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    Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod

    Listen To Iain Banks' New Novel For Free

    The Evil Robot Monkey Just Wants To Create

    Metatropolis Story of Decaying Cities, Read by Saul Tigh

    Gaiman, Zelazny and More Coming To Your iPod

    SF Books: Now With Less Reading

    Listen Up — We've Got 11 Classic Scifi Audiobooks
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    Lauren, thank you so much for these suggestions. I just listened to the first hour of Playing For Keeps and it is *awesome*! It's intriguing, hilarious, and I can't wait to listen to more of it. And the author's voice is very nice too, which often makes a big difference for me when it comes to audiobooks.

    Again, thanks for the suggestions.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    i haven't bothered to browse the comments long enough to check if someone has already pointed this out or not but 'Podiobooks' sounds suspeciously like a genre of porn.
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    They're all really, really fun books. I host Pseudopod and since I started two years ago, I've lost count of the phenomenal authors I've had the pleasure of listening to. Each one of these podcasts are winners, each is free and each and every one of these authors deserves a wider audience. Thanks, Lauren, for helping that happen:)
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    Image of AngeloD AngeloD
    11/19/09

    @Alasdair5000: Is Laferty still free? And please, don't be shy, tell us who else we should be listening too!
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/19/09

    @AngeloD: Yep:) If I remember rightly, Mur does a pay service where you get stuff a bit early but it's all still free release too.

    As for other stuff, let's see:)

    -Superspiff and the Toothpick Kid by Dave Thompson
    [dk-thompson.com]

    Very gentle, very odd and very well realised story about what it's like to read comics as a kid, in a world where they're (sort of) real.

    -The Drabblecast
    [web.mac.com]

    Essential listening for anyone who likes short fiction. Consistently odd, consistently smart and consistently very, very funny. If nothing else, listen to the reading of 'The Horror at Martin's Beach' on the B-Sides feed they have. One of the finest horror stories ever written and one of the finest readings I've ever heard.

    -City of Complications
    [www.cityofcomplications.co.uk]

    Janet Neilson's story of London's reluctant occult defenders is a must for anyone who likes Hellboy, Torchwood, Hellblazer or contemporary horror. Also very, very funny as well as beingly wickedly smart.

    -Crescent Station, Eden and Harvey
    [www.crescentstation.net]

    Phil Rossi is one of the finest voices in modern horror both as a narrator and an author. Crescent Station is an extended, and very nasty, piece of sci fi horror, Eden concerns the devastating effect the discovery of a very odd lifeform in orbit around Uranus has and Harvey is, frankly, astounding. It's a very slow build but stick with it, especially if you like True Blood and that sort of small town horror.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Evil Robot Monkey Just Wants To Create
    Cybo-Man?
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    I love Escape Pod and Pseudopod. They're great for those commutes to work.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/19/09

    @EdificeComplex:
    I've been listening to these two for a LONG time. Try PodCastle also for fantasy.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/19/09

    @phoghat: Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out. I've also recently come across The Metamor City Podcast. It's an urban fantasy/cyberpunk podcast series. I've only had a chance to listen to the first episode, but so far it seems promising.
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    I can't get into audiobooks. If I listen to a voice speaking without a visual component I start tuning out, especially if I'm doing something else at the same time (like driving, which is when I would most likely listen). If I have the opportunity to devote time to fiction, it's easier for me to read than listen.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/19/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine:
    Great to listen to while I clean the apartment and cook meals. Yes I'm a batchelor.
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    11/19/09

    @phoghat: I'm a bachelor, too. Same problem as driving, though. If I'm doing something else, like cleaning or cooking, I tune out what I'm hearing. I'm too visually oriented.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/19/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Same here. My brain just wanders, even if I'm not doing anything else at the time.

    Also, I read much faster than anyone can talk intelligibly, so it seems like a double waste of time.
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    11/19/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Glad I'm not the only one.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    It should say anything written by Scott Sigler!

    World War Z is also much better as a audiobook.

    Oh, and don't forget about the 3D audiobook of The Mist. Its awesome.
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    Image of theblazeuk theblazeuk
    11/19/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Mark Hamill's voice acting ftw (World War Z that is).

    I thought the last harry potter was much better with added stephen fry.
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    Image of edosan edosan
    11/19/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: WWZ was an incredible audiobook -- I would have loved an unabridged version though.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    In reply to Six Books Best Enjoyed on Your iPod
    Ok, yes, but are these as interesting as an audiobook of Ian McKellen reading the ingredients label off of a can of cat food?
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Is anything?
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: An audiobook of Ian McKellen reading the ingredients label off two cans of cat food.
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    Image of okelay okelay
    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: How about Stephen Fry reading the instructions of a toothpick or Neil Gaiman reading the phonebook?
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    11/19/09

    @okelay: SEND ME THE LINK TO THE EBOOKS
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    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch:
    [www.podiobooks.com]
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    11/19/09

    @phoghat: LIES! No Gaiman!
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    Image of MaryRobinette MaryRobinette
    02/23/09

    In reply to The Evil Robot Monkey Just Wants To Create
    Wow. That is an amazing illustration. And thank you so much for the glowing review.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    02/23/09

    @MaryRobinette: You're welcome! It's a great story. And I'm working on doing a podcast of my fiction and stuff, and it was a good example of how to do it well.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/23/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: As you are no doubt aware, there is excellent advice for doing readings and voice recordings on her website thingy. I look forward to hearing your work as you too have a lovely voice.

    Once I can figure out this audible signal transmission cable thingamajig, that is.
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    02/23/09

    In reply to The Evil Robot Monkey Just Wants To Create
    You had me at "Evil Robot Monkey."
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    02/23/09

    In reply to The Evil Robot Monkey Just Wants To Create
    I saw the mellifluous Ms. Kowal reading with John Scalzi last month, great show! She's a puppeteer as well. Sadly, I can't figure out how to make sound come out of this particular computer. I am dumb.
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    02/23/09

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    The filthy monkey... IT PLANS
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