Winterbirth Review
- July 30th, 2007
Brian Ruckley’s debut novel Winterbirth is out in the UK in paperback this month, and we’ve received our first review for that edition from Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review:
[W]hat a story it
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Archive for July, 2007
Virtual Convention
- July 30th, 2007
Some more convention news, this time from Australia: Conflux 4 takes place in Canberra from 28 September to 1 October. As part of the build up to Conflux 4, there’s a ‘virtual minicon’ taking…
Orbit at Alt.Fiction 2008
- July 29th, 2007
It’s still quite a long way off, but planning has already started for the Alt.Fiction event in Derby next April.
2007 was Orbit’s first year at the event, and we really enjoyed it: I appeared on a panel with
An Embarrassment of Riches
- July 27th, 2007
Charlie Huston
(photo: Karin Kohlberg)
(photo: Karin Kohlberg)
I’ve just been looking through the fourth issue of Death Ray, which, it’s pleasing to report, is full of nice things.
First up is a terrific…
Another Convert to the Electric Church
- July 25th, 2007
John at SFsignal posts a great review of The Electric Church by Jeff Somers, giving the book 4.5 out of 5 stars and writing in summary:
PROS: Excellent pacing; well-written action sequences; fun characters; dark setting.
CONS: There’s something
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Already Dead in Shivers
- July 25th, 2007
The latest issue of Shivers has a great review of Already Dead, the first book in Charlie Huston’s series of noir thrillers starring undead PI Joe Pitt:
Huston has taken the basics
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Brian Ruckley Q&A
- July 24th, 2007
A quick follow-up to Tim’s post yesterday about the critical reaction to Winterbirth in the US: blogger The Book Swede is inviting readers to submit questions for an interview he’s doing with Brian Ruckley — visit his…
Starred Review for Orbit US Debut
- July 23rd, 2007
The first (of many, we hope!) Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly in the US has just arrived and it’s for Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth. In their own words, it’s an “outstanding fantasy debut … ensuring a fervent audience of epic fantasy…
Want to see more Dresden Files on TV?
- July 23rd, 2007
The Dresden Files television series was shown earlier this year in both the UK and the US (on Sky One and the Sci-Fi Channel respectively). This was a fantastic treat for the many fans of Jim Butcher’s…
Karen Miller Interview
- July 23rd, 2007
Karen Miller, whose bestselling debut novel The Innocent Mage was published by Orbit UK in April and will be published by Orbit US in September, has been interviewed by Sandy Auden at…