Page 64 of posts by: Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Release Week: Eric Flint's 1632, Elizabeth Moon's Echoes of Betrayal, Larry Niven, and The Technologists

Posted on 2012-02-21 at 18:43 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Published in print by Baen in 2000, 1632 became a bestseller and spawned a bestselling series of alternate history and its own fanfiction magazine, its own track at Dragon*Con, and who knows what else. Synopsis: A small bit of

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The 2012 Audies finalists have been announced, with Neil Gaiman getting nods as author, publisher, and performer, and 3 nods for Wil Wheaton

Posted on 2012-02-20 at 21:40 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Via Audiobooker, a Booklist blog, the 2012 Audies Finalists have been announced. Here are some of the titles I thought my readers here would find the most interesting, with links:

FANTASY

• The Automatic Detective, by A. Lee Martinez, Narrated by Marc Vietor, Audible, Inc.
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor, Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Hachette Audio
• The Land of Laughs, by Jonathan Carroll, Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Audible, Inc. (Neil Gaiman Presents)
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully

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Untitled

Posted on 2012-02-19 at 18:08 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

neil-gaiman:

How to Write a Novel.

And you know, this is pretty much everything you need to know. The rest is detail, most of which is irrelevant…

(Stolen from http://www.nicalderton.com/blog/HowToWriteANovel/)

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Feature Friday: The regional digital divide cuts both ways (or: WHERE IS MY IRON COUNCIL AUDIOBOOK, WORLD!)

Posted on 2012-02-17 at 17:48 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Most times, as a reader and listener in the US, I don’t have to worry much about regional rights when it comes to the books I want to read, the films I want to watch, and so on. But as I find myself following the field more and more closely, those exceptions, generally UK and Australia (and sometimes Canadian!) titles which haven’t (yet?) made it to the US begin to gnaw at me.

Last year, it was (among other books, but most notably) Christopher Priest’s The Islanders which came out in the UK …

But not in

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The Guilded Earlobe reviews John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar

Posted on 2012-02-17 at 15:32 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Link: The Guilded Earlobe reviews John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar

“Quick Thoughts: Despite my struggles and the fact that it took me nearly half the audiobook to get a grip on the overall narrative, I am glad that I finally fully experienced Brunner’s strange, troubling but beautiful novel. This is a book that is hard for me to recommend, because it takes a lot of investment by the reader/listener, but if you’re game, I’ll definitely cheer you on.”

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Audiobook release day: John Carter in 'A Princess of Mars', read by Scott Brick

Posted on 2012-02-17 at 01:54 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Although I swear I saw Tanith Lee’s Delusion’s Master, read by Susan Duerden no less, show up momentarily today, another title hit Audible’s shelves this evening and seems to have stuck: John Carter in ‘A Princess of Mars’: Barsoom Series, Book 1 By Edgar Rice Burroughs, Narrated by Scott Brick for Tantor Audio:

While it’s the 7th production of A Princess of Mars I can find on Audible alone, it’s notable for it’s narrator (Brick) and it’s timeliness (Disney’s fortchoming John Carter film opens March 8, and

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Audiobook review: Viriconium by M. John Harrison, read by Simon Vance

Posted on 2012-02-16 at 14:02 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

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:

Review by Dave Thompson: “A Not As Young Man’s Return Journey to Viriconium”

I have been to Viriconium once before – and appropriately – I find that the landscape of the city seems to have shifted since the last time I was here. Sometimes, it’s a

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Release Week: Stephen King's The Stand; Reese, Kittredge, and Simmons; Zebrowski, Gunn, and Lieber

Posted on 2012-02-15 at 15:30 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Coming in at nearly 48 hours, the big title this audiobook release week is The Stand By Stephen King, narrated by Grover Gardner for Random House Audio:

Not only is the recording unabridged, it’s the “complete and uncut” version of King’s classic post-apocalyptic tale, “includ[ing] more than 500 pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation.” First published in it’s “abbreviated” (yet still doorstopping) form in 1978 and

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Steampunk'd : Audible.com "asked Mark Hodder, author of the Burton and Swinburne series and steampunk aficionado, to fill us in on what the genre is all about"

Posted on 2012-02-14 at 16:15 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Link: Steampunk'd : Audible.com "asked Mark Hodder, author of the Burton and Swinburne series and steampunk aficionado, to fill us in on what the genre is all about"

Includes a little 4-paragraph answer from Hodder, along with a selection of 15 audiobook titles, including Hodder’s Burton and Swinburne series, along with Boneshaker, The Dream of Perpetual Motion: A Novel, The Difference Engine, Infernal Devices, and more:

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The Coode Street Podcast (Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe) talk audiobooks with Ellen Kushner

Posted on 2012-02-12 at 02:23 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Link: The Coode Street Podcast (Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe) talk audiobooks with Ellen Kushner

“This week we invited award-winning actor, broadcaster, editor and writer Ellen Kushner to join us to discuss the excellent audiobook adaptation of her novel Swordspoint, which was recently released by Audible, her thoughts on the rise of audiobooks, and her many other projects.”

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