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Release Week(s): Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, Tobias Buckell's The Apocalypse Ocean, Stephen King's Revival, V Wars: Blood and Fire, Bitter Waters, Amanda Palmer's The Art of Asking, and Jeff VanderMeer's "Area X"

Posted on 2014-11-25 at 05:00 by Sam

NOVEMBER 5-18, 2014: A Chinese science fiction blockbuster translated into English by one of the world's best new writers, a new novel from Stephen King read by actor David Morse, Amanda Palmer's self-help advice/memoir book, an anthology series sequel to V Wars, Chaz Brentley's collection Bitter Waters, the entire 4-book set of Tobias Buckell's Xenowealth series, and a gorgeously packaged "Area X" omnibus of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy headline a fantastic fortnight of new audiobooks. There's

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Posted in Release Week | Tagged amanda palmer, area x, bitter waters, chaz brentley, daniel abraham, jeff vandermeer, johannes cabal, ken liu, liu cixin, luke daniels, prentice onayemi, revival, robin miles, sarban, stephen king, the apocalypse ocean, the art of asking, the three-body problem, tobias s buckell, v wars, xenowealth

Listening Report: March 2012

Posted on 2012-04-03 at 19:16 by Sam

Six audiobooks this month, down from eight last month, this time heavily skewed toward sf (5) over fantasy (1):

     

REVIEWS:

  • To Marry Medusa By Theodore SturgeonNarrated by Stefan Rudnicki for Blackstone Audio — Rudnicki’s a fan of Sturgeon’s, and I’ve heard him on More Than Human which, along with To Marry Medusa, explores the idea of emergent parapsychology. It’s a reminder that, along with Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End, science fiction (and science) actually took telepathy quite seriously
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Posted in Sam's Monthly Listening Report | Tagged a door into ocean, arctic rising, james sa corey, jay snyder, jefferson mays, joan slonczewski, leviathan wakes, mm buckner, monthly listening report, rosalyn landor, simon vance, stefan rudnicki, the gravity pilot, the stress of her regard, theodore sturgeon, tim powers, to marry medusa, tobias s buckell

Audiobook news: Dina Pearlman to narrate Tobias S. Buckell's Arctic Rising for Audible Frontiers!

Posted on 2012-02-02 at 21:01 by Sam

Audible Frontiers let me know that narrator Dina Pearlman (Clementine: A Novel of the Clockwork CenturyOmbria in ShadowPolgara the Sorceress, and the Kris LongknifeAnna Strong, Vampire for Hire, and Weather Warden series, among other credits) will be narrating Tobias S. Buckell’s Arctic Rising, to be released concurrently with the Tor hardcover on Feb. 28:

Global warming has transformed the Earth, and it’s about to get even hotter. The Arctic Ice Cap has all but melted, and the international

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Posted in regular | Tagged arctic rising, dina-pearlman, news, tobias s buckell