Posts tagged: ancillary justice
At Long Last! The AudioBookaneers Favorite Audiobooks of 2013!
Posted on 2014-02-24 at 14:53 by Dave
Yes, it's been a looooooooong wait. But 2013 was a pretty good year, and we have the audiobooks to prove it! In our wrap-up of 2012 in audiobooks, we had a consensus pick for best new audiobook, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. This year, we are a house -- er, pirate ship? -- divided. Last year, we also split things up quite a bit between "best new audiobook of a new book" and "best new audiobook of a previously released book". This year, there are no second class citizens among our listens
Read more...Posted in The Arrrdies | Tagged american elsewhere, ancillary justice, ann leckie, doctor sleep, hild, kate atkinson, kim stanley robinson, lauren beukes, life after life, neil gaiman, niccola griffith, robert jackson bennett, shaman, stephen king, the ocean at the end of the lane, the shining girls
The Kitschies Finalists Announced
Posted on 2014-01-31 at 02:59 by Sam
Via SF Signal, the finalists for the 2013 Kitschies have been announced. The UK-based awards categories include the Golden Tentacle for best debut, the Red Tentacle for best novel, and the Inky Tentacle for best cover art, with the addition of some special mentions. The awards offer a fantastic and unique perspective on books, carving out a highly-curated sensibility of intelligent speculative fiction: "The Kitschies, presented by The Kraken Rum, reward the year's most progressive, intelligent and
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2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced
Posted on 2014-01-16 at 15:08 by Sam
Via Locus Online, the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced [with DRM-free audiobook editions linked where available]:
- A Calculated Life, Anne Charnock (47North) -- Brilliance Audio, narrated by Susan Duerden [MP3-CD]
- The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, Cassandra Rose Clarke (Angry Robot) -- Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio, narrated by Kate Rudd [MP3-CD | CD | Downpour ]
- Self-Reference Engine, Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru) -- [no audio]
- Ancillary Justice, Ann
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a calculated life, ancillary justice, ann leckie, anne charnock, ben h. winters, cassandra rose clarke, countdown city, ian whates, jack skillingstead, kate rudd, peter berkrot, philip k dick award, solaris rising, susan duerden, toh enjoe
Release Week: Marie Brennen's A Natural History of Dragons, Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, S.M. Wheeler's Sea Change, Teresa Frohock's Miserere, Samuel Sattin's League of Somebodies, E.C. Myers' Fair Coin, and The Ship of Theseus
Posted on 2013-11-14 at 21:13 by Sam
NOVEMBER 6-12, 2013: A fairly quiet week in overall numbers -- and nearly absent in concurrent new releases -- is thunderously punctuated by some fantastic new audiobooks, taking big bites out of my "most missing in audio" list: Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons, Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, S.M. Wheeler's Sea Change, Teresa Frohock's Miserere, Samuel Sattin's League of Somebodies, and E.C. Myers' Fair Coin. Though it's not all good news, as my "seen but not heard" list this week is
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