When Amazon.com ’s SF audiobooks impress Audible Frontiers launched earlier this class , we wereinterested in the potential of something new to entertain us on our morning commutes . With the line now in its third month , we checked in with Audible ’s music director of cognitive content , Steve Feldberg , to see whether it depend like there ’s a hereafter in this whole “ books in your ear ” affair .
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The Audible Frontiers imprint has been around for a twosome of months now . What has the consultation reaction been like so far ?
We ’ve get a in force deal of prescribed reaction , and much of it rivet on how Audible has really concenter on inflate the numeral of SF&F rule book useable in audio . In fact , that ’s probably our biggest skill so far – just increasing the excerption .
Specifically , we ’ve enjoyed great review for our productions of Jack Campbell ’s Lost Fleet series ; Robert J. Sawyer ’s novels , include the Hugo - winning Hominids ( as well as the other record book in his Neanderthal Parallax trilogy ) ; Mike Resnick ’s Starship series ; Hugo - get ahead novellas by Connie Willis , Harry Turtledove , Joe Haldeman , Allen Steele , as well as Resnick ; and sci - fi classics like Roger Zelazny ’s This Immortal and Fritz Leiber ’s The Big Time .
What was the base for the creation of the impression in the first place – Is hearable planning to make sub - computer storage for each literary genre , or is there something special about SF that call for its own blank ( If you ’ll excuse the wordplay ) ?
There were two key factors . We ’ve catch consistent increment in SF&F – yet we also heard from customers that they bid the selection were honorable . So it was n’t hard to put two and two together and visualize out that we needed to improve the width and profundity of our catalog .
hearable Frontiers is the biggest part of the scheme , but we have two other current enterprise that are highly relevant . First is our long - standing partnership with Harlequin , under which we produce 4 - 6 titles per month . These have consistently let in fantasy title by Maria V. Snyder , Mercedes Lackey , Jennifer Armintrout , Gena Showalter , and other great source . 2nd is our comparatively unexampled partnership with HarperCollins to produce some of their with child SF&F claim . The first wave includes the Acorna ’s Children series by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough ; Star Strike by Ian Douglas ; Hunter ’s runnel by George R.R. Martin , Gardner Dozois , and Daniel Abraham ; and Matt Ruff ’s Bad Monkeys … The only minor distinction is that we do n’t brand any of our co - produced title of respect as “ Audible Frontiers ” . The key head is that we ’re look at all aspects of SF & Fantasy – contemporaneous sci - fi , classic sci - fi , larger-than-life fantasy , extrasensory fantasy , you name it .
How did Orson Scott Card come to be involved with the site ?
Scott is , of course , a magnanimous unspoilt selling author and an icon in the field , and a special dearie among hearable listener . But what was most important to us is that he ’s an avid audiobook devotee – and he really gets the value of the audiobook experience . So when we were looking for an source whose opinion would be most appraise by Audible SF&F listeners , he was a natural choice . It all turned out to be fairly simple ; we strive out , Scott agreed , and we were off to the races . What ’s been most gratifying is that Scott make the time to craft a detailed review of each “ Selects ” title and tape it in audio . That really brings his reviews to animation for our auditor .
What ’s plan for the future of the depression ? More original work ? More guest columnists ? Any surprises come up ?
Past that , over the next few months we ’ll be offering great contemporary SF&F like David Drake ’s complete RCN / Daniel Leary series ; Kay Kenyon ’s critically - acclaimed The Entire and the Rose novels ; Allen Steele ’s Coyote trilogy ; Sharon Shinn ’s Twelve Houses series , E.E. Knight ’s complete Vampire Earth serial ; and lots more . Plus , we ’ll be bringing into audio for the first sentence classic honor winners by Clifford D. Simak ( CITY and WAY STATION ) ; Roger Zelazny ( LORD OF LIGHT ) ; and John Varley ( TITAN , WIZARD , DEMON and more ) . And we ’ve got a few surprises that we ca n’t quite reveal yet !
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