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Oh, I am a very happy camper. Would you like to know why? Shall I tell you? Indeed I shall. This is why: my amazing, fantabulous wonderful designers at Orbit have sent me the cover art for The Rebel Prince: Book Three of the Moorehawke Trilogy. So, I now have all three covers to smile over and stroke fondly, and call my very own.
I must say I. LOVE. THESE. COVERS. I love everything about them. I love Steve Stone’s wonderful art work – in particular that fact that he didn’t just pick a generic fantasy boy and girl for the first and last covers but actually made them look like Wynter and Alberon ( Not having read The Rebel Prince, he even went to the trouble of contacting me to ask what Alberon looked like!) Steve’s artwork rocks. Go! Now! Run to his website and check out all the great covers he’s done. Read the rest of this entry »
by Celine Kiernan •7 Comments • Posted in: All posts, Guest Post, Orbit Australia, Orbit France, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- DongWon Song - March 9th, 2010
Glenda Larke is a major talent in epic fantasy and her latest novel– THE LAST STORMLORD is out now in the US and UK!
She has been getting some incredible advance praise in her native Australia:
“…a bold, inventively original world…a sweeping saga that unmistakeably marks her as one of Australia’s best speculative fiction writers.”
―Nexus, Issue 259, Dec 2009
“What a tale! Can’t wait for the next instalment. This is a GREAT book.”
―AurealisXpress, Aug 2009
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by DongWon Song • Post a Comment • Posted in: Orbit UK, Orbit US
- Lauren Panepinto - March 8th, 2010
As you guys know, your friendly neighborhood Creative Director has been slaving away at the Fall 2010/Winter 2011 Orbit covers (yes, we work that far in advance) and now that the covers are (mostly) done I’ve started to launch them on the blog for your viewing pleasure, and general online critique. Well, I have a special treat above for devoted Orbit fans, cover design aficionados, and especially admirers of Ms. Alexia Tarabotti, heroine of Soulless. Timed to celebrate this month’s release of Changeless, Alexia Tarabotti’s second adventure, I have a special Making of the Cover Video for the next book, due out in September 2010, Blameless.
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by Lauren Panepinto • 47 Comments • Posted in: Art, Covers, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- Anna Gregson - March 8th, 2010
Following Celine Kiernan’s post below on translation into the German language, it seems appropriate to make a quick mention about one of our own titles in translation released this month: The War of the Dwarves (UK/ US/ ANZ), from international bestseller Markus Heitz.
Translated from the original German by the very talented Sally-Ann Spencer, this is the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Dwarves (UK/ US/ ANZ), described by SFRevu as: ‘The kind of solid fantasy that the market thrives upon’, and by The Bookbag as ‘A fabulous addition to the fantasy genre’. Read an extract here!
by Anna Gregson • 1 Comment • Posted in: Commentary, Extracts, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
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This is a sincere hymn of praise to my wonderful German translator Astrid Finke. She has, at one stage or another, discussed all the following things with me (and many more) I’m unbelievably lucky to have found her.
Cartoon by Celine Kiernan
When I was asked to address the 2008 international translator’s conference in Dublin, I was quietly convinced that they’d invited the wrong Celine Kiernan by mistake. You could have coloured me surprised when I learned that it was because The Moorehawke Trilogy is considered a bit of a challenge translation-wise, and they wanted to hear the thought processes behind my often rather quirky use of language. Read the rest of this entry »
by Celine Kiernan •5 Comments • Posted in: Guest Post, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
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Fight Club was on cable last night. Despite having seen it more times than I can count, I settled in for another viewing. What can I say? It’s hard to resist Ed Norton and Brad Pitt and fighting and witty dialogue and clever plotting all in one. Read the rest of this entry »
by Jaye Wells •2 Comments • Posted in: Guest Post
- Tim Holman - March 4th, 2010
Photo Credit: Mary GT Webber
I’m delighted to say that Orbit will be the very proud publisher of a brand-new fantasy series by Karen Miller, launching 2012. The series title is the Tarnished Crown, and Karen describes it thus:
A tale of love and hate, treachery and power, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the remaking of a world. The theme of this fantasy saga is contained in its title: nobody is innocent. Every crown is tarnished. Redemption is possible but at a great price.
Karen Miller’s INNOCENT MAGE (US | UK) was one of our launch titles for Orbit in the US, following its publication earlier that year (2007) in the UK. Its sequel, THE AWAKENED MAGE (US | UK), followed hot on its heels, and these two books rapidly became one of the fastest selling new fantasy series of recent years. Karen is a natural storyteller, and a fearless one. Her next novel, EMPRESS (US | UK), introduced Hekat, quite possibly one of the scariest protagonists you will ever encounter.
Karen returned to the “Mage” sequence with THE PRODIGAL MAGE (US | UK), and has just completed the final book, THE RELUCTANT MAGE, which we will be publishing later this year.
And there’s some great news, too, for fans of Karen’s Rogue Agent series (written under the pen name K.E.Mills), which began with THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER (US | UK). Karen will be writing at least two more books in the series, bringing the total to five.
Orbit will be publishing these books in the US, UK and Australia.
by Tim Holman • 2 Comments • Posted in: All posts, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- Anna Gregson - March 4th, 2010
Desktop looking drab? iPhone lacking flair? What your gadgets need is a full-on fantasy makeover. And it just so happens that to celebrate today’s release of Shadowrise (UK/ANZ), the highly anticipated third volume in Tad Williams‘ Shadowmarch quartet, we’re giving away free wallpaper downloads based on the striking cover art. Just click on the links below to instantly spruce up your screen – all sizes catered for!
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by Anna Gregson • Post a Comment • Posted in: All posts, Art, Covers, Miscellany, Miscellany, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Special Offers
- Anna Gregson - March 4th, 2010
Following our recent call for your culinary contributions to the SFF artistic world, Simon Morden has proved he can certainly ‘rise’ to the challenge (yes – baking pun intended). Behold his fabulous creations: the Tardis and the Death Star, made for his son’s 9th and 10th birthdays, respectively.
According to Simon, ‘Next year he wants the USS Enterprise rendered in sponge and icing’. You’ll need something to drink with that Simon – any chance of some Vulcan nerve punch?*
Further edible entries can be submitted to orbit@littlebrown.co.uk
*Bad puns attributable to Darren Nash
by Anna Gregson • Post a Comment • Posted in: Orbit UK, Uncategorized
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Avatar is a decent movie. It’s not great because A) it’s way too damn long, B) It doesn’t have enough scenes of things fighting other things, and C) It’s just not that groundbreaking.
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty good for what it was. But can we just admit that it was a decent sci fi animated film and leave it at that. Honestly, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was a better movie. It was funnier. It was more creative. It had more heart. It wasn’t melodramatic. It didn’t have long, boring segments reminding us that nature is good (a message I do happen to support by the way). And, of course, Cloudy had Mr. T, who is even cooler than a twenty foot tall battle robot and a space jaguar combined. Read the rest of this entry »
by A. Lee Martinez •5 Comments • Posted in: Guest Post
