Narrated

This time we discussed Heavenly Tyrant, book two of the Iron Widow series, written by Xiran Jay Zhao and narrated by Rong Fu. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Canada for providing audio review copies of Heavenly Tyrant for today’s episode. Heavenly Tyrant [Libro.fm] Iron Widow [Libro.fm] Everfair [Libro.fm] Kinning [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed Voyage of the Damned, written by Frances White and narrated by Nathan Foad. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Voyage of the Damned [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91]   The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series): The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] /  [Episode 116] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Fractal Karma” written by Arula Ratnakar, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 217: October 2024 ”Something Crossing Over, Something Coming Back” written by Arula Ratnakar, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 215: August 2024 ”Woodmask” written by Adrian Tchaikovsky, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-One ”A Strange and Terrible Wonder” written by Katie McIvor, narrated by Devin Martin [PodCastle 862] ”Conversation with a Dragon” written and

This week we are each sharing some mini reviews that we think you may enjoy. Key Lime Sky: written by Al Hess / Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland [Audible] Planetfall: written and narrated by Emma Newman [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] A Very Scalzi Christmas: written by John Scalzi / Narrated by: Khristine Hvam, Dina Pearlman, Kevin T. Collins, Josh Hurley, Neil Hellegers, L. J. Ganser, Erin Mallon [Audible]  

This time we discussed The Last Hour Between Worlds, written by Melissa Caruso and narrated by Moira Quirk. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing audio review copies of The Last Hour Between Worlds for today’s episode. The Last Hour Between Worlds [Libro.fm] A Darker Shade of Magic [Libro.fm] A Half-Built Garden [Libro.fm] The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [Libro.fm] / [Episode 199] Even Though I Knew the End [Libro.fm] / [Episode 180] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm]  

This time on Narrated, we discussed what makes a comfort read and shared some of our favorites with a Narrated draft. Round 1: Shachi: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lisa: The Vorkosigan Saga (Series): The Warrior's Apprentice [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: Wayfarers (Series): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Round 2: Shachi: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  /  [Episode 164] Lisa: The Murderbot Diaries (Series): All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 150] Round 3: Shachi: Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lisa: Non-Fiction books about space - Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life [OverDrive/Libby] Scott: The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Additio

This time we discussed Countess, written by Suzan Palumbo and narrated by Chanté McCormick. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Countess [Libro.fm] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”A Stranger Knocks” written by Tananarive Due, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty ”Nine Tenths of the Law” written by K.J. Parker, narrated by Heath Miller [Beneath Ceaseless Skies] - Issue 417 ”Sturdy Ladders and Lanterns” written by Malka Older, narrated by Valerie Valdes [Escape Pod 953] ”LuvHome™” written by Resa Nelson, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 218: November 2024 ”A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair” written by Renan Bernardo, narrated by Valerie Valdes [PodCastle 852&853] “The Heist for the Soul of humanity” written by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko, narrated by Susan Hanfield [Lightspeed] - July 2024 (Issue 170)

This week we celebrated Non-Fiction November by discussing some of our favorite non-fiction reads and listens from 2024. Biography/Memoir: Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [Libro.fm] / [

This time we discussed The Maid and the Crocodile, written by Jordan Ifueko and narrated by Adetinpo Thomas. The Maid and the Crocodile [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91]   Redemptor [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 118] ”The Sin of America” [Uncanny Magazine]  Other References: The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Barrayar [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus] / [Hugos There #62]  Litter Mates on Bluesky  

This time we discussed She Who Knows, written by Nnedi Okorafor and narrated by Yetide Badaki. She Who Knows [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [Libro.fm] / [

This time on Narrated, we celebrated Halloween with a Narrated draft of some of our favorite creepy, eerie, and mysterious stories. Round 1: Shachi: Girl One [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lisa: These Lifeless Things [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Round 2: Shachi: Firekeeper’s Daughter [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  /  [Episode 116] Lisa: The Murders of Molly Southbourne [OverDrive/Libby] Scott: The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] / [

This time we discussed Lady Eve's Last Con, written by Rebecca Fraimow and narrated by Tamika Katon-Donegal. Lady Eve's Last Con [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Iron Children [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Discussions from Readercon 33 [Episode 266]  The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti (Series): The Mimicking of Known Successes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Universe of Xuya (Series): Seven of Infinities [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible]  

This time we discussed Haunt Sweet Home, written by Sarah Pinsker and narrated by Jennifer Blom, Jess Nahikian, Matt Godfrey & Robb Moreira. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Haunt Sweet Home [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] We are Satellites  [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Libro.fm] / [Audible] ”Two Truths and a Lie” written by Sarah Pinsker [Reactor] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Signs of Life” written by Sarah Pinsker, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Fifty-Nine ”An Uncanny Patch and Uncanny Hole: The Final Account from the Records of Ptaten, Imperial Surveyor” written by Cara Masten DiGirolamo, narrated by M.K. Hobson [Beneath Ceaseless Skies] - Issue 409, June 13, 2024 “The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strain’d” written by Archita Mittra, narrated by Arthur Morey Bews [Lightspeed] - August 2024 (Issue 171) ”The Invention of a Cat” written by Carolina Valentine, narrated by Laura Pearlman [CatsCast 25] ”Ace of Knives” written

This time we discussed Space Oddity, written by Catherynne M. Valente and narrated by Heath Miller Space Oddity [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 149] Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Past is Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 117] The Refrigerator Monologues [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This time we discussed The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, written by P. Djèlí Clark and narrated by Lynnette R. Freeman Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Recorded Books, Inc. for providing audio review copies of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins for today’s episode. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins [Libro.fm] A Master of Djinn [Libro.fm] The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed The Mercy of Gods, written by James S.A. Corey and narrated by Jefferson Mays. The Mercy of Gods [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Livesuit - Available Oct 1 [Libro.fm] / [Audible] The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This time we discussed The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, written by Malka Older and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Mimicking of Known Successes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 201] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Wonderland Is a Parking Lot in Revere” written by John Chu, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Fifty-Nine ”Scrap Dragon” written by Naomi Kritzer, narrated by Rachel Lackey and Heather Klinke [Cast of Wonders 591] ”The Best Version of Yourself” written by Grant Collier, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 214: July 2024 ”The Time Capsule” written by Alice Towey, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 215: August 2024 ”What He Woke” written by Jess Whitecroft, narrated by Kat Day [PseudoPod 931] ”The Scientist Does Not Look Back” written by Kristen Koopman, narrated by

This week we discussed Floating Hotel, written by Grace Curtis and narrated by Braden Wright. Floating Hotel [Audible] The Aleph Extraction [Audible] / [Episode 70] The Spare Man [Audible] / [Episode 176]  The Expanse (Series) [Libro.fm]  / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This week we discussed Loka, written by S.B. Divya and narrated by Deepa Samuel Loka [Audible] Meru [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 192]

This time we discussed All This and More, written by Peng Shepherd and narrated by Helen Laser Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and HarperAudio for providing audio review copies of All This and More for today’s episode. All This and More [Libro.fm] Clue (1985) [IMDb] The Midnight Library [Libro.fm]   A Quantum Love Story [Libro.fm] This Time Tomorrow [Libro.fm] The Dallergut Dream Department Store [Libro.fm] The Ministry of Time [Libro.fm] Flux [Libro.fm] The Double Life of Benson Yu [Libro.fm] Recursion [Libro.fm] Before the Coffee Gets Cold [Libro.fm] Tune in Tomorrow [Libro.fm]

This week we discussed We Speak Through the Mountain, written by Premee Mohamed and narrated by Eva Tavares. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. We Speak Through the Mountain [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Annual Migration of Clouds [Libro.fm]  / [Episode 131] A Psalm for the Wild Built [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 113] Land of Milk and Honey [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Space Between Worlds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Audible] Sorrowland [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Lonliness Universe” written by Eugenia Triantafyllou, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Fifty-Eight ”Artistic Encounters of a Monumental Nature” written by S.B. Divya, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 213: June 2024 ”Every Hopless Thing” written by Tia Tashiro, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 214: July 2024 ”Amma's Kitchen” written by Rati Mehrotr