A Is for Alien, Caitlin R. Kiernan
A Is for Alien, Caitlin R. Kiernan
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A Is for Alien

Author: Caitlín R. Kiernan

Narrator: various narrators, Xe Sands, Nancy Wu, Lauren Ezzo, Lisa Flanagan, Natasha Soudek, Shiromi Arserio, Natalie Naudus, Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2020

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

A is for Alien is award-winning author Caitlín R. Kiernan’s first collection devoted entirely to her science-fiction work. It includes the critically acclaimed novelette Riding the White Bull, along with seven other tales of a less-than-utopian future.Ranging from the wastelands and mountains of Mars to the streets of a late twenty-first century Manhattan, from the moons of Europa and Saturn to an iceless Antarctica, these tales bring Kiernan’s trademark brand of the eco-gothic to bear on what it means to be human and the paths and decisions that may face mankind only a little farther along.

About Caitlín R. Kiernan

Caitlín R. Kiernan was born near Dublin, Ireland, but has spent most of her life in the southeastern United States. In 1992, she began writing her first novel, The Five of Cups (it remained unpublished until 2003). Her first published novel, Silk (1998), earned her two awards and praise from critics and such luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and Poppy Z. Brite. Her next novel, Threshold (2001), was also an award-winner. She is a prolific short fiction author, and her award-winning short stories have been collected in numerous volumes. Her short science fiction novel The Dry Salvages was published in 2004.

About Xe Sands

Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of the Nightwalkers series from Jaquelyn Frank. She has received several honors, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.

About Nancy Wu

Nancy Wu has narrated audiobooks since 2004, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards. A New York theater, television, and film actor, she has recorded in studios all over the world—from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Her credits include Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope & Faith, All My Children, Made for Each Other, and the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River.

About Lauren Ezzo

Lauren Ezzo, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a commercial voice talent and Chicago-based actor and graduate of Hope College. She has acted in Peppermint Creek Theatre Company’s world premiere of Or You Could Kiss Me. Her narrations have placed her on several “Best of the Year” lists, including AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of the Year list. In 2018, she was part of a full cast of narrators nominated for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Original Work.

About Lisa Flanagan

Lisa Flanagan is a classically trained soprano, comedian, voice-over artist, and Earphones Award–winning narrator.

About Natasha Soudek

Natasha Soudek was raised in the South, speaks native German, lived in Berlin and Vienna, and finally settled in the Lower East Side of New York City. After honing her stage presence by studying acting and playing hundreds of live music shows (singing and playing bass), she moved to LA to record with Channel/DreamWorks and act on TV. Her voice is as distinct and memorable as the range of characters she’s played on-screen.

About Shiromi Arserio

Shiromi Arserio is an author, stage actor, voice talent, and audiobook narrator from London. She holds a BA in theater from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. In addition to narrating dozens of audiobooks, her voice can be heard in documentaries, e-learning projects, and video games. Prior to venturing into audiobook narration, she worked as a freelance writer for publications such as Renaissance Magazine and Northwest Magazine.

About Natalie Naudus

Natalie Naudus is one of the most beloved audiobook narrators working today and now author of her debut novel, Gay the Pray Away.

About Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on September 16, 2024

Is it possible to write a children’s picture book about a creepy chest-bursting alien based on one of the scariest R-rated horror films of all time? WHY YES, IT IS. Idk what genius conceptualized and greenlit this, but if you have any fierce, undying love for the (first two) films at all, this is th......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on July 13, 2024

Well.. here’s the story of how our youngest child stumbled upon this book. Last Saturday, we went to Barnes and Nobles because our oldest wanted to get a book for his younger brother. We saw the rack of Golden Books and my oldest was like: “Mommy! Maybe we can find something here!” So we were looking......more

Goodreads review by Clint on July 10, 2024

Had to log this. Ordered as a joke and forgot all about it until I received the shipping notification. My own children are well past the age for this gem of a "Little Golden Book" but as for which niece/nephew will be getting it... No gore and yes, weirdly appropriate for your future nerd children.......more

Goodreads review by Tres on July 16, 2024

A masterpiece!......more

Goodreads review by Hayley on September 01, 2024

Got this for my son, since I am an Alien fanatic. It's absolutely adorable and keeps the gist of the movie's plot very well! I appreciate how they kept the Alien looking as friendly as possible as well for this being a kid's book.......more


Quotes

“Known for dark fantasy that skates the edge of horror, Kiernan turns to science fiction with equally unsettling effects in these eight stories.” Publishers Weekly

“Kiernan’s style relies on clarity in prose, the extraordinary related as if it were everyday, and a subtlety that belies her disturbing imagery. The eight stories in this slim volume are, in short, exquisite containers for the strange paths of her imagined futures. In reading these pieces, you become other, and the better for it.” Booklist