Journey to the edge of the world with Kevin J. Anderson's fantasy debut. Read an extract.
The thing was big and white and hairy and it was eating all the ice cream in the walk-in freezer. Read an extract.
- 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 is! It has everything that a fan of high . . . fantasy could possibly want out of a book. Epic battles, mystical forests [...]
- 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 place on 4-5 August on the convention forums. A number of the guests appearing at the main convention will be chatting [...]
- 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 literary agent John Jarrold and John Berlyne of sfrevu.com, Mike Carey did a workshop and a reading, [...]
- July 27th, 2007
Charlie Huston(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 interview with Charlie Huston, talking about his Joe Pitt books, his thrillers and his work for Marvel Comics on Moon Knight. Later in the issue, there’s [...]
- 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 remarkably unsettling about passionately rooting for the killers and thieves.
BOTTOM LINE: A first-rate piece of science fiction entertainment.
You [...]
- 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 of the vampire mythos and produced a very well crafted tale . . . [His] telling of the tale through the world-weary eyes of [...]
- 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 site for more information.
- 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 fans looking for something innovative in a genre that can be anything but.” Scroll down [...]
- 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 books. Of course, we’ve all been eagerly anticipating more, but the future now looks rather uncertain, as despite [...]
- 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 www.uksfbooknews.net.
It’s a deceptively simple story that hides layers of depth and allows the author to explore a host of intense themes. “There’s love, [...]
- July 20th, 2007
Orbit Publishing Director Tim Holman talked to Bookselling This Week about the launch of Orbit in the US. Read the full interview on the ABA website.
- July 20th, 2007
The SF Site has posted a terrific early review of The Electric Church by Jeff Somers (on sale in September in the US and UK).
“Somers writes with assurance and style. This is fun, cyberpunky noir SF with just the right mix of fatalism and attitude, seasoned with plenty of bullets and black comedy.”
Read the [...]
- July 19th, 2007
Interesting commentary here from US writer Edward Champion’s blog. He’s noted the success of the comic industry’s Free Comic Book Day, and wonders whether the book trade shouldn’t follow suit.
We already have World Book Day with free £1 book tokens and specially produced £1 books, and it seems to work very well, but if we [...]
- July 19th, 2007
Charles Stross’ latest book The Atrocity Archives has picked up an excellent review in Information Week, which describes it as “great fun . . . I recommend Stross’ work highly; I’ve read almost all of it and enjoyed all I’ve read.”
- July 18th, 2007
Next month sees Orbit’s publication of Heart of the Mirage by Glenda Larke. Born and raised in the Australian outback, Glenda has travelled the world and has spent the last 30 years living in Malaysia. Passionate and down-to-earth, she has dedicated her life to conservation and actively supports other writers.
Glenda’s writing has won acclaim [...]
- July 18th, 2007
Just spotted something of interest to all right-minded people: Iain Emsley’s excellent blog, Yatterings, has an interview with laugh-out-loud funny Orbit author, Christopher Moore.
Moore’s A Dirty Job is in the bookshops now, with Lamb following in August, Fluke in September and The Stupidest Angel, a heartwarming tale of Christmas terror, available in October. Enjoy!
- July 17th, 2007
Philip Palmer(photo: Charlie Hopkinson)
In January 2008, we’re publishing Debatable Space, a debut novel by Philip Palmer. Subtitled ‘a tale of revenge and revolution’, it’s a space opera of extraordinary imagination, a brilliantly plotted revenge novel, and a vividly realised future history.
It is being published by Orbit on both sides of the Atlantic, and is [...]
- July 17th, 2007
Hot on the heels of the publication of Dark Space, Marianne de Pierres has decided on a title for the second book in the Sentients of Orion series: Chaos Space. With chaos theory at the heart of her new space opera, it’s an elegant and appropriate title, and we can’t believe it never occurred to [...]
- July 16th, 2007
Robert Buettner, author of Orphanage and Orphan’s Destiny (which Orbit US will reissue along with the new book Orphan’s Journey in April 2008) was interviewed in Steven Euin Cobb’s podcast The Future and You. Click here to hear an interview with Bob about his military science fiction novels starring Jason Wander. Also interviewed on [...]
- July 16th, 2007
I’m thrilled to announce an updated cover design for the US edition of Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin. We’re publishing her first book in October and we thought this was a fabulous look to start off a new series. We’ll be doing her next two books, Another One Bites the Dust and [...]
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