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Tag Archives: review
Review: Joyland
Joyland By Stephen King, read by Michael Kelly Length: 7 hours, 33 minutes Sometimes, I feel like fun is a dirty word. Especially when it comes to entertainment, we’ll put words like “cheap” or “Junk” or “Trash” in front of … Continue reading
Review: The Land Across
The Land Across By Gene Wolfe, Read by Jeff Woodman Length: 10 hours, 56 minutes Toward the end of Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across, travel-writer Grafton tells his foreign secret police comrade that he doesn’t have anything to tell her, … Continue reading
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Tagged fantastic travelogues, gene wolfe, jeff woodman, review
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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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Tagged cherie priest, dave thompson, dreadnought, macmillan-audio, review
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Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi, read by Wil Wheaton
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas By John Scalzi Narrated by Wil Wheaton for Audible Frontiers Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins Release Date: 06-05-12 Review by Dave Thompson: “Stay off the Bridge! Avoid the Narrative!” “Is it just me…or … Continue reading
Audiobook review: Osama by Lavie Tidhar
Osama by Lavie Tidhar Narrated by Jeff Harding for Audible Ltd Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Release Date: 05-14-2012 [PS Publishing | Goodreads | Audible UK] Review by Dave Thompson: “Life Isn’t a Pulp Novel” Lavie Tidhar’s Osama is … Continue reading
Audiobook review: Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory
REVIEW: Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory, narrated by David Marantz for Audible Frontiers Reviewed by Dave Thompson: “The Undead Have Never Been So Fresh (or Funny)” The living dead seem to be rising just about everywhere you turn, and these days the zombie apocalypse is … Continue reading
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Tagged audible frontiers, daryl gregory, dave thompson, david marantz, raising stony mayhall, review
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Release Week: TC McCarthy’s Exogene, Michael Swanwick’s Dancing with Bears, Sergey and Marina Dyachenko’s The Scar, and Elizabeth Hand’s Available Dark
February goes out with quite a splash, with T. C. McCarthy’s Exogene: The Subterrene Trilogy, Book 2, Michael Swanwick’s Dancing with Bears: A Darger and Surplus Novel, Sergey and Marina Dyachenko’s The Scar, and Elizabeth Hand’s Available Dark. EXOGENE: Read by Bahni Turpin for Blackstone Audio and released concurrently with the … Continue reading
Audiobook review: Viriconium by M. John Harrison, read by Simon Vance
Last month the blog welcomed contributor Dave Thompson with his review of Tim Powers’s The Stress of Her Regard, read by Simon Vance. Today he returns with another review, setting his ears on Viriconium by M. John Harrison, read by Vance for Neil Gaiman Presents: … Continue reading
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Tagged dave thompson, m john harrison, neil gaiman presents, review, simon vance, viriconium
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Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
What: Mistborn: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson, narrated by Michael Kramer for Macmillan Audio on 9 CDs, with bonus PDF of The Elendel Daily How: Review copy requested from Macmillan Audio after seeing it as a loose-leaf late insert in … Continue reading
Review: The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers, read by Simon Vance
I’m pleased to welcome a new regular contributor to the Audible SF/F blog: Dave Thompson. While we have plans (a podcast? two-contributor reviews?) he’s starting out with a review of The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers, read by Simon Vance … Continue reading
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Tagged blackstone audio, dave thompson, review, simon vance, the stress of her regard, tim powers
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