Audio book pubisher Audible.com‘s science fiction and fantasy imprint, Frontiers, features a Guest Editor each month, along with “Orson Scott Card Selects” and new audio titles. Non-subscribers can also get a free download from Audible at www.audible.com/scifi.
This month, in addition to the usual offerings, Content Director Steve Feldberg writes “Man, am I pumped! And fans of Fritz Leiber’s classic “Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser” stories should be jazzed, too, because Audible has just brought all seven books of this all-time great series into audio for the first time! And even better, each title comes with an exclusive introduction by none other than Neil Gaiman. I especially like his lengthy, thoughtful introduction to The Swords of Lankhmar. But, frankly, it’s all great. Especially since narrator Jonathan Davis has done such an outstanding job of bringing the Lankhmar series to life. Jonathan is perhaps best known for his great work on numerous Star Wars audiobooks, but I think he’s outdone himself this time.” The audiobooks, all priced at $24.95, range from 7 hours 49 minutes (Book 1: Swords and Deviltry) to 12 hours 39 minutes (Book 7: The Knight and Knave of Swords). Full details on this series are on this page.
In other news this month, Guest Editor S.M. Stirling’s essay talks about the conversation that takes place through books, back and forth between authors and readers. His audio book recommendations include Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (narrated by Jenny Sterlin), Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (narrated by Davina Porter), A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (narrated by John Bolen), The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (narrated by Jeremy Clyde), American Empire: Blood and Iron by Harry Turtledove (narrated by George Guidall), The Last of the Deliverers by Poul Anderson (narrated by William Coon), and Antibodies by Charles Stross (narrated by Jared Doreck).
Card’s big selection of the month is Something Wicked This Way Comes & A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury (narrated by Stefan Rudnicki).
Their other new titles this month include: City at the End of Time by Greg Bear
Marsbound by Joe Haldeman
No Dominion and Already Dead by Charlie Huston
Bright of the Sky and A World too Near by Kay Kenyon
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Polaris by Jack McDevitt
Stalking the Unicorn and Stalking the Vampire by Mike Resnick
The Last Centurion by John Ringo
Valentine Pontifex and The Majipoor Chroniclesby Robert Silverberg