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    Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
    Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
    Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
    Audiobook10 hours

    Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012

    Written by John Scalzi, Sylvia Day, Brandon Sanderson and

    Narrated by Luke Daniels, R.C. Bray, Amy McFadden and

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    About this audiobook

    This outstanding collection of short stories features some of the best of Tor.com original fiction, in audio for the first time. Written for and originally published exclusively on Tor.com, this audiobook includes Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated short stories, brand-new fiction from bestselling authors, and tales that feature characters and worlds that listeners already know and love.

    In this unique story collection, listeners will enjoy fiction from Sylvia Day, John Scalzi, Brandon Sanderson, and many others. The collection includes:

    “Earth Hour” by Ken MacLeod
    “Eve of Sin City” by Sylvia Day, featuring Evangeline Hollis of the Marked series
    “The President’s Brain is Missing” by John Scalzi
    “Overtime” by Charles Stross, set in the world of The Laundry Files
    “Firstborn” by Brandon Sanderson
    “Down on the Farm” by Charles Stross, set in the world of The Laundry Files
    “After the Coup” by John Scalzi
    “The Finite Canvas” by Brit Mandelo
    “Swift, Brutal Retaliation” by Meghan McCarron
    “Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia” by Rachel Swirsky
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2014
    ISBN9781480575622
    Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
    Author

    John Scalzi

    John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His debut, Old Man's War, won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, and also Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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    • 4/5
      Had some really great short stories. I ended up skipping past a few, but enjoyed most of them.