I’ve an Amazon Fire TV. I don’t mean one of the popular Amazon Fire TV Sticks that compete with Google’s Chromecast; I mean the full-fledged Amazon Fire TV. I’m not sure why but they’re far less popular than the cutdown version and still safely well under a hundred bucks. I use my Amazon Fire TV […]
Alexa, should I take Audible’s free trial?
Audible is an audio book company owned by Amazon. I’ve been stalking it for a while as a few author friends always seem to be so happy when they’ve a new credit to spend on a book there. Audible’s business model is neither purely a retailer like Amazon nor a subscription model like Spotify. It’s […]
Audio EXP: Power-hungry necromancers and BrainWebs
Geek Native’s sound focused Audio EXP makes a return this month. This month we’ve got the first book from Marc Turner’s The Chronicles of the Exile When the Heavens Fall, Douglas E. Richards’ sci-fi BrainWeb and James Cambias’ military sci-fi Corsair. As an added bonus and perhaps for a limited time only a link to […]
Audio EXP: Previews of some of the best audiobooks out this month
Welcome to February’s Audio EXP column here on Geek Native. This Friday the 13th you’ve a chance to preview tempting audiobooks from Audible and dip into a micro review of RPG soundtracks from DriveThruRPG. It’s worth noting that many of the audiobooks featured here are available free with a 30 day trial at Audible. All […]
Audio EXP: Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day narrate R.A. Salvatore
Welcome back to Geek Native’s Audio EXP column. In this feature we get to sample some of the most interesting audiobooks out this month and review geeky music. Inspired by computer game music? Pop over to our competition to win a signed copy of Odds & Ends by Jeff Penny. This month we have a […]
Listen to The Dragons of Dorcastle
The Dragons of Dorcastle is an Audible exclusive. It’s written by Jack Campbell the author of the excellent military sci-fi series The Lost Fleet. Two Great Guilds control the world of Dematr; the Mechanics and the Mages. The only thing that the two guilds agreed on – the world must not change. Now a Storm […]
