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New source for audiobooks reviews: Salon’s "The Listener"
A fledgeling 3 weeks old, Salon’s new column The Listener looks to be something to keep an eye on. In this week’s column, Laura Miller (author of The Magician’s Book) lends an ear to Heidi Julavit’s...
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Audiobook review: Welcome to Bordertown
Welcome to Bordertown: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands Edited by: Holly Black and Ellen KushnerPerformances by: MacLeod Andrews, Cassandra Campbell, Ellen Kushner, and Holly Black Length: 18...
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All Hallow’s Listen Part 1: Dave Thompson reviews The Halloween Tree by Rad...
[Editor’s note: “All Hallow’s Listen” will be a 3-part series this October, featuring Dave Thompson’s reviews on Halloween-suitable audiobooks. Stay tuned each Friday!] The Halloween Tree By Ray...
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All Hallow’s Listen Part 2: Dave reviews Shadow Show: All-New Stories in...
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury edited by Sam Weller and Mort Castle Stories by: 26 writers including Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Audrey Niffenegger, Margaret Atwood, Alice...
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Listening report: August 2012
After seven audiobooks in July, three excellent, I managed just six in August, with one absolutely year’s-best fantastic (The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan) another excellent (non-fiction, How to...
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All Hallow’s Listen Part 3: Dave reviews George R.R. Martin’s Fevre Dream
Fevre Dream, by George R.R. Martin Narrated by Ron Donachie Length: 13 hours, 37 minutes There’s a lot of talk these days about vampire fatigue, and whether or not vampires should hole up in their...
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Dave Reviews: Dodger, by Terry Pratchett
Dodger, by Terry Pratchett. Narrated by Stephen Briggs for Harper Audio Length: 10 hours, 30 minutes Reviewed by Dave Thompson: It starts with a brawl in the rain. When a young woman attempts to...
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Dave Reviews: The Company Man
The Company Man, by Robert Jackson Bennett Read by Richard Poe, for Recorded Books Length: 16 hours, 4 minutes There’s an argument these days that the “punk” in steampunk is really superfluous – that...
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Review: The Privilege of the Sword
The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, Book 2) By Ellen Kushner, Narrated by Ellen Kushner, Barbara Rosenblat, Felicia Day, Nick Sullivan, Katherine Kellgren, Joe Hurley and Neil Gaiman Length: 15...
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Review: The Fall of the Kings
The Fall of the Kings (Riverside, Book 3) By Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman Narrated by Ellen Kushner, Nick Sullivan, Simon Jones, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Richard Ferrone, Tim Jerome, and...
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Pretty Fucking Badass: Dave Reviews Ancillary Sword
Ancillary Sword By Ann Leckie, performed by Adjoh Andoh Length: 11 hours, 44 minutes There’s a scene somewhere toward the middle of Ancillary Sword that I can’t get out of my head, despite having...
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With a Little Help From My Fae Friends – REVIEW: Silverblind
Silverblind by Tina Connolly, read by Rosalyn Landor for Audible Length: 10 hours, 3 minutes It’s still very much a man’s world, but the times are slowly a changing. Women are allowed to pursue...
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There is No Redemption in the Sea — Dave Revisits THE SCAR!
The Scar by China Mieville, read by Gildart Jackson Length: 26 hours, 58 minutes Some books just leave a mark on you. In China Mieville’s The Scar, a character is told “Scars are not injuries…a scar...
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It All Goes Around — Dave Reviews Ancillary Mercy!
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, Book 3) by Ann Leckie, Read by Adjoa Andoh Length: 10 hours, 54 minutes “There is always more after the ending. Always the next morning, and the next. Always changes,...
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“You Want Me to Blow Up the Afterlife?” Dave Reviews City of Blades
City of Blades (The Divine Cities, Book 2) by Robert Jackson Bennett, Narrated by Alma Cuervo Length: 20 hours, 27 minutes The gods have been destroyed. This isn’t myth or ancient history — it...
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