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Release Week: C. Robert Cargill's Queen of the Dark Things, Felix Gilman's The Revolutions, Josh Malerman's Bird Box, Norman Lock's The Boy in His Winter, and Dead Man's Hand edited by John Joseph Adams

Posted on 2014-05-14 at 17:56 by Sam

MAY 7-13, 2014: A sequel I've been anticipating for the past year, a short stay on the "missing in audio" list for a book from one of my favorite authors, a post-apocalyptic horror, Huck Finn in the future, and a Weird West anthology headline a fairly quiet publishing week this week, at least compared to last week's haul, but by no means does that imply that there aren't more books worth checking out in the ALSO OUT listings as well. Those include (among others) Porochista Khakpour's The Last Illusion and

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Posted in Release Week | Tagged bird box, c robert cargill, cassandra campbell, dead man's hand, felix gilman, grover gardner, john joseph adams, josh malerman, natalie ross, norman lock, phil gigante, ralph lister, the boy in his winter, the revolutions, vikas adam

Top 10 most-anticipated books of May 2014

Posted on 2014-05-05 at 18:33 by Sam

Everyone has their own lists, but here's mine: what I'm most looking forward to this month, in chronological order of release, with audiobook information if I know about it:

MAY 6

 Mary Rickert The Memory Garden excerpt

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals, May 6) -- "In Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer introduced the mysteries of Area X—a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. It was the first volume of a projected trilogy; well in advance of publication, translation rights had sold all around the world and

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Sam's Listening Report: March 2013

Posted on 2013-12-24 at 14:25 by Sam

So. Since I let these "monthly" reports get so completely out of hand -- note that the February report was just posted in mid-November -- I'm changing the format up a lot. I'm going to just run down what I listened to and maybe, maybe one quick comment; that way actual reviews don't have to be held up while I write a month's worth at a time. So, with that in mind, here's what I listened to in March:

icon icon iconBitterwood: Dragon Age, Book 1 | [James Maxey] Dimension of Miracles | [Robert Sheckley]

NOTES:

The City of Devi by Manil Suri, read by Vikas Adam and Priya Ayyar for Blackstone Audio (review

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Posted in Sam's Monthly Listening Report | Tagged bitterwood, c robert cargill, dave thompson, dimension of miracles, dreams and shadows, fade to black, francis knight, james maxey, john hodgman, manil suri, neil gaiman presents, paul thornley, priya ayyar, robert sheckley, the city of devi, vikas adam