Orbit Authors Open up About Vampires, Iron Maiden.

Alex Lencicki - September 28th, 2007

Jennifer Rardin talks about her urban fantasy debut Once Bitten, Twice Shy over at Scifichick.com (The scifichick.com review is here.)

And Jeff Somers appears as part of Largehearted Boy’s “Book Notes” series with a soundtrack to The Electric…

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Unfiction Unanimous

Alex Lencicki - September 27th, 2007

Over at the Unfiction message board a team of players just solved the last puzzle on The Electric Church Website: unlocking the story hidden in the site, saving Ty’s old friend, and learning the secret…

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Once Bitten will suck you in…

Jennifer Flax - September 26th, 2007

Scifichick has just posted a fabulous review for Once Bitten, Twice Shy, out from Orbit next month in the US and the UK.

“Blending some of my favorite elements: fantasy, espionage, mystery, action, and just a touch of

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Church is Out

Alex Lencicki - September 25th, 2007

Thanks to everyone who trekked out to distant Red Hook last night to hear Jeff Somers reading from The Electric Church. Here’s Jeff, along with publicist Carolyn O’Keefe and editor Devi Pillai.

In other Church news, if…

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Join us for Church this evening

Alex Lencicki - September 24th, 2007

If you’re in Brooklyn this evening, come join us down in Red Hook at Rocky Sullivan’s (gmap) to hear Jeff Somers read from The Electric Church. Jeff’s a great reader, Rocky Sullivan’s is a fun bar, and…

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The Telegraph on Charles Stross

The Orbit Team - September 24th, 2007

There was a terrific double review in The Telegraph over the weekend, looking at Charles Stross’ latest books, The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue. Charlie is described as “British science fiction’s…

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New Converts to The Electric Church

Alex Lencicki - September 19th, 2007

Bookgasm digs The Electric Church in a big way. Reviewer Bruce Grossman calls the book “an action movie for the literary set”, but suggests that we got the blurb wrong on the galley.

Don’t believe the back-cover blurb that

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Robert Jordan

Tim Holman - September 17th, 2007

It is a great sadness to report the news that Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series, passed away yesterday, 16 September. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and everyone who knew him personally and…

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Do not joke with Brian Ruckley about haggis.

Alex Lencicki - September 13th, 2007

Over at Nethspace, Brian Ruckley responds gamely and hilariously to the “Haggis Question.”

“You do know every year in Scotland several tourists who are flippant about haggis get hunted down and slaughtered like curs by howling, kilt-clad, claymore-wielding mobs,

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Mike Carey on Camera

The Orbit Team - September 13th, 2007

Mike Carey, the author of the Felix Castor novels, recently came in to the Orbit offices, and we thought we’d take the opportunity to sit him down in front of a camera and ask him to talk about his new…

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