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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Jonathan Maberry's Dead of Night

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

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

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

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“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's "Black Friday" sale: $4.95 audiobooks through Nov 29

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

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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:

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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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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Swan Song by Robert McCammond

Posted on 2011-11-22 at 15:58 by Sam

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“Quick Thoughts: While Swan Song is one of my favorite all time books, and a must read for fans of Post Apocalyptic fiction and Dark Fantasy, I found the experience of it much more rewarding than remembered. Maybe it’s being older, or experiencing it as an audiobook, but revisiting this world only made me love it more. Grade: A.”

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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

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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

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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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The Guilded Earlobe reviews Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Posted on 2011-10-28 at 20:14 by Sam

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I haven’t decided if I will read this one in audio (in which “read” is in scare quotes I suppose) or in print — but I do plan to read it one way or another sometime after I finish up with Reamde.

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Fantasy novel from a Connecticut 13 year old with Crohn's Disease

Posted on 2011-10-28 at 13:42 by Sam

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Chronicles a bit of the struggles of a young girl with Crohn’s Disease, and talks about her short fantasy novel which was self-published in Nook, Kindle, and (free) ePub form. It’s not the greatest story ever told (contemporary fantasy, Ash, Rayne, the council and its Head) but it’s probably a good step up from my efforts at that age :) (if I were foolish enough to read what I have safely boxed away in my closet, I suppose a comparison

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life

Posted on 2011-10-17 at 0:38 by Sam

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If it were not for the Apple //e, the IIgs, and the original Mac, I have no idea who I’d be or what I’d be doing. But they were built, and here I am, writing code, publishing a science fiction magazine, and listening to audiobooks on my iPod and now iPhone.

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