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Mr Shivers

Mr Shivers Robert Jackson Bennett

“Mr Shivers is a startling debut, a deft amalgam of thriller, cerebral horror and American gothic” —The Guardian
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Death Most Definite

Blameless Gail Carriger

Alexia is back, and this time she's the scandal of the London season...
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The Twelve Days of ChristmaSFF

With the Yuletide fast approaching, the Orbit team* thought it worth indulging in a spot of fantastical fun to help count down the days until Christmas.  In an act of inspired lunacy / luke-warm humour / gross irresponsibility (delete as appropriate), we’ve decided to post the Science Fiction and Fantasy Twelve Days of Christmas.  And because we are masters of space and time, we’ll be doing it over the next week and a bit**.  In order to give some sort of relevance to our tomfoolery, each line will be derived from a recognisable subgenre/movement within SFF. 

So, join with us as we warm up our vocal chords, apply our formidable knowledge of the field and kiss our credibility goodbye, with The Twelve Days of ChristmaSFF . . .

On the first day of Christmas my android gave to me . . .
. . . A monolith on a dead moon.

* Well, not allthe Orbit team. Despite the strong vein of geekery propagating through the office like the blast front of a giant nerd-bomb, some people have insisted on retaining their dignity (it’ll never catch on). These few, these happy few, are blameless for what we’re about to unleash on an unsuspecting world.
** Yes, we know. Not an inspired start, is it?

  1. Chip

    December 12, 2007
    at 6:59 pm

    Reply

    I figured the first day of Christmas would be a parsec in a pear tree.

  2. Dina

    December 13, 2007
    at 12:52 am

    Reply

    on the Second day of Christmas my dragon gave to me…
    ….a grey little dragon egg.

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