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Posted on 2011-11-10 at 01:20 by Sam
Audiobook received: Anthology: Wild Cards I edited by Walter Jon Williams here…)Lewis Shiner, Roger Zelazny, Howard Waldrop, Michael Cassutt, and Martin himselfNarrated by Brilliance Audio In the aftermath of WWII, an alien virus struck the Earth, endowing a handful of
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Audiobook release day: The Alloy of Law, 11-22-63, Inheritance, Wild Cards, ...
Posted on 2011-11-08 at 17:13 by Sam
Well, well, well. It’s quite a day for audiobooks, from epic fantasy to epic fantasy turned Steam-age, to superheroes, to zombies, to the conclusion of a 4-book series begun by a now-famous then-teenager. Welcome to November 8, 2011.
The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel By Narrated by Macmillan Audio — set three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy (The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages) The Alloy of Law combines magic, metal
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Audible.com dipping its toes into the world of Pre-Orders?
Posted on 2011-11-07 at 17:40 by Sam
Perhaps this has been done with other books, but Pre-Order ‘Locked On’ by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney read by Lou Diamond Phillips is the first I’ve noticed:
It’s a 44-minute recording of the first three chapters, with the description leading with: “Simply pre-order Locked On now and you’ll get to hear the book’s first three chapters before anyone else. And when the complete book - which is more than 20 hours long - releases on December 13, it’ll be waiting for you in My Library.”
What do my fellow
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Audiobook release day: The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells and The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
Posted on 2011-11-05 at 01:35 by Sam
The Cloud Roads By Narrated by Audible Frontiers:
This is a book I picked up earlier this summer at my local library when doing a little cover browsing of new hardcovers. (Along with Greg Egan’s The Clockwork Rocket and Col Buchanan’s Farlander — quite a haul!) I read the opening, found it interesting, and marked it as one to look for in audio. And here it is: “Moon has spent his life hiding what he is - a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature
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More audiobook news, from announcements both Little and Big (ha ha!) to today's new releases.
Posted on 2011-11-03 at 18:18 by Sam
First, Sarah Prineas (author of The Magic Thief series) announced via Twitter that “a while ago” audio rights for her forthcoming novel Winterling (HarperChildrens, January 3, 2012) were sold to Recorded Books.
Second, from the “how did I not know this was coming” department, John Crowley’s novel Little, Big will be coming out December 1 from Blackstone Audio! Crowley announced the deal in late September, revealing that he will be narrating the novel, which he did for a previous audiobook, Aegypt (also from
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Audiobook release day: Rule 34 by Charles Stross
Posted on 2011-11-02 at 19:26 by Sam
Today sees the release of Rule 34 By Narrated by Recorded Books:
A “loose sequel” to Halting State, Rule 34 uses three interleaving first person perspectives to tell its story: ”Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross takes listeners into the near future for this breathtaking thriller. As head of the Rule 34 Squad, Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh keeps a close eye on Internet activity, monitoring whether people are participating in harmless fantasies or engaging
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Audiobook announcement: Brilliance Audio has purchased audio rights for Saladin Ahmed's Throne of the Crescent Moon (DAW Books)
Posted on 2011-11-02 at 18:26 by Sam
Saladin Ahmed broke the news on Twitter last Thursday, retweeted by his publisher DAW Books, that Brilliance Audio had purchased the audio rights to his debut novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon (hardcover, Feb 7, 2012):
And a day later, Ahmed posted the first chapter of the novel on his blog. As a fan both of Ahmed’s short fiction (which I’ve enjoyed catching at PodCastle, and which garnered him enough votes to be a finalist for both a Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) and of
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Audiobook release day: The Folded World by Catherynne M. Valente (and many more)
Posted on 2011-11-01 at 15:42 by Sam
On a busy day to start November, my most-anticipated title is without question The Folded World: A Dirge for Prester John Volume Two By Narrated by
Book 2 in her A Dirge for Prester John series after 2010’s The Habitation of the Blessed — also narrated by Lister and out from Brilliance Audio. In book 2, “Mythopoeic Award winner Catherynne M. Valente continues to re-imagine the legends of the Middle Ages” and we’ll see the armies of Prester John come to Constantinople’s
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Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death wins the World Fantasy Award
Posted on 2011-10-31 at 17:13 by Sam
Link: Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death wins the World Fantasy Award
In a right sidebar spot, there’s a new “World Fantasy Award Winner” spot in light of the just-announced World Fantasy Awards. The winner in the novel category is… Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor:
And, like all of this year’s nominees, there’s an audiobook. (We live in wonderful times, really.) Who Fears Death is listed with a sale price of $8.74 $12.24, and the Audible.com front page text is: “Just awarded the World Fantasy Award for
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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Richard Kadrey's Aloha From Hell
Posted on 2011-10-31 at 14:56 by Sam
Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews Richard Kadrey's Aloha From Hell
A well-regarded series I’ve not jumped into yet concludes, and my go-to source for audiobook reviews (though with some divergence in taste!) takes a look at the latest (and last) installment of Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim stories, Aloha From Hell:
Bob Reiss’s quick thoughts: “Kadrey’s visions of the worlds of the afterlife, and his spin on characters that you thought you had known pushes this series past your expectations for Urban
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