Posts tagged: anne charnock
November #WhispersyncDeal roundup: Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson, Becky Chambers, Joe Hill, Paul Tremblay, Amy Bartol, and more
Posted on 2016-11-25 at 08:36 by Sam
Before November runs out, take the take to take a break from Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping and pick up a little something for yourself for those long, dark winter nights. There are 510 Whispersync-enabled audiobooks in this month's Monthly Deals in Kindle Books listings, which is a very, very big number. Here's what most catches my eye and ear this month:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, read by Claire Danes for Audible for $2.99+$3.99 "[A] novel of such power that the reader will be
Read more...Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged amy a bartol, anne charnock, Becky Chambers, claire danes, cory doctorow, guillermo del toro, jeff vandermeer, joe hill, julie kagawa, katherine kellgren, luke daniels, margaret atwood, neal stephenson, paul tremblay, ron perlman, samuel r delany, vikas adam, wil wheaton
November #WhispersyncDeal roundup: A Calculated Life, Off to Be the Wizard, The Broken Sword, I Am Princess X, Ella Enchanted, and more, and! a glance through Audible's "Treat Yourself" sale, and! Downpour.com's Black Friday sale (UPDATED)
Posted on 2015-11-27 at 05:31 by Sam
As promised, you've got more than 48 hours this time! But there's a lot to look over, as among the 299 Whispersync for Voice-enabled Monthly Deals in Kindle Books
First, though, the usual
Read more...Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged anne charnock, bronson pinchot, cherie priest, downpour.com, jennifer marie brissett, john scalzi, luke daniels, marko kloos, mary robinette kowal, oliver wyman, poul anderson, redshirts, samuel r delany, scott meyer, skyboat media, stefan rudnicki, susan duerden, the broken sword, wil wheaton, wild-cards
The AudioBookaneers pick their favorite audiobooks of 2014
Posted on 2015-03-02 at 15:15 by Sam
Well, it's (past) that time of year again: time for Dave and I to look back on a year in listening. We laughed, we cried, we cheered, we jeered, we stayed up well into the night for these audiobooks. It seems like every year calls for a slight wrinkle in presentation, but this year it's a familiar one: our audiobooks of the year, runners up in both new audiobooks of new books and new audiobooks of previously published books, and our favorite "new to us" listens of the year. (And, mostly because it helps
Read more...Posted in The Arrrdies | Tagged adjoa andoh, afterparty, amber benson, andy weir, andy weird, ann leckie, anne charnock, area x, bd wong, ben h. winters, bronson pinchot, catherynne m valente, chang-rae lee, cherie priest, chris beckett, cibola burn, claire north, daniel abraham, dark eden, daryl gregory, donna tartt, drizzt, evie wyld, fred berman, gabrielle de cuir, haruki murakami, ironskin, j.k. rowling, james marsters, james sa corey, janis ian, jeff vandermeer, jo walton, joe hill, john darnielle, john scalzi, johnny b truant, jonathan lethem, josh cohen, junot diaz, kameron hurley, katherine addison, kristen bell, lev grossman, lewis shiner, lock in, macleod andrews, manly wade wellman, maplecroft, margaret atwood, mark bramhall, michael chabon, michel faber, monica byrne, motherless brooklyn, my real children, neil gaiman, nick harkaway, octavia butler, on such a full sea, one hundred years of solitude, peter berkrot, RA Salvatore, rc bray, richard kadrey, robert galbraith, robert glenister, rosalyn landor, ruth ozeki, sandman slim, sean platt, shirley jackson, six-gun snow white, stefan rudnicki, ted chiang, the beam, the book of strange new things, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, the girl in the road, the goblin emperor, the goldfinch, the martian, the mirror empire, the silkworm, the yiddish policeman's union, therese anne fowler, tigerman, tina connolly, vampire empire, veronica mars, we have always lived in the castle, when women were warriors, wil wheaton, wolf in white van, xe sands
Whispersync Daily Deals: Anne Charnock's A Calculated Life, the Z 2134 series by Sean Platt and David W. Wright, Ian Douglas' Deep Space, and Rysa Walker's Timebound
Posted on 2014-04-30 at 15:31 by Sam
Wednesday, April 30, 2014: I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but, just in time for it to be on sale for $1.99, Anne Charnock's A Calculated Life has become Whispersync for Voice enabled to the tune of a $2.99 upgrade to the Audible edition, read by Susan Duerden for Brilliance Audio. As I reported back in January, A Calculated Life was nominated for this year's Philip K. Dick Award, and it's long been on my "pick this up the second it's on sale!" list. (No, seriously, I have a bookmarks folder of a few
Read more...Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged a calculated life, anne charnock, brilliance-audio, david w wright, deep space, ian douglas, kate rudd, rysa walker, sean platt, star carrier, susan duerden, timebound, z 2134
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
Read more...Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a calculated life, a tale for the time being, ancillary justice, ann leckie, anne charnock, bleeding edge, mr penumbra's 24-hour bookstore, nexus, ramez naam, robin sloan, ruth ozeki, the kitschies, thomas pynchon
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