Page 78 of posts by: Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
| ← Older posts | Newer posts → |
Currently listening to: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Posted on 2011-09-15 at 03:19 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Currently listening to: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Finished up John Hornor Jacobs’s Southern Gods and while I’ll have more to say before too long, I was very satisfied with how he ended the novel. Raised questions, let characters give their answers, and an ending that feels solidly right for the story that precedes it is a rare enough thing that, well, I wanted to note that before moving on. As a shorter listen (8-9 hours or so) it was worth the time.
But oh, moving on! To The Night Circus
Read more...Posted in link
Audible.com's "Win-Win" $4.95 audiobook sale, now through September 20
Posted on 2011-09-14 at 15:32 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Audible.com's "Win-Win" $4.95 audiobook sale, now through September 20
200+ books at $4.95 each, organized by author last name. Here are some of the sf/f titles, with a couple of non-fiction stuck in there for good measure. There’s Scalzi read by Wheaton, there’s the METAtropolis: Cascadia anthology, there’s … well, it’s a long list:
- Ship Breaker By Narrated by
Posted in link
Happy audiobook release day, Lauren Beukes's MOXYLAND!
Posted on 2011-09-14 at 13:59 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Well, it’s Wednesday September 14, and Wednesdays tend to see some “odd” titles filter in after the “big new releases” on Tuesdays. Today is no exception, with a major new audiobook along with with three medium-length titles which all look pretty interesting.
The one I’ve been waiting for is Moxyland By Narrated by
Read more...Posted in regular
Audiobook release day: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Posted on 2011-09-13 at 20:36 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Audiobook release day: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus by arrated by
I’ve heard a lot of really good things about this book and hope to squeeze it in before getting to Neal Stephenson’s Reamde. (Though I’m not yet halfway through John Hornor Jacobs’s Southern Gods, so… it might have to wait until after. We’ll see!)
Also out today:
- How Firm a Foundation: Safehold Series, Book 5 by arrated by
- World
Posted in link
Best of August 2011 in Audible.com SFF: Lev Grossman's The Magician King
Posted on 2011-09-08 at 20:49 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Best of August 2011 in Audible.com SFF: Lev Grossman's The Magician King
It’s probably not too much of a surprise for those who have followed this blog that my pick for the Best of August 2011 in Audible.com SFF is The Magician King: A Novel by narrated by
I reviewed the audiobook on Audible some weeks ago, and was going to use this space to add a few thoughts which did not fit into the 2000-character limit there. However, I’m going to just let a blog post elsewhere suffi
Read more...Posted in link
A quiet couple of days does include Jonathan Lethem's 1995 novel Amnesia Moon
Posted on 2011-09-08 at 16:42 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: A quiet couple of days does include Jonathan Lethem's 1995 novel Amnesia Moon
I recently listened to my first audiobook from Jonathan Lethem, Gun, with Occasional Music, and though I’m not sure I’ll be picking up Amnesia Moon, his 1995 novel which is a new Recorded Books production of a Scott Sowers narration, it is the only new sf/f release across the past couple of days at Audible.com so it gets a little time in the spotlight:
There is also a new thriller release that’s come across my radar, Chi
Read more...Posted in link
Fantasy Literature reviews the recently released audiobook for Kage Baker's The House of the Stag
Posted on 2011-09-07 at 18:31 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Fantasy Literature reviews the recently released audiobook for Kage Baker's The House of the Stag
From the article: “Too little of Kage Baker’s work has been produced on audio, so when I saw that Audible Frontiers had recently released The House of the Stag, I snatched it up. It’s read by Sean Crisden, whose voices are perfect for Baker’s dry humor. He’s absolutely hilarious in the scene where the theater manager is explaining the stock characters of epics to Gard.
I didn’t need the plotline about
Read more...Posted in link
Audible.com classics sale -- ends September 13
Posted on 2011-09-06 at 18:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Audible.com classics sale -- ends September 13
There’s a 50% off sale covering 100 “classics” ending September 13 at 11 AM EST. It’s partitioned by author last name rather than curated into any kind of categories, so… good luck finding things!
Read more...Posted in link
Audible.com release day: Two Marla Mason Novels by T.A. Pratt (and more)
Posted on 2011-09-06 at 17:23 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Audible.com release day: Two Marla Mason Novels by T.A. Pratt (and more)
While The Tears of the Sun: A Novel of the Change (Emberverse Series, Book 8) by arrated by Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (20th Anniversary Edition): The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 1 by arrated by
The first
Read more...Posted in link
Time: Welcome to TIME on Tumblr
Posted on 2011-09-06 at 14:04 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Link: Time: Welcome to TIME on Tumblr
There’s something to be said for an 88-year-old with a Tumblr account.
Since 1923, TIME has reported the world’s history and somewhere along the way, we became a part of it. TIME co-founder Henry Luce once said, “I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.”…
Hey hey! TIME has a Tumblr page now.
Read more...Posted in link | Tagged history, notes to our readers
| ← Older posts | Newer posts → |