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Ten talented narrators perform a collection of award-winning short stories from one of China's most prolific and lauded science fiction authors. The stories run the gamut from a rural mountain village holding off an alien invasion to a future in which humanity's every move is predicted by computers. The narrators are well suited to their stories, with each bringing a personal... Read More

An ensemble of five gifted narrators splendidly conveys the haunting language and imagery in this WWII story of Ah Yan, a Chinese woman who has a lasting impact upon three men. Feodor Chin's facility with Chinese words and penetrating depiction of Ah Yan's childhood friend, Liu Zhaohu, transport listeners to war-torn China. With a measured pace and gentle tone, Adam Verner... Read More

Narrator Feodor Chin embraces the satirical world of this debut novel with a whimsical tone, an engaged style, and a quick cadence that suits the nineteenth-century fable. He does a fine performance of the sounds in this audiobook--from the thwack of an axe to the sharp sound of gunshots and the splashes of swimming in Lake Erie. Befitting this satire of the tall tale,... Read More

A group of experienced narrators vividly presents this series of conversations with young people about race. Fans of audiobooks will recognize many names in the impressive lineup, including those of Michael Crouch, Janina Edwards, and Guy Lockard. The diversity of the cast reflects the male and female writers who tackle serious topics such as discrimination among elementary... Read More

A trio of narrators brings this intricate fantasy world to life. In an island empire controlled by magic, children are required to give a bone shard to the emperor, who uses them to power magical constructs. But when a shard is used, it cuts that person's life short--or kills them. As the empire careens toward revolution, five characters are caught up in the fray. Feodor Chin's... Read More

Six narrators of Asian descent bring to life untold fictional stories of WWII in this debut short story collection. The narrators--Feodor Chin, Ren Hanami, Catherine Ho, Greta Jung, Akie Kotabe, and Nancy Wu--take turns reading 13 interconnected stories that mostly revolve around a Japanese family. Spanning more than 150 years, the saga covers the period between the early... Read More

Jump into the start of a sci-fi romance series that explores the technological future. Narrator Regina Hall brings liveliness to her role as Trinity Jordan, a black woman working from home who is recovering from an accident she can't remember. Trinity is initially caught off guard by her odd new neighbor, Li Wei. Listeners feel Trinity's shock when she discovers she's falling... Read More

This is a listen for anyone who is curious about authors reminiscing about the impact their parent or parents had on their lives. These shortish works are all interesting and offer glimpses into the lives of authors known and not so well known. The narrators bring sympathetic, nuanced takes on the 25 writers who share their stories in this collection. Some of these stories are... Read More

Feodor Chin is the perfect narrator to deliver this story. On a futuristic Earth, where the aftereffects of a dying star blast our planet with deadly radiation, only children 13 years and under will survive--and so the preparation begins. Astronomy enthusiasts will delight in the infusion of factual historical events (with a twist) as they hear a fascinating story of human... Read More

Narrators Feodor Chin and Andrew Eiden are the perfect counterpoints for this Vietnam-era historical novel, which traces both the violent ascension of Communist rule and its aftermath. They create the two personas that dominate the story, Giang, a Vietnamese former soldier who must live with the memories of war, and the ghost of the late American veteran Nicola Rossi. Chin... Read More

A trio of talented narrators tackles the first book in a new fantasy series centered on a man who is destined to destroy an empire. The novel is framed as a story within a story in which Kihrin, portrayed by Vikas Adam, tells his tale to his female captor, a shape-shifting and deadly assassin, portrayed by Soneela Nankani, as she recounts the events leading up to his capture. A... Read More

Narrator Fedor Chin's matter-of-fact approach to this collection of Yu Hua's short stories, written from 1987 to 1991, is a bit puzzling because the stories themselves feature dark symbolism, death, and the complex outcomes of life choices. The audiobook's title story refers to a date whose significance is unclear to one of the main characters but is encountered enough that he... Read More

A trio of narrators tackles a look at the future of humanity in which the technical details overshadow the drama. In the near future, the moon has been colonized jointly by the U.S. and China. An American accused of murder and caught up in a power struggle flees with the help of an illegally pregnant woman and a poet/celebrity. Maxwell Hamilton, Joy Osmanski, and Feodor Chin... Read More

Feodor Chin's narration is notable for his consistency and confidence as well as his ability to make complex sentences clear. His modulations of tone and intensity always fit the content, in addition to adding color and a touch of drama to this corporate strategy lesson. Howard Yu's sweeping book is about how so many businesses have faded or disappeared over the past 200 years... Read More

Using a half dozen accents, narrator Feodor Chin brings his video and computer game voice-over experience to the fore. Hugo Award-winning novelist Cixin Liu's military science fiction explores what might happen if the rare natural phenomenon of ball lightning were harnessed. Could it be used as a potent energy source or possibly as an unstoppable superweapon? The novel is part... Read More

Whether he's discussing antimatter starships or the prefrontal cortex, Feodor Chin's narration is unflaggingly positive. That's not to say he presents an overly bright reading of this audiobook about humanity's chances for survival. Chin's reading is anchored in a journalistic tone that matches the author's pop-science style--part scientific, part anecdotal, and part... Read More

Feodor Chin's impressive rendering of accents ranging from Russian to Chinese and Portuguese adds to a story brimming with descriptions of diverse locales and food--some appealing and some less so. The plot alternates between the spirited voices of North Korean police officer Inspector O and his nephew, Major Bing, who oversees state security in a region of China that borders... Read More

Feodor Chin keeps things edgy in this genre-bending mystery set in today’s Taiwan. Taiwanese traditionalists believe that July and August are ghost months, the months when hell’s doors are open and ghosts are free to roam the upper realms. Young, savvy Jing-nan scoffs at such superstitious nonsense. Chin delivers both Jing-nan’s smart-alecky attitude about the spirit world and... Read More

The ins and outs of nanotechnology and the mind would be difficult to enliven as an audio title for any narrator, yet Feodor Chin manages to convey the author's boundless enthusiasm for these subjects. Chin tells the story of the popularization of brain science with an up-tempo, keeping the listener's interest in the dense material. He also varies the pitch in his delivery to... Read More

Novelist Murakami turns to nonfiction with this probing analysis of the 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subways. The interview format, featuring victims as well as members of the radical cult that was behind the plot, explores some major issues about the Japanese psyche. The narrative ensemble of Feodor Chin, Ian Dale, and Janet Song proves an excellent choice to provide... Read More

Spiers, a principal in a nonprofit adult learning foundation, says that living optimally is the result of developing healthy habits in four key life areas: socializing, moving, thinking, and creating. Spiers uses a judicious mix of life-change testimonials from Baby Boomers and a structured set of goals and measuring protocols. Once committed to adding certain activities to... Read More

Percival Chen is a naïve Chinese school teacher who has a weakness for gambling and for the young women who frequent the gambling establishments of Saigon. Feodor Chin immerses us in the war-torn world of 1960s Saigon, where the Chinese headmaster is respected for his business skills by the Americans and reviled for being Chinese and profiting from the war by his Vietnamese... Read More

Seido Oda, a Japanese Buddhist priest, is better at painting and poetry than dealing with people. After 30 peaceful years in his relatively cloistered monastery, and despite his protestations and reservations, Reverend Oda is sent to supervise the building of a Buddhist temple in Brooklyn. Feodor Chin delivers Oda’s plight as a stranger in a strange land with quiet, unassuming... Read More

In the latest installment of the Inspector O series, the retired North Korean detective is called back to duty to solve a murder in which the prime suspect is the presumed leader of a reunified Korea. Of course, not everyone wants the North and South to become one, and others want to use the murder for their own purposes. The story is entertaining, and Feodor Chin’s narration... Read More

Missiles and murder face North Korean Inspector O as he carries out a new investigation, which is complicated by his boss’s injunction that he not look too closely at the details. Feodor Chin’s accomplished narration allows the plot to gently unfold. His authentic-sounding pronunciation of names and places, along with subtle characterization, helps listeners feel comfortable in... Read More