Podiobooks.com is now in BETA and there are severa…

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Podiobooks.com is now in BETA and there are several great sounding speculative fiction or related “podiobooks” (podcast audiobooks) that are in the pipe. Podibooks from Podiobooks.com will be available for FREE, but all donations go to the author and the bandwith and other costs to support the podcasts. Here’s a list of titles we know so far:

Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana
By Tee Morris and Lisa Lee; Read by Tee Morris
[ABRIDGED] – STATUS: COMPLETED
This was the first podcast novel finished and it is very, very good!
http://www.teemorris.com/podcast

Earthcore
By Scott Sigler; Read by Scott Sigler
[UNABRIDGED?] – STATUS: COMPLETED
Hands down the most popular Podcast novel released.
http://www.scottsigler.net/earthcore/

The Pocket and the Pendant
By Mark Jeffrey; Read by Mark Jeffrey
[UNABRIDGED?] – STATUS: COMPLETED
I’m listening to this one now and expect to be giving it a review after I finish.
http://markjeffrey.typepad.com/

Tom Corven
By Paul Story; Read by Paul Story
[UNABRIDGED] – STATUS: ?????????
– STATUS: ?????????
http://www.dreamwords.com/TomCorven.htm

Killed by Death
By R. Scott Bolton
– STATUS: ?????????
Four years ago, Man-of-Action Horatio Bartholomew Fist closed the final chapter on the Zombie Slave War with the apprehension of the War’s most notorious criminal, Arnold X. DemiGod. Now, DemiGod has turned up missing, and Fist finds himself on the trail of the vicious killer again. Armed with his merciless Dimensional Minimizer weapon, Fist and a showgirl named Pepper Shaker traverse the universe…
http://www.authorsden.com/rscottbolton

Spherical Tomi: A Novel of Despair
by Jack Mangan
– STATUS: ?????????
Can one woman escape her past? Not if she is one of the greatest combat programmers in history. Caught between two powerful warlords in the far future, and trapped by the memory of the man she couldn’t save, Tomi must face the ghosts from her own past, and hide from a world that counts her among its most heinous criminals. Add to this challenge her rapidly deteriorating cloned body, falling apart just in time to meet a new invasion from an old friend, but not quite time enough to replace, and you have the makings of an all around bad day…
http://www.irosf.com/user/show.qsml?loaduser=13579

Fiddle and Burn
By Jason Pomerantz
– STATUS: ?????????
Part comedy. Part soap opera. A fiction blog. A serialized sit-com. A daily comic strip in prose. It’s the continuing adventures of the staff of Fiddle and Burn Magazine.
http://www.fiddleandburn.com/

Noggle Stones
By Wil Radcliffe; Read by ?????
– STATUS: ?????????
In his tortured dreams, the mad goblin scholar, Bugbear, saw the coming war. Pride would crumble to dust. Glory would melt to tears. Wisdom would shatter to madness. And the shadows would reign supreme. Only an eldritch scroll, a humble bee, and Bugbear’s awkward human apprentice could win this desperate struggle… a conflict that began in a time now remembered only in faded parchments, fractured whispers, and a children’s rhyme…
http://nogglestones.com/

AmerIndian 2192
by J. Scott Garibay; Read by Leanne Garibay
– STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
The story of two brothers, Wovoka and Keokuk, restoring the Native American people to a Homeland where their culture can thrive. Lodge ships, Cybershaman rituals and Tsimshian high technology are all elements in this action-oriented tale of interstellar Elder politics and personal struggles. Sounds something like the Kirniyaga series by Mike Resnick.
http://garibaywrite.tripod.com/garibay/

Escape Pod
Editor Steve Eley Read by Steve Eley and Various Readers
[UNABRIDGED] – STATUS: ?????????
Short stories, science fiction and fantasy and fun. Guaranteed to be GREAT!
http://www.escapepod.info/

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By Kelley Armstrong; Read by Kelley Armstrong
– STATUS: ?????????
We’re not sure what the title will be yet, but its a previously published Armstrong novel. Cool!
http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/

Geek Fu Action Grip
By Mur Lafferty; Read by Mur Lafferty
– STATUS: ?????????
Essays with a Geek Fu Action Grip. Solid!
http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/

Posted by Jesse Willis

Congratulations to the 2004 Hugo Award winners! H…

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Congratulations to the 2004 Hugo Award winners! Here they are:

BEST NOVEL
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
An unabridged audio version is available, published by Audio Renaissance.

BEST NOVELLA
“The Concrete Jungle” by Charles Stross
This one’s not available on audio, but Infinivox just released three of his works.

BEST NOVELETTE
“The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link
No audio edition known.

BEST SHORT STORY
“My Travels with Cats” by Mike Resnick
No audio edition known.

Click here to see all the Hugo Winners this year.

Posted by Scott D. Danielson

Review of Tales of Kirinyaga #1 by Mike Resnick

Science Fiction Audiobooks - Kirinyaga by Mike ResnickTales of Kirinyaga #1
By Mike Resnick; Read by Pat Bottino
1 Cassette – 83 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Infinivox
Published: 1997
ISBN: 1884612237
Themes: / Science Fiction / Orbital Platform / Culture /

This title from Infinivox contains two short stories by Mike Resnick. The first story, “One Perfect Morning, With Jackals”, tells of a Kenyan named Koriba who has decided to leave the Earth for Kirinyaga, an orbiting piece of real estate where he believes that he and others can live in the ancient ways of his own culture, free of the influence of European culture.

“Kirinyaga” is the second story, which takes place on Kirinyaga itself. Again, Koriba is the main character, and is living the culture he wants to live. He witnesses a baby born feet first. Since this is a sure sign of demon possession, he kills the child. “Maintenance” then pays a visit in order to tell him that he can’t be doing such things, and thus the culture clash begins anew. This Hugo Award winning story is very well-written and affecting, leaving you with much to think about.

Pat Bottino is the reader, and I found him a bit wooden, a bit emotionless, but the material is strong enough to shine through. Infinivox has a knack of selecting excellent stories to record – I haven’t heard an Infinivox title yet that I didn’t enjoy.

Posted by Scott D. Danielson