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The Reapers Are The Angels By Alden Bell; Read by Tai Sammons 6 CDs – Approx. 6.8 Hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Blackstone Audio Published: August 2010 ISBN: 9781441765994 Themes: / Fantasy / Horror / Zombies / Post-Apocalypse / The South /… Read moreReview of The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell
Okay, here’s nearly a score of recently arrived audiobooks from several publishers. Frankly I think it may be a conspiracy to overwhelm us – to drown us in a gushing tide of massive audiobook goodness. To this I say, oh… Read moreRecent Arrivals: Blackstone Audio, Macmillian Audio, Penguin Audio, Brilliance Audio + MORE
Librarian Kelsey Smith sez: “SciFi fans, please join us for our second annual SciFiFest! Hugo & Nebula award winning authors Ted Chiang and Nancy Kress will read their work, answer questions, and challenge you to a SciFi trivia throwdown. Spiritual… Read moreSciFiFest 2010: Olympia Timberland Library, October 23
I’ve just started listening to Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond, a biography by Andrew Lycett, (available from Blackstone Audio). Here’s an interesting bit from early on: “On Sunday evenings all the boys would gather in the hall of… Read moreIan Fleming’s favourite novels (as a kid)
Am I the only one who thinks the trailer for The Reapers Are The Angels makes it look like a foreign language film? It’s purportedly written by Alden Bell, but that’s a pseudonym for Joshua Gaylord (which also kind of… Read moreRecent Arrivals: Blackstone Audio: Charlie Huston, Alden Bell
The other day I was at the library, looking for trade paperback comics, and I spotted A Thousand Ships, the complete first volume in Age Of Bronze series. EXCITEMENT AT THE LIBRARY! I knew I’d enjoy the TPB of A… Read moreNew Releases: The March Of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman