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“You Want Me to Blow Up the Afterlife?” Dave Reviews City of Blades

City of Blades (The Divine Cities, Book 2) by Robert Jackson Bennett, Narrated by Alma Cuervo Length: 20 hours, 27 minutes The gods have been destroyed. This isn’t myth or ancient history — it happened less than a lifetime ago. … Continue reading

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Audible’s “Thrills and Chills” sale through October 31

Just in time for Halloween, Audible is having a Thrills and Chills sale, with a goodly pile of audiobooks on sale for $6.95 through October 31. (Meanwhile, today’s Daily Deal is The Amityville Horror for $2.95, so there’s that, too.) … Continue reading

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Release Week: Station Eleven, City of Stairs, Hieroglyph, Monstrous Affections, and Gregory Maguire’s Egg and Spoon

SEPTEMBER 3-9, 2014: A highly-praised post-apocalyptic fiction, a secondary-world fantasy, an optimistic hard sf anthology, a young adult fantasy anthology, and an “all ages” fantasy lead a crowded week which also includes Daryl Gregory’s “dark, degenerate, and sublime” We Are All Completely Fine, … Continue reading

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At Long Last! The AudioBookaneers Favorite Audiobooks of 2013!

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 … Continue reading

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Review: American Elsewhere

American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett, Read by Graham Winton Length: 22 hours, 23 minutes If you have to stand against the great lurking darkness that’s encroaching upon you from the edge of universe, I recommend cranking up The Best … Continue reading

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Release Week: American Elsewhere, The Teleportation Accident, and Carniepunk

JULY 17-23, 2013: I was set to write up a fairly quiet — with the principal exception of the colorful-looking anthology Carniepunk — release week, when Recorded Books unexpectedly dropped one of my most-anticipated titles of the year, Robert Jackson … Continue reading

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Dave Reviews: The Troupe

The Troupe, by Robert Jackson Bennett Read by Luis Moreno for Recorded Books Length: 18 hours, 10 minutes The Troupe is the best new novel I’ve listened to this year – let’s get that out of the way from the start. There … Continue reading

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Dave Reviews: The Company Man

The Company Man, by Robert Jackson Bennett Read by Richard Poe, for Recorded Books Length: 16 hours, 4 minutes There’s an argument these days that the “punk” in steampunk is really superfluous – that generally, the genre isn’t punk at … Continue reading

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Release Week: Robert Jackson Bennett, Seanan McGuire, Joel Rosenberg, and A.A. Attanasio

Two of 2012’s most missing audiobooks and two backlist books from two of my favorite authors highlight the pre-Thanksgiving release week. The Troupe By Robert Jackson Bennett, Narrated by Luis Moreno for Recorded Books — Length: 18 hrs and 6 … Continue reading

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