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Audible’s “Treat Yourself” sale ends tonight: Luke Daniels reading Kevin Hearne, Wil Wheaton reading John Scalzi, and more

Posted on 2015-12-02 by montsamu

I mentioned this already in the midst of last month’s #WhispersyncDeal roundup, but it bears repeating once more, with feeling: here’s my picks from Audible’s “Treat Yourself” $4.95 sale, which ends December 2, 2015 at 11:59 PM PT:  

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Harry Potter, now on Audible

Posted on 2015-11-20 by montsamu

Well, it’s finally happened. For years, if you wanted to (legally!) listen to the Harry Potter series in audio, you could only avail yourself of the physical CD sets, either buying them outright or (as I did) patiently waiting in the library … Continue reading →

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“What is Necessary is Not Always Just!” The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long Continues!

Posted on 2015-11-10 by Dave

“The North Side of the Sun” (Tremontaine, Episode 2) by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen and Nick Sullivan Length: 1 hour, 38 minutes While last week focused on the different introductions to Riverside and this cast of characters, … Continue reading →

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Hot Chocolate and Sex! Dave Begins The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long!

Posted on 2015-11-03 by Dave

“Arrivals” (Tremontaine, Episode 1) by Ellen Kushner, narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Nick Sullivan, and Katherine Kellgren Length: 1 hour, 52 minutes Finding out that there was a new story set in Ellen Kushner’s Riverside was kind of like waking up … Continue reading →

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Good Monsters?

Posted on 2015-10-31 by Dave

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, read by Christian Rummel Length: 9 hours, 8 minutes Cabal by Clive Barker, read by Chet Williamson Length: 6 hours, 44 minutes Nothing says Halloween quite like monsters. Over the last few … Continue reading →

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Audible’s Win-Win Sale through September 20: N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, Helene Wecker’s The Golem and the Jinni, David Mitchell, Joe Abercrombie, and more

Posted on 2015-09-18 by montsamu

Through 11:59 PM US Pacific Time, Audible’s Member-Only “Win-Win” sale lists a fairly huge pile of audiobooks — 234 titles! — for $4.95 each. Here’s what most caught my eye:   The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 UNABRIDGED … Continue reading →

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Downpour.com audiobook rental program review and offer

Posted on 2015-08-20 by montsamu

I’d been meaning to check out Downpour.com’s digital audiobook rental program for a while; there’s a recent flurry of titles out that I really want to get to soon — most recently Molly Tanzer’s Vermillion and Aliette de Bodard’s The House … Continue reading →

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Hugo Award nominees in audio, 2015 edition

Posted on 2015-04-16 by montsamu

From an audiobooks standpoint, I don’t have too much to say about this year’s Hugo Awards controversy. However, I do want to cover the nominees in terms of what’s available in audio, even though this listing is already out of … Continue reading →

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My Top 10 Audiobooks of 2014

Posted on 2015-01-08 by montsamu

Always look forward to The Guilded Earlobe’s picks:

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Pulling the Future Toward Me

Posted on 2015-01-06 by montsamu

Congrats to Dave (and co-editor Anna) on 5 amazing, ridiculously amazing and wonderful years of PodCastle fantasy stories:

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