The Book Show interviews Ursula K. Le Guin. |MP3|
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Posted by Charles Tan
New Arrival – Bolinda Audio
This just in from Australia!
Darkside
By Tom Becker; Read by Colin Moody
6 CDs – 6 Hours – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 978921415340
Your home’s been attacked.
Your dad’s in an asylum.
You’re running for your life.
And there’s nowhere to hide.
You’ve stumbled on the city’s greatest secret: Darkside. Incredibly dangerous and unimaginably exciting. Darkside is ruled by Jack the Ripper’s children – a place where nightmares walk the streets. You think you’re in trouble now, but your problems have just begun…
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
The Book Show Interviews Isabelle Allende and Jeff VanderMeer
The Book Show interviews Isabelle Alende as well as Jeff VanderMeer as the latter talks about Steampunk. |MP3|
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Posted by Charles Tan
Andre Norton’s Star Born gets reviewed….
It ain’t our review (conflict of interest and all) but check out this, the first review of Star Born on Audible.com by a long-time audiobook listener…
“4/5 Stars
Reviewer: Michael, from Kannapolis , NC, USA Date: April 05, 2008This is classic Norton in top form. The narration is well done and read. Norton authored some of the best sci fi of the era. Ranking up there with Robert Heinlein, Asimov, EE Doc Smith other great masters of sci fi. Star Born was a favorite for me growing up I must have read it 1000 times and the audio listen really brought the book to life for me. You wont regret this addition to your library! The Time Series is probably nortons top work altho its hard to find any Norton work thats ever been close to bad.”
Posted by Jesse Willis
MORE Blake’s 7 Audio Adventures coming (starting June 2008)
I am pleased to be able to report that B7 Productions has just announced a series of prequel audio adventures to follow up on their SFFaudio Essential Blake’s 7 – Audio Adventures! From the press release:
MICHAEL KEATING (Blake’s 7, EastEnders) will reprise his most popular role as the cowardly thief, Vila Restal, the only character to appear in all 52 episodes of the original series. The new audio incarnation of Olag Gan played by OWEN AARONOVITCH (Coronation Street) also stars. BLAKE’S 7 – THE EARLY YEARS will be a prequel series of stories exploring the origins of key BLAKE’S 7 characters prior to them meeting rebel leader, Roj Blake. The first of these prequel stories “When Vila met Gan” has been written by lead writer, Ben Aaronovitch (‘Classic’ Doctor Who, Jupiter Moon) and explores the history and enduring friendship between Gan and Vila, two of the most unlikely rebels to take up arms against the Federation. Future episodes will feature the characters of Avon (written by Ben Aaronovitch), Jenna (written by Simon Guerrier), Travis (written by James Swallow), Cally (written by Marc Platt) and of course the series wouldn’t be complete without a story exploring the origins of the rebel’s arch nemesis Supreme Commander Servalan who we meet as a young, ambitious, cadet officer with ‘family connections
An ‘extended’ special edition CD (and download) of “When Vila met Gan” will be released for retail on 2 June 2008, with a re-cut version to be broadcast on BBC7 in the summer. Michael Keating says of his return to the role of Vila: “It’s exciting to return to the character of Vila especially in this format and to discover the origins of his friendship with Gan.” Audio Director, Andrew Mark Sewell comments: “Vila was one of the most popular characters of the original series and we’re absolutely delighted to welcome Michael back to a role that contributed in no small part to the show’s enduring popularity.” Sewell adds: “From the moment Michael Keating uttered his first lines it was as if we’d been teleported back thirty years – that’s the beauty of audio and of course the energy and enthusiasm which Michael brings to the role.”
This will make for some cool listening!
Posted by Jesse Willis
Audible’s new imprint: Audible Frontiers
Audible Frontiers is a new imprint (announced today but delivering titles for about two weeks now) from Audible.com. These are Audible.com exclusive titles, produced for audible by audible. Each title in the collection appears to include “Bonus Audio” which is typically a short commentary by the author about the audiobook in question. There are precisely 30 titles available today. Many are series novels, but many are novellas, most have accolades, and nearly all of them are BRAND NEW to audio.
There are plenty of titles in that 30 that I’m looking forward to hearing. We’ll have a full new releases post on them all soon.
Posted by Jesse Willis