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Audible’s $7.95 sale through January 2, including Lev Grossman, Haruki Murakami, Cherie Priest, and more

Audible is having a “Holiday Relief Sale” which lists 100+ audiobooks for $7.95 through January 2, and includes quite a few good sf/f listings. In particular, if you haven’t yet picked up Lev Grossman’s The Magicians: A Novel, narrated wonderfully … Continue reading

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Today’s Audible.com Daily Deal: Neil Gaiman and Neil Gaiman Presents

Audible.com has been offering Daily Deals this December, and today (Friday, Dec 7) brings a 50% off deal on a list of titles by Neil Gaiman and from Neil Gaiman Presents. From Gaiman’s American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (A … Continue reading

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Audible’s editors pick the best audiobooks of the year (and a so-far rundown of The Lists)

While I’m most eagerly awaiting Bob Reiss’s picks over at The Guilded Earlobe, the first of the big year-end “best of the year” audiobooks lists is up, from Audible.com as a Best of 2012 featurette, collecting their editors’ picks in … Continue reading

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Release Week: The Rise of Ransom City, The Dresden Files, The Iron Druid Chronicles, and City of Dark Magic

The last Tuesday in November brings new books in beloved series, as well as a Conan O’Brien-blurbed romp through a fantastical Prague. Still, it’s another sequel which most catches my eye, and another sequel (Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Fractal Prince) which … Continue reading

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Release Week: Robert Jackson Bennett, Seanan McGuire, Joel Rosenberg, and A.A. Attanasio

Two of 2012’s most missing audiobooks and two backlist books from two of my favorite authors highlight the pre-Thanksgiving release week. The Troupe By Robert Jackson Bennett, Narrated by Luis Moreno for Recorded Books — Length: 18 hrs and 6 … Continue reading

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A second look at Downpour

A little over a month ago, I gave my first thoughts on Downpour, a new DRM-free multi-publisher audiobook service from Blackstone Audio. Still officially in “Beta”, I’ve had another month of buying, downloading, and listening, so it’s maybe time to … Continue reading

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Release Week: Red Country, Annotated Shannara, six from Christopher Priest, and Goblin Secrets

In a packed week of exciting mid-week releases by Kameron Hurley (Rapture) and Walter Jon Williams (The Fourth Wall), it’s Joe Abercrombie’s Red Country which leads the way in new audio releases. However, all the news isn’t great, as there … Continue reading

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Dave Reviews: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest

Dreadnought, by Cherie Priest Narrated by Kate Reading Length: 13 hours, 24 minutes War is Hell – Especially for a Nurse It’s probably important to state right off the bat that I wasn’t a huge fan of Boneshaker. There are … Continue reading

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Release Week: Cooper’s The Creative Fire, McDevitt/Resnick’s The Cassanda Project, Brandon Sanderson’s The Emperor’s Soul, Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic, and more

November gets off to a big start, with a long list of noteworthy releases, four of which I’ll highlight at a little more length, and several more worth checking out as well. (Meanwhile, my “most missing” this fairly busy week … Continue reading

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Release Week: A Sudden Outbreak of Magic, Ruins, and a Neil Gaiman gift edition and charity short

The last release week in October has a few intriguing new titles, along with a new “gift edition” of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust and, as Dave already mentioned, a free short story by Gaiman as well. A Sudden Outbreak of Magic: … Continue reading

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