Page 36 of posts by: Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Coming to Town, post-visit edition: Deborah Johnson for The Secret of Magic

Posted on 2014-02-14 at 18:13 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Q: I enjoyed hearing you read your own author’s note for the (really fantastically well done) audiobook edition. Were you involved with or have you listened to Peter Francis James‘ narration? A: I loved Peter Francis James’s voice from the first moment I heard it on the spec. I knew he was the one to read the audio and was thrilled when he was chosen. This is a little aside: I read the author’s note and when I was working on this the director told me that Peter Francis’s grandfather, like mine, had served

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Release Week: Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others, Glen Duncan's By Blood We Live, Iain Banks' Matter, and Octavia Butler's Patternmaster and Imago

Posted on 2014-02-14 at 05:19 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

FEBRUARY 5-11, 2014: While much more quiet in terms of quantity -- in particular in concurrent new releases, as apparently every publisher had the same "FEBRUARY 4 OR BUST" idea this year -- there's some absolutely exquisite quality in this week's audiobooks haul, led by Ted Chiang's 2002 collection Stories of Your Life and Others, along with backlist titles from Iain Banks and Octavia Butler, and the only week delayed conclusion in audio for Glen Duncan's Last Werewolf trilogy, By Blood We Live. Highlights

Posted in Release Week | Tagged by blood we live, glen duncan, hugh howey, iain m banks, imago, matter, octavia butler, patternist, stories of your life and others, ted chiang, the last werewolf, xenogenesis

Armchair Audies 2014!

Posted on 2014-02-14 at 01:20 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Eagerly awaiting the Armchair Audies just about as much as I'm eagerly awaiting the Audie Awards finalists lists themselves:

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Whispersync Daily Deal: The Return Man by V.M. Zito, read by Bernard Clark

Posted on 2014-02-12 at 14:49 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Wednesday, February 12, 2014: Today's crop of Kindle Daily Deals includes V.M. Zito's The Return Man, a 2012 novel of post-zombie-apocalypse, priced at $1.99, and offering a $3.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition, narrated by Bernard Clark for Hachette Audio. As "Bernard Setaro Clark", the narrator was absolutely amazing on Hal Duncan's Vellum: The Book of All Hours, and I've had my eye on The Return Man since The Guilded Earlobe's review which calls it "a well paced thriller that offers

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged bernard clark, bernard setaro clark, the return man, vm zito

Audible's "Begin at the Beginning" sale, including Tad Williams, Richard Kadrey, Mira Grant, Paolo Bacigalupi, and more

Posted on 2014-02-11 at 18:37 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Running through February 19, Audible.com's Begin at the Beginning sale on first books in a series includes 206 books all priced at $4.95. Now, 206 titles is a pretty long list. Here's what caught my eye, with covers and "PICK:" notations for the ones I really recommend, which include Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan, Gene Wolfe's Shadow of the Torturer, Mira Grant's Feed, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, Paolo Bacigalupi's Shipbreaker, Tad Williams' The Dirty Streets of Heaven, and Michael J. Sullivan's The Crown

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alan cumming, jonathan davis, leviathan, michael j sullivan, mira grant, paolo bacigalupi, richard kadrey, sandman slim, scott westerfeld, simon vance, tad williams, tim gerard reynolds

Whispersync Daily Deal: The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke

Posted on 2014-02-11 at 14:57 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Tuesday February 11, 2014: Today's crop of Kindle Daily Deal titles includes The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke, available for $1.99 and offering a $0.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition, narrated by Kate Rudd for Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio:

"'Cat, this is Finn. He’s going to be your tutor.' Finn looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged angry robot on brilliance audio, cassandra rose clarke, kate rudd, the mad scientist's daughter

Whispersync Daily Deal: The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin, read by Sarah Zimmerman

Posted on 2014-02-08 at 12:42 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Saturday, February 8, 2014: Today's Kindle Daily Deal lineup includes N.K. Jemisin's The Killing Moon, book one in her Dreamblood duology published in 2012. Already staking out considerable territory on the fantasy map with her Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award nominated Inheritance Trilogy (beginning with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, which won the Locus Award for Best First Novel), it's a chance for new fans and old ones to get into her second series on the cheap, at $1.99 Kindle and a $3.99 upgrade

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged dreamblood, nk jemisin, the killing moon

Release Week: Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation, James Marsters reads The Kingmakers, Allen Steele's V-S Day, Christopher Golden's Dark Duets, METAtropolis stories, Scott Sigler's Pandemic, J.C. Hutchins' "The 33", and Natania Barron's Pilgrims of the Sky

Posted on 2014-02-07 at 19:06 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2014: You are in for quite a treat this week, audiobook listeners. From the surreal and claustrophobic Annihilation to the rapiers-afly adventure of The Kingmakers, to alternate history and on to an intriguing anthology of horror and dark fantasy. Meanwhile, the entire roster of METAtropolis stories have been released individually, and podcasting pioneer J.C. Hutchins released the first installment of a new serial project, "The 33". Speaking of podcasting pioneers, Scott Sigler's

Posted in Release Week, Uncategorized | Tagged allen steele, annihilation, carolyn mccormick, christopher golden, clay and susan griffith, dark duets, james marsters, jc hutchins, jeff vandermeer, metatropolis, the 33, the kingmakers, the southern reach, v-s day, vampire empire

Whispersync Daily Deal: The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell and Angelfall by Susan Ee

Posted on 2014-02-05 at 16:31 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Wednesday, February 5, 2014: While most of (if not all) the 24 deals I posted Monday are still ongoing, Wednesday brings another explicitly "one day only!" Whispersync Daily Deal, The Rise of Renegade X: Renegade X, Book 1 by Chelsea M. Campbell, narrated by Phillip Russell Newman. The Kindle edition is on sale for $1.99, and the title offers a $2.99 upgrade to the Audible edition. "Sixteen-year-old Damien Locke has a plan: major in messing with people at the local supervillain university and become a

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged angelfall, chelsea m campbell, renegade x, rise of renegade x, susan ee

Whispersync Daily? Deals: Miserere by Teresa Frohock and Three by Jay Posey

Posted on 2014-02-03 at 21:39 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Monday, February 3, 2014: While not on the official "Kindle Daily Deal" listings, a massive list of "under $3.99" ebook titles finds a long list of titles to check out. I'll focus on two recommended listens that I don't think I've mentioned before in Whispersync terms:

Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock, narrated by Eileen Stevens for Audible Frontiers is on sale today (and perhaps longer?) for $2.99 on Kindle, with a $3.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition. Called "Seriously

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged angry robot, audible frontiers, eileen stevens, jay posey, luke daniels, night shade books, teresa frohock, three