Recent Arrivals: Hellhole by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

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In the press release for Hellhole it says: Kevin J. Anderson “set the Guinness certified world record for the largest single-author book signing.”

I’m thinking this is one of those quantity over quality cases.

And yet, Kevin J. Anderson has written good stories, I liked his Rough Draft as well as Paradox & Greenblatt, Attorneys at Law stories.

This new series doesn’t appeal to me.

Who among you has read it?

Who among you has liked it?

And most importantly who among you has read it and liked it and why?

Macmillan Audio - Hellhole by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. AndersonHellhole
By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson; Read by Scott Brick
15 CDs – Approx. 19 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: March 15, 2011
ISBN: 97814272114221
The human interstellar government, the Constellation, consists of 20 allied “old guard” worlds, centered on the lush capital planet of Sonjeera. The society is wealthy with a feuding, decadent upper class, ruled by the dowager Diadem Michella Duchenet—a tyrant with a sweet face, charming public disposition, and a shriveled, blackened heart—who has been on the throne for decades. But as the population of the core worlds has grown and noble families divided their profitable holdings into smaller and smaller pieces, pressures increase for change, for new territory. After the failure of a devastating revolution, the Diadem Michella realizes she must open the wild frontier of unexplored planets.

Posted by Jesse Willis

Montage Radio Theatre does Science Fiction

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From Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix (“the black Rod Serling”) comes:

Here are some story samples:

Republi-CON – paranoia & prejudice |MP3|
VOICE ACTOR: Anthony Pomes

Harlan Speaks! – satire on fantasy writer Harlan Ellison |MP3|
VOICE ACTORS: Anthony Pomes and Brad Phoenix

The DeathSHIP Cometh! – do humans survive? |MP3|
VOICE ACTORS: Kate Smith and Don Pruden Jr.

Do Blind People Dream in Color? – science fiction story |MP3|
VOICE ACTOR: Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix

The Day Music Lived – an Earth ambassador meets an alien |MP3|
VOICE ACTOR: Debbie Starker

Also, Radio Drama Revival has an interview with Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix |MP3|

Posted by Jesse Willis

New Releases: Macbeth by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson

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AUDIBLE - Macbeth by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson Macbeth: A Novel
By A.J. Hartley and David Hewson (adapted from the play by William Shakespeare); Read by Alan Cumming
Audible Download – Approx. 9 Hours 45 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Audible.com
Published: June 2011
Writing directly for audio, co-authors David Hewson and Andrew Hartley have taken Shakespeare’s Macbeth and fleshed it out into a full-blown work of historical fiction. It’s an original, gritty take on one of literature’s greatest stories. The authors add inventive details and key scenes that for centuries have played out offstage, delivering new insights into the motivations and actions of almost every character. Emmy Award nominee, Audie Award winner, and experienced Shakespeare performer Alan Cumming (TV’s The Good Wife) plays it all to the hilt, complete with engrossing (and authentic) Scottish accent. This is Shakespeare as you’ve never heard it. Includes a introduction by David Hewson and an afterword by A.J. Hartley.

Posted by Jesse Willis

LibriVox: Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster

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LibriVoxHere’s a vintage 1954 Murray Leinster novel that’ll make for some perfect summer listening (sorry folks on the bottom hemisphere of Earth, you’ll have to wait). Now if that’s not enough you may be interested to know that Operation: Outer Space is actually the third public domain Murray Leinster novel narrated by Mark Douglas Nelson! Check out our extensive AUTHOR PAGE for MURRAY LEINSTER to get the other two novels – and there’s lots more Leinster listening there too.

LIBRIVOX - Operation: Outer Space by Murray LeinsterOperation: Outer Space
By Murray Leinster; Read by Mark Douglas Nelson
10 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 6 Hours 48 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: June 25, 2011
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Jed Cochrane is about to take off on man’s first interstellar voyage. His mission: Make sure it’s good television!

Podcast feed: http://librivox.org/rss/5252

iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE|

Here’s the cover of the 1957 Signet paperback edition:

SIGNET - Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster

And here’s the UK hardcover edition, by Grayson & Grayson, also published in 1957:

Grayson & Grayson - Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster

Here’s Groff Conklin’s review of Operation: Outer Space from Galaxy Magazine’s March 1955 issue:

Groff Conklin's review of Operation: Outer Space from Galaxy Magazine's March 1955 issue

[Thanks also to Betty M. and Barry Eads ]

Posted by Jesse Willis

Peter Watts’s The Things on Escape Pod

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New on Escape Pod:  Peter Watts – The Things (The Thing from the alien’s point of view, Hugo nominated).  I was gonna read this in Strahan’s Best of.  Saw it on Sfsignal’s Free Stuff.  Originally from Clarkesworld, narrated by Kate Baker.

I remember liking the old black and white ‘The Thing‘ movie, just for the banter.

By the way, Jesse posted this story when it came out on Clarkesworld.

Posted by Tamahome

StarShipSofa No 194 Eric James Stone

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StarShipSofaThe 194th StarShipSofa contains Eric James Stone’s Nebula Award winning (and Hugo nominated) novelette “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made”. Great story, well worth a listen!

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You can find another of his great stories at Escape Pod: EP277: Rejiggering the Thingamajig by Eric James Stone

Posted by Scott D. Danielson