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Ladies and gentlemen, it is with not a little pride and joy that I bring you news about the next seven titles from my little company, Brick By Brick Audiobooks. We’ll be bringing you seven – count them, seven! – books, one title a month for the next six months, PLUS Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL this holiday season.
I appreciate everyone who helped make our first two titles, LORD FOUL’S BANE and FATAL REVENANT – both from Stephen R. Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant – such a success, and I’m pleased to let you know that in the next six months we will be bringing you Books Two and Three, completing the First Chronicles, an accomplishment I’ve dreamed about for years. In LORD FOUL’S BANE, you saw how Thomas Covenant found himself in The Land, a leper from our world mistaken for the reincarnation of their world’s greatest hero. Now follow him as Lord Foul wages war against the Lords of Revelstone in THE ILLEARTH WAR, then positions all the players for the inevitable cataclysm in THE POWER THAT PRESERVES. If that sounds like a lot of action, it is; these two books will total more than 40 hours of listening.
And right before Thanksgiving, we’ll deliver unto you a little stocking stuffer: the perennial holiday classic
A CHRISTMAS CAROL. We’ll even be offering this particular title in hard copies (on CDs, in nifty packaging and everything), since it’s hard to put a bow around an MP3 and slide it under the tree, menorah, or Festivus pole. This will be a return for me to my theater roots: more than a decade ago, I adapted Dickens’ story for the stage and played Scrooge for two seasons; it’s been touring every December since.
If you’ve never read how Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future attempt to redeem the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, you’re in for a treat – it’s one of the greatest, most recognizable stories of all time. This presentation will also feature an amazing musical score, crafted by my great friend and enormously talented musician/composer John Massey (currently touring as Mr. C. in “Happy Days: The Musical”). This score, filled with historically accurate carols, will be a departure for me, as most of the books I narrate are straight reads, without music or sound effects, but this story is so special and dear to my heart that I figured, why not? Consider the musical flourishes a present from me to you.
Next, I’m puffed with pride to announce that Brick By Brick Audiobooks will be bringing you my favorite science fiction series, THE PHOENIX LEGACY by M.K. Wren. This trilogy is set in the 33rd century, where a dazzling empire is poised on the brink of annihilation…
The Lord Alexand DeKoven Woolf is destined by birth to occupy a unique position of power in the
And last but by no means least, there is DREAMER OF DUNE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF FRANK 
HERBERT, written by his son, Brian Herbert. I first encountered Brian about eight years ago when I was preparing to narrate Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, and Brian cracked open his father’s notes to help me with all those crazy pronunciations. Over the years, I’m proud to say we’ve became friends.
I was shocked to discover that this magnificent biography of his father was not yet on audiobook – shocked, and, I have to admit, pleased, because it meant that I would have the opportunity to narrate it myself. Whether you’re a massive Dune-head or only occasionally sip some spiced tea (See what I did with that? Huh, huh? Dune… Spice?), I think you’ll really enjoy this book. It’s a unique insight into the man who created the greatest, most richly-detailed science fiction saga of all time, a wonderful portrait, lovingly rendered. A must for all science fiction fans.
So when is all this happening?
Glad you asked. Here’s the schedule as it stands now:
11/05/08
THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
BOOK TWO: THE ILLEARTH WAR
By Stephen R. Donaldson
11/27/08 – Happy Thanksgiving!
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By Charles Dickens
12/1/08
SWORD OF THE LAMB
BOOK ONE OF THE
By M.K. Wren
1/1/09
SHADOW OF THE SWAN
BOOK TWO OF THE
By M.K. Wren
2/1/09
HOUSE OF THE WOLF
BOOK THREE OF THE
By M.K. Wren
3/1/09
DREAMER OF DUNE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF FRANK HERBERT
By Brian Herbert
4/1/09
THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
BOOK THREE: THE POWER THAT PRESERVES
By Stephen R. Donaldson.
It’s humbling to realize by the time the first anniversary of Brick By Brick Audiobooks’ first release rolls around, we will have released nine books in these twelve months. And it’s staggering in terms of sleep deprivation, but 2009 will be the beginning of our book-a-month schedule. That’s right: we’re going monthly, baby! Twelve books in twelve months. And wait ‘til you hear what surprises we have in store for the second half of 2009.
As always, these books will be recorded in glorious 128 kbps sound. And remember, Brick By Brick Audiobook titles are never abridged!
We’ll be talking to you again in a week or so with more information about these titles: pricing, discounts, that kind of thing. ’Til then, take care and don’t eat all the leftover Halloween candy in one sitting, okay?
Oh, sorry, one last nugget of knowledge: at the risk of making this post as long as the manuscript of my first novel, I thought some of you might be interested to know that we’ve been granted permission to release the Covenant novels throughout the world. So for all you folks in the
Thanks for listening,
Scott
scott@scottbrickpresents.com
October 24th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Is there any possibility that these will eventually be available through audible.com? It’s not that audible.com is cheaper for me (though that is certainly true) its that being on the ‘2 books a month’ plan there almost completely fills my available listening time, leaving very little room for works that aren’t available there.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
This is fantastic! Absolutely awesome! Congrats on the success. All that hard work is paying off.
Will the Legacy trilogy be available in a spiffy little bundle of joy? Packaged up with a bow on the box?
Probably too big to be a stocking stuffer, unless you have like the biggest socks in the whole world.
Keep up the good work! The world always needs more audio-goodness.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:24 am
First of all, keep up the good work. I just checked the website and saw the plans for the coming year.
Awesome !!!!
The Phoenix Legacy was one of my favorites, but I never kept any copies.
I can’t wait to revisit the series.
I don’t know if you appreciate, or even like, suggestions, but here goes……What about the Riverworld series by
Philip Jose Farmer ?? You know, in your spare time (wink,wink).
Appreciative Fan
October 28th, 2008 at 3:45 am
I just listened to the Brickcast and I really liked it. I hope you keep on doing them.
Thank you.
November 6th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
It’s 6 Nov 08. I don’t see Illearth War available. Have updated info?
November 7th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Kelly and other inquiring minds: I think our e-commerce folks have solved the hang-up, hope to have the book up very soon. We’ll notify the email list when it goes live.
Thanks for your patience!
Den Shewman
very tired CCO
November 7th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
[...] Chronicles, and it only gets better from here. Part Three, THE POWER THAT PRESERVES, comes out April 1st, then after that, it’s on to the Second [...]
November 8th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Scott, I know what you mean about the character developement, pathos, and sheer emotion for a mere fantasy epic. When White Gold Wielder came out I was still in high school, and I remember my drafting teacher telling me she cried reading that book. For me The Illearth War was one that was very hard to read slowly or put down…and yes, it too could puddle you up. I hope that Dondaldson can recapture this in his latest Quartology.
For the record, I’ll chime in on the distribution. I *like* iAmplify. I’ve tried both iAmplify and Audible, and I like the high fidelity of the iAmplify stuff, and I don’t like the lousy software that Audible makes you install. Please stick with iAmplify!
Keep up the great work!
Ken Thompson
Houston, TX
December 4th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Are you planning to package the Phoenix Legacy as a grouped trilogy?
Or will each book be sold individually?
I think the idea of buying a packaged trilogy with some extra goodies thrown in there is a good one.
Like when you could buy the three Peter-Jackson Lord Of The Rings Extended Editions in a single package with some cool book-end statue type things. That was a fun purchase.
Maybe you can get some “Brick By Brick Bobbleheads” made up and throw them in for loyal fans who snag all the books in the set.
I’m lookin’ forward to the future.
Congrats and Best Wishes,
Paul
December 17th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
the donaldson trilogies literally changed the course of my very troubled life years ago, and your audio rendition brought it back to me last year when i so badly needed to hear it. thank you so much for taking on this huge project. and thank you for bringing donaldson’s words to life for me.