


At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.Īs war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. Have you read or listened to this yet? Those looking to make the most of their Audible credits can’t go wrong with this one, which delivers over 32 hours of award-winning entertainment!ĭuring a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. We do hope she’ll be narrating more in the future! Despite being a veteran voice actor with over 30 years experience, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars was Hale’s first audiobook.


The audiobook production of Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars won an AudioFile Earphones Award this year, thanks in part to the incredible voice work of Jennifer Hale. From the rough, snarky slang of an ex-military woman to the half-mad musings of a human "ship mind," every unique voice enhances the listening experience.” - AudioFile Magazine Hale's range of differentiation is masterly as she animates all the quirky characters Kira meets. “Narrator Jennifer Hale's outstanding performance brings this story of alien invasion to life…Hale’s portrayal of Kira is mellow and contemplative, reflecting a person who spends most of her time alone in the quiet reaches of space. Without further ado, based on the combined nominations and votes here on the Discover Sci-Fi blog and the Facebook group, here are your top choices for the best audiobook published 2020! Curious to see which 2020 audiobook release came out on top? Read on to find out! Last week, ten of the titles nominated for our first round of voting advanced to the second round today, we find out which one of those ten the Discover Sci-Fi community thought was the very best. Thankfully, there was no shortage of new material. Those of us who could, dashed out the door at lunch, or the second the workday ended in an attempt walk off whatever we were feeling about the state of the world, grateful for some time to indulge in the ritual of the audiobook to lose ourselves in another world for a while. If we were lucky enough not to live alone, our workspaces were often shared with spouses or "homeschooling" child overlords. Obviously you don't have to be a commuter to love audiobooks: Take any mundane task and add an excellent audiobook and next thing you know, you will be wanting to do said mundane task just so you can get another 20 minutes with your book.Ģ020 was the year that many of us went from long commutes to the office, to a "commute" that looked more like a two minute stumble from the bed to the dining table.
