Ep. 1: Welcome to Audicted to Sci-Fi

De: The Audible Editors

As real life feels increasingly like a sci-fi novel, it seemed like the perfect time to launch a sister version of our Audicted podcast dedicated to this otherworldly genre. We’ll help you find your next listen by talking about the ones that feel most relevant to us right now, and why.

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin

Wool by Hugh Howey

Lock In by John Scalzi

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

Devolution by Max Brooks

Network Effect by Martha Wells

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I had higher hopes

I haven't listened to Audicted in the past but no one in my life nowadays shares my interest in Sci-Fi, so I looked forward to listening in on a discussion among people who do. That's not so much what I got. It was a kind of halting conversation among three, probably very nice but, not particularly interesting people who spent most of their time comparing neuroses. They did manage a half-hearted conversation about, if I recall, 3 books and 2 stories but, if they had edited out all of the "likes," "you knows" and "ums," They would have had time for that many again.

Excited to follow this new series!

Thank you, Sam, Emily, and Sean - the podcast was enjoyable on many levels, and it really helped me feel connected to the writing and listening world we’re in right now.
One suggestion, please: it would be very helpful if you could repeat a quick list of the books and authors at the end of the podcast, for folks like me who don’t have great memories and don’t take notes as we listen.
I look forward to enjoying several of the ones you mentioned. Thanks again!

Interesting ...

I did listen to the "Forward" series (for free). Popular authors. These are short and pretty good. It is interesting that they mentioned this. It is a 'Zon product - so yes of course. But they were good. So do it again? They were all Sci-Fi.

Short works are key - the listening experience is close to movie length - attention span thing. I write for audio as short works in Sci-Fi ... so take a gander. Second audiobook out soon of a series

I wish ACX/Audible would create a Select section for Sci-Fi like they do Escape (romance - ugh! gag!) There are more than enough titles. But the author's would have to sign up and be accepted - so would authors jump in? I think so. The books are too expensive (the <3 hour range --- $6.95 for a 1.5 hour audiobook - really?) and not worth the CREDIT to save the $. Thus traffic is low for those authors. But if there were a Select program for Sci-Fi? This could be managed by Audible/ACX and generate revenue for Audible and the authors.

The good sci-fi tends to be short. Paying for all the audiobooks you want can be expensive. So can you make a Select Audible Sci-Fi section like you do Escape? I would buy in. I can get them free with promo codes from Unleashed. But short works are hard to find there. I want short good Sci-Fi. Forward was great..

There really are not that many titles in Escape (and they are pretty long too). I think a Select Sci-Fi section would do much better. As an author i would get more traffic I think. eBooks are a bust so far - way to many eBooks (but I get good short works for free - (Top 100 Free)). Trying Goodreads, hope that is better for traffic. But Audio can be the next big thing in short Sci-Fi

So the point of this episode is to ...? See the interest in Sci-Fi ... maybe ...

Frank LaCroix

Informative

The podcast was a great listen. This was a fun discussion on scifi and it reminded me of some really great listens as well as gave me ideas for some new ones.

Fun listen ignored bad reviews

I enjoyed this and valued their recommendations, having already listened to some of the books they discussed. The main reason for the five stars is a response to the negative reviews. This is a free product! Why discourage them? Don't ruin it for those of us that value these podcasts.

Like um, you know, so, totally yeah, this is bad

This review is for all 3 episodes I've listened to so far. I will stick to the newsletters in the future. These podcasts are really badly presented. I lost track of how many times "like" "you know" "totally" "um" and "so" were used in place of expressive, intelligent language. Having read the newsletters, I expected more. These should have been good podcasts as the books highlighted are excellent reads. I listened to these podcasts to learn about the books I hadn't heard of before. But the lack of cogent discussion of the material and poor discussion ruined this.

Like what?

Stop saying “like” while telling your opinion. If you’re among friends say it every other word. If you’re presenting to an audience speak as an adult.

Audicted is the worst

I tried listening to your reviews of books that you recommend. They are usually a load of crap. Just tell me the name of the book, the author, the narrator and generally what the story is about and then move onto the next book. Right now I am looking for a book that has a positive story or humor or something that can get me through the lockdown. I don’t get any of that from any of your reviews.

Great so far

I appreciated the insights and exposure to titles which were not on my radar. Even hearing about the titles I knew about put context to the hosts tastes. I look forward to more.

A few things I’d like to see.. when discussing a title, please state the title and author at the end of each discussion as well as the beginning so we don’t have rewind to get the details, Also, please make sure the titles are listed in the app and provide links for ease of use.

Can Not see show notes in ios App

Glad to have this audible sci-fi Audicted, but this really is a podcast and I would much rather have an RSS feed and listen in my normal podcast app and be able to see the show notes and click on links to the books mentioned from the app. The Audible app and podcast are very sub-par.