The Audio Publishers Association has announced the nominees for their 15th annual Audies awards, “devoted entirely to honoring spoken word entertainment.” The winners will be announced 25 May 2010 at the Audies Gala at the Museum of the City of New York. The nominees, in all 30 categories, are available in this 8-page pdf. We’re listing the categories with nominees of interest to sf/f/h people.
Audiobook Adaptation:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, narrated by Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Hermann, and a full cast (Blackstone Audio)
NPR Favorite Driveway Moments hosted by Renée Montagne (High Bridge)
Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic performed by René Auberjonois, Stephen Colbert, Daniel Gerroll, Dana Ivey, John Lithgow, James Naughton, Bernadette Quigley, Anthony Rapp, Maria Tucci, and Jerry Zaks. Stories by Donald Barthelme, Aimee Bender, T.C. Boyle, Ray Bradbury, Kevin Brockmeier, W.W. Jacobs, Andrew Lam, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Saki (Symphony Space)
Selected Shorts: Whodunit? performed by René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, John Shea, Isaiah Sheffer, and Hattie Winston. Stories by Louise Erdich, Nadine Gordimer, Dashiell Hammett, Shirley Jackson, Ed McBain, and C.S. Montanye (Symphony Space)
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Famous People Who Returned Our Calls hosted by Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell (High Bridge)
Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12:
A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck, narrated by Ron McLarty (Listening Library)
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen, narrated by Tom Parks (Brilliance Audio)
The Midnight Charter by David Whitley, narrated by Simon Vance (Macmillan Audio)
Operation Yes by Sara Holmes, narrated by Jessica Almasy (Audible)
Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate by Adrienne Kress, narrated by Christopher Lane (Brilliance Audio)
Children’s Titles for Ages Up to 8:
A Dog on His Own by M.J. Auch, narrated by William Dufris (Full Cast Audio)
Arabel’s Raven by Joan Aiken, narrated by Sneha Mathan (Listen & Live Audio)
Friend or Fiend with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume, narrated by Kathleen McInerney and Judy Blume (Listening Library)
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems, narrated by Mo and Trixie Willems (Westin Woods)
Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Live Oak Media)
Classic:
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, narrated by a full cast (BBC Audiobooks America)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, narrated by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, narrated by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne, narrated by Anton Lesser (Naxos AudioBooks)
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, narrated by Simon Vance & Vanessa Benjamin (Blackstone Audio)
Narration by the Author of Authors:
Michael Chabon for Manhood for Amateurs (HarperAudio)
Kristin Chenoweth for A Little Bit Wicked (Oasis Audio)
Neil Gaiman for Odd and the Frost Giants (HarperChildrensAudio)
Tim Green for Baseball Great (HarperChildrensAudio)
Jeannette Walls for Half Broke Horses (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Package Design:
The J.R.R. Tolkien Collection by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by a full cast (BBC Audiobooks America)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, narrated by David Strathairn and Richard Dreyfuss (BBC Audiobooks America)
The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants by Eros Urides, narrated by Peter Jahns (CoolBeat Audiobooks)
The Word of Promise Audio Bible narrated by a full cast including Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and others (Thomas Nelson)
Tokyo Realtime: Kabukicho by Max Hodges, narrated by Max Hodges (White Rabbit Press)
Romance:
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan, narrated by Phil Gigante and Jane Brown (Brilliance Audio)
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White, narrated by Aimée Bruneau (Listen & Live Audio)
A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey, narrated by Rosalyn Landor (Brilliance Audio)
The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens, narrated by Simon Prebble (HarperAudio)
What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, narrated by Julia Gibson (HarperAudio)
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
Bellwether by Connie Willis, narrated by Kate Reading (Blackstone Audio)
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer (Macmillan Audio)
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey, narrated by Anne Flosnik (Tantor Audio)
Kushiel’s Scion by Jacqueline Carey, narrated by Simon Vance (Tantor Audio)
Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein, narrated by Emily Janice Card (Blackstone Audio)
Teens:
Going Bovine by Libba Bray, narrated by Erik Davies (Listening Library)
In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren (Listen & Live Audio)
Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren (Listen & Live Audio)
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson, narrated by Dion Graham (Brilliance Audio)
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, narrated by Jeannie Stith (Brilliance Audio)
I’m curious as to why you listed only a partial list of nominees and, for instance, did not include Original Works (where our cd Tell Me a Story 3: Women of Wonder garnered a nomination).
Thanks for asking, Amy. The reason we didn’t include the category with your nomination (for which, by the way, congratulations), was that we were focusing only on those categories with speculative fiction nominees, and none of the titles in the “Original Works” category struck me as science fiction, fantasy, or horror. That’s why, instead, I provided a link to the full list of nominees, should my readers be interested in the others.
–Ian, the Editor