Page 30 of posts by: Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Release Week(s): World of Trouble, Land of Love and Drowning, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Half a King, The Outsorcerer's Apprentice, Blightborn, and Kaiju Rising

Posted on 2014-08-01 at 14:55 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JULY 9-29, 2014: Covering three weeks worth of releases in mid-to-late July, with picks including a terrific ending to Ben H. Winters' The Last Policeman trilogy, new standalone epic fantasy, magical realism, near-future sf, comedic high fantasy, CornPunk, and a Kickstarter-funded anthology of megamonster invasion. Beyond the picks, there are more trilogies concluded (Hannu Rajaniemi's Jean le Flambeur, Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy), more next books in a series (Melissa Scott and Jo Graham's Order of

Posted in Release Week | Tagged ben h. winters, blightborn, brilliance-audio, chuck wendig, cornpunk, half a king, hannu rajaniemi, joe abercrombie, kaiju rising, land of love and drowning, nick podehl, peter berkrot, ray sawyer, the last policeman, the outsorcerer's apprentice, thomas sweterlitsch, tiphanie yanique, tom holt, tomorrow and tomorrow, world of trouble

Release Week: The Queen of the Tearling, Alias Hook, California, A Plunder of Souls, Landline, To Kill a Mockingbird, Close Your Eyes Hold Hands, and How to Survive a Sharknado

Posted on 2014-07-12 at 10:52 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JULY 2-8, 2014: Another fantastic week's worth of audiobooks has come our way, from beloved Pulitzer-winning classics in audiobook (and ebook) for the first time to post-apocalyptic sf and epic fantasy, Peter Pan retold, historical fantasy, and time-travel romance. Also out this week: Terry Brooks returns to Shannara (read by Simon Vance), along with new audiobooks from Chris Bohjalian and Veronica Roth, J.M. Ledgard's Submergence, and a standalone short audiobook from Neil Gaiman, his The Truth is a Cave

Posted in Release Week | Tagged a plunder of souls, alias hook, california, db jackson, edan lepucki, emma galvin, erika johansen, harper lee, jonathan davis, katherine kellgren, lisa jensen, rainbow rowell, ralph lister, rebecca lowman, sissy spacek, the queen of the tearling, to kill a mockingbird

Release Week: How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky, The String Diaries, Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners, Cat Rambo's Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight, and Clive Barker's Weaveworld read by Simon Vance

Posted on 2014-07-05 at 15:38 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JUNE 25-JULY 1, 2014: A fantastic crop of audiobooks this week, with picks from "nerd fiction" to Mulholland-published speculative thrillers, collections, and Clive Barker's 1987 novel Weaveworld. More great titles in the "also out this week" listings, including the latest in Charles Stross' Laundry Files, Peter David's vampiric retelling of Oliver Twist, and enough high-end epic fantasy to keep you busy for a hundred hours: Anthony Ryan's Tower Lord, Django Wexler's The Shadow Throne, Mark Smylie's The

Posted in Release Week | Tagged anthony ryan, artful, cat rambo, clive barker, how to tell toledo from the night sky, kelly link, lydia netzer, magic for beginners, mark smylie, peter david, simon vance, stephen lloyd jones, the barrow, the string diaries, tower lord, weaveworld

Release Week: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Thorn Jack, and The Silkworm

Posted on 2014-06-29 at 04:10 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JUNE 18-24, 2014: A fairytale recast as imaginative -- but not overtly speculative -- fiction by the always fantastic Genevieve Valentine, a contemporary fantasy retelling of the Scottish folk tale of Tam Lin by debut novelist Katherine Harbour, and J.K. Rownling writing as Robert Galbraith headline the last full release week in June, which also includes epic fantasy from L.E. Modesitt, sf from Mike Shepherd and Vaughn Heppner, a collection from Nancy Fulda, and several books from Ira Levin's backlist

Posted in Release Week | Tagged genevieve valentine, j.k. rowling, katherine harbour, robert galbraith, the girls at the kingfisher club, the silkworm, thorn jack

Release Week: Bears Discover Fire, The Quick, Rogues, The Fever, high-end sf sequels, and Luke Daniels, Luke Daniels, Luke Daniels

Posted on 2014-06-21 at 13:35 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JUNE 11-17, 2014: There is an absolute avalanche of outstanding audio this week, comprised mostly of audiobooks we've been anticipating for a good while now, but led by a breathtaking surprise: Terry Bisson's 1993 collection Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories. There's high-end sf (Cibola Burn, The Long Mars, On the Steel Breeze), there's historically-set fantasy (The Quick), there's comedic fantasy (Spell or High Water) and urban fantasy (Shattered, Half-Off Ragnarok) and an sf/thriller hyrbid (A Better

Posted in Release Week | Tagged a better world, adjoa andoh, alastair reynolds, bears discover fire, cherie priest, cibola burn, erik davies, gardner dozois, george rr martin, gillian flynn, james sa corey, janis ian, joe abercrombie, joe barrett, kevin hearne, kirby heyborne, lauren owen, luke daniels, marcus sakey, megan abbott, michael fenton-stevens, neil gaiman, on the steel breeze, patrick rothfuss, rogues, roy dotrice, scott meyer, shattered, simon slater, skyboat media, spell or high water, stefan rudnicki, stephen baxter, terry bisson, terry pratchett, the fever, the iron druid chronicles, the long mars, the quick

Release Week: The Goblin Emperor, The Girl with All the Gifts, Koko Takes a Holiday, and Pills and Starships

Posted on 2014-06-18 at 13:52 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JUNE 3-10, 2014: Another fantastic release week this week, from fantasy to sf to all kinds of stuff in between, both in the picks of the week and beyond, though some of my most-anticipated books of the month end up in the "seen but not heard" list as well. Meanwhile, there's a second Recorded Books Humble Audiobook Bundle ongoing through June 24/25, offering a chance to "pay what you want" for a set of audiobooks including Pierce Brown's Red Rising, Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and

Posted in Release Week | Tagged daniel h wilson, finty williams, hillary huber, katherine addison, kieran shea, koko takes a holiday, kyle mccarley, lydia millet, Michael R Underwood, mozhan marno, mr carey, pills and starships, the girl with all the gifts, the goblin emperor

Release Week: Six-Gun Snow White, The River of Souls, The Dark Between the Stars, Prince of Fools, The Science of Discworld, and Mr. Mercedes

Posted on 2014-06-10 at 16:10 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

MAY 28-JUNE 3, 2014: June got off to a big start, with star-spanning sf (Kevin J. Anderson's The Dark Between the Stars), epic fantasy (Mark Lawrence's Prince of Fools), historical almost-supernatural thriller (Robert McCammon's The River of Souls), a fairytale recast in the Wild West (Catherynne M. Valente's Six-Gun Snow White), and yes, horror from Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes). In the ALSO OUT listings there's an Expanse novella from James S.A. Corey along with Chandler Klang Smith's 2013 debut Goldenland

Posted in Release Week | Tagged catherynne m valente, edoardo ballerini, julia whelan, kevin j anderson, mark lawrence, mr mercedes, prince of fools, robert mccammon, six-gun snow white, stephen king, terry pratchett, the dark between the stars, the river of souls, the science of discworld, tim gerard reynolds

Top 25 most-anticipated books of June 2014

Posted on 2014-06-05 at 18:40 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Everyone has their own lists, but here’s ours: what we're most looking forward to this month, in chronological order of release, with audiobook information if we know about it. (I tried holding the list to 10 as I managed for last month's preview, but after a second pass cutting as much as I was close to happy with, I was still in the 30s. Trimming further to 25 was hard enough!)

JUNE 3

Searchers After Horror edited by S.T. Joshi (Fedogan and Bremer, June 1) — The first of two anthologies on my list this

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adjoa andoh, alastair reynolds, am dellamonica, antonia hodgson, california bones, catherynne m valente, child of a hidden sea, cibola burn, deadly curiosities, dogsland, eli horowitz, emily bauer, emmi itaranta, erik davies, finty williams, gail z martin, gardner dozois, genevieve valentine, george rr martin, greg van eekhout, hillary huber, incrypted, iron druid chronicles, j.k. rowling, james morrow, james robert herndon, james sa corey, jm mcdermott, john lee, julia whelan, kate rudd, katherine addison, katherine harbour, kevin hearne, kevin j anderson, kieran shea, koko takes a holiday, lauren owen, luke daniels, mammals, mark boyett, mark smylie, memory of water, michael fenton-stevens, michael page, mr carey, mr mercedes, octavia e butler, on the steel breeze, ray porter, rayla 2212, robert galbraith, rogues, scott meyer, seanan mcguire, searchers after horror, shattered, simon slater, six-gun snow white, spell or high water, spoken freely, st joshi, stephen baxter, stephen briggs, stephen king, terry pratchett, the barrow, the dark between the stars, the devil in the marshalsea, the expanse, the girl with all the gifts, the girls at the kingfisher club, the goblin emperor, the long mars, the madonna and the starship, the quick, the science of discworld, the silent history, the silkworm, thorn jack, unexpected stories, we leave together, will patton, ytasha womack

Whispersync Monthly Deals for June 2014: Ben Winters, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Hill, Marcus Sakey, Elmore Leonard, and more (updated June 5!)

Posted on 2014-06-02 at 18:23 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

June is here, and along with it another crop of monthly Kindle deals, including quite a few fantastic titles with inexpensive Whispersync for Voice upgrades to the Audible editions. Here are the eight titles which most caught my eye:

Countdown City: The Last Policeman Book II (Last Policeman Trilogy) by Ben H. Winters, read by Peter Berkrot for Brilliance Audio, for $3.99 Kindle plus $3.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition -- "There are just 77 days to go before a deadly asteroid

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged ania ahlborn, ben h. winters, brilliance, countdown city, daniel radcliffe, dave donovan, elmore leonard, grover gardner, horns, joe hill, joyce carol oates, kate mulgrew, luke daniels, marcus sakey, nos4a2, peter berkrot, raylan, seed, the accursed, the gift, timothy olyphant

Release Week: Jim Butcher's Skin Game, Jane Lindskold's Artemis Awakening, Glen Hirshberg's Motherless Child, Jo Walton's Tooth and Claw, and Tim Pratt's Heirs of Grace

Posted on 2014-05-29 at 15:27 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

MAY 21-27, 2014: Well, crap. I should have snatched up Nick Harkaway's Tigerman before Audible (US) realized that it couldn't sell it to me, but hopefully that's a "not yet" and not an "ever". So, a release week I was over-the-top excited about is taken down a notch, though with blockbuster series releases from Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files continues with Skin Game, read by James Marsters), Elizabeth Moon (Crown of Renewal in her  Paksennarion: Paladin's Legacy series), and Ian Douglas (Dark Matter in his

Posted in Release Week | Tagged artemis awakening, glen hirshberg, heirs of grace, james marsters, jane lindskold, jim butcher, jo walton, john lee, leslie hull, motherless child, skin game, the dresden files, tim pratt, tooth and claw, xe sands