cast of characters around Kushner’s narration of her 1987 novel. (Elsewhere, Gaiman talked with Salon.com about audiobooks — very much worth checking out!)

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Stephen King's 11/22/63

Posted on 2011-11-29 at 17:40 by Sam

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Stephen King's 11/22/63

“Quick Thoughts: People who think they know King from his labels as a horror novelist and pop icon will say that 11/22/63 is a departure from his other work. They are wrong. 11/22/63 is classic Stephen King full of the subtle horror themes that permeate his best works as well as an amazing cast of fascinating characters, all of whom, for good or ill adds something to the overall story.”

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Audible.com release day: The Ringworld Throne, and Wake Up and Dream

Posted on 2011-11-25 at 19:38 by Sam

Two titles came across the wire late Wednesday. The first is The Ringworld Throne: The Ringworld Series, Book 3 (1996) By Larry Niven Narrated by Paul Michael Garcia For Blackstone Audio, Inc. — hot on the heels of last month’s The Ringworld Engineers: The Ringworld Series, Book 2:

The second is Wake Up And Dream By Ian R MacLeod Narrated by Jeff Harding For Audible Ltd — this one is billed as “a dazzling collision of science, fantasy and history. Like the feelies themselves … film noir with Technicolor

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Audible.com's "Black Friday" sale: $4.95 audiobooks through Nov 29

Posted on 2011-11-25 at 15:25 by Sam

Link: Audible.com's "Black Friday" sale: $4.95 audiobooks through Nov 29

Once again it’s not sorted into any categories, so Audible.com’s “Black Friday” sale is just a big long unsorted list. But I’m here to help, so here’s a run down of the ones that caught my eye. And don’t forget, you can pretty easily give Audible audiobooks as gifts these days:

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
The Lost Gate

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Audible.com asks: What's Your Pick for Audiobook of the Year?

Posted on 2011-11-23 at 16:24 by Sam

Link: Audible.com asks: What's Your Pick for Audiobook of the Year?

My pick is Glimpses By Lewis Shiner Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki for Skyboat Productions:

Still under $7, a March 2011 audiobook release for Shiner’s 1993 novel, winner of the 1994 World Fantasy Award. I don’t have a final count handy, but I’ve listened to 40-50 audiobooks this year, 20-25 of which were published at Audible.com in 2011. Glimpses takes the take. Anyway, go vote! And because I’d love to know, come back here and comment and

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