| Collected Stories Contributor(s): Shiner, Lewis (Author), Fowler, Karen Joy (Introduction by), Media, Skyboat (Producer) |
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ISBN: 1482947277 ISBN-13: 9781482947274 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $40.46 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Collected Stories is the definitive compilation of Lewis Shiner's short work, featuring over forty stories voiced by top narrators in the business. Contents include: Introduction, read by Karen Joy Fowler "Perfidia," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Stuff of Dreams," read by John Rubinstein "The War at Home," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Straws," read by Scott Brick "Nine Hard Questions," read by Kimberly Farr "White City," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Primes," read by Arthur Morey "The Long Ride Out," read by Rex Linn "Sitcom," read by Stefan Rudnicki "The Death of Che Guevara," read by Roxanne Hernandez and Stefan Rudnicki "His Girlfriend's Dog," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Deep without Pity," read by Rex Linn "The Circle," read by Kimberly Farr "Twilight Time," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Jeff Beck," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Wild for You," read by Kris Tabori "Till Human Voices Wake Us," Read by John Rubinstein "Flagstaff," read by Scott Brick "Tommy and the Talking Dog," read by Janis Ian "Oz," read by Kris Tabori "Love in Vain," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Steam Engine Time," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Kings of the Afternoon," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Sticks," read by Stefan Rudnicki "The Tale of Mark the Bunny," read by Janis Ian "The Killing Season," read by Rex Linn "Scales," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Snowbirds," read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki "Match," read by Kris Tabori "Relay," read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki "Castles Made of Sand," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Prodigal Son," read by Rex Linn "Mozart in Mirrorshades," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Kidding Around," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Mystery Train," read by John Rubinstein "Secrets," read by Roxanne Hernandez "Golfing Vietnam," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Stompin' at the Savoy," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Gold," read by Arthur Morey "Dirty Work," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Lizard Men of Los Angeles," read by David Birney |
Contributor Bio(s): Shiner, Lewis: - Lewis Shiner is the award-winning author of the novels Dark Tangos, Say Goodbye, and Glimpses, among others. He lives in Durham, North Carolina. Fowler, Karen Joy: -Karen Joy Fowler is the author of The Jane Austen Book Club, which was on bestseller lists nationwide and spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times list. Along with her first two novels, it was a New York Times Notable Book. Sister Noon, her third novel, was a finalist for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award. Birney, David: -David Birney is an American actor and director whose career performances include both contemporary and classical roles in theater, film and television. He has recorded numerous audiobook bestsellers, including works by Dean Koontz, Paul Theroux, Annie Dillard, Thomas Kenneally, and Orson Scott Card. His reading of Julie Salomon's The Christmas Tree was honored with the prestigious Audie Award and has also been the recipient of several AudioFile Earphone Awards. Hernandez, Roxanne: -Roxanne Hernandez is an audio narrator and a top narrator choice for young adult, adult drama, and Latin American/Chicano literature. She was a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2011. Ian, Janis: -Janis Ian is a singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known for her 1975 hit single, "At Seventeen," which won a Grammy Award. She won a second Grammy in 2013 for the narration of her autobiography, Society's Child. Linn, Rex: -Rex Linn, a winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2014, is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Frank Tripp in the television series CSI: Miami. Besides numerous other television roles, he has had roles in Django Unchained, Trial by Fire, and other major films. He was born and raised in the Texas panhandle and earned a BA in radio, television, and film from Oklahoma State University. Morey, Arthur: -Arthur Morey graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has won awards for his fiction and drama, worked as an editor with several book publishers, and taught literature and writing at Northwestern University. As a narrator, he has received nineteen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. Rubinstein, John: -John Rubinstein is an actor, composer, and director who won a Tony Award for his starring role in Broadway's Children of a Lesser God. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks, earning several AudioFile Earphones Awards and being named a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2013. Rudnicki, Stefan: -Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014 and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. Brick, Scott: - Scott Brick, actor, narrator, and writer, attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks, from thrillers and science fiction to classics and nonfiction. He has recorded more than eight hundred audiobooks and won over fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine. De Cuir, Gabrielle: -Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narration, has narrated over two hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her "velvet touch" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities. Farr, Kimberly: -Kimberly Farr has appeared on Broadway and at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, and the American Place. She created the role of "Eve" in Arthur Miller's first and only musical, Up from Paradise, which was directed by the author. She appeared with Vanessa Redgrave in the Broadway production of The Lady from the Sea and has acted in regional theaters across the country, including a performance in the original production of The 1940's Radio Hour at Washington, DC's Arena Stage. Tabori, Kristoffer: -Kristoffer Tabori made his screen debut when he was six years old and appeared on Broadway for the first time at age sixteen. He has garnered numerous honors for his stage, screen, television, and radio acting and directing, including an Emmy. His first solo narration won the 1993 Audie Award for best audiobook of the year. |