Podcasts with Karen Miller and Tim Holman
Karen Miller talked with The Dragon Page Radio about The Innocent Mage and The Awakened Mage, as well as her upcoming Godspeaker trilogy, which will launch this Spring with Empress. You can listen to the podcast here.
And Orbit Publishing Director Tim Holman had a long ranging interview with Rick Kleffel at the Agony Column podcast. They talk about the launch of Orbit US and the future of genre fiction publishing. If you’re interested in the strategy behind Orbit’s publishing program, or the future of the genre, don’t miss it! Link.
December 21st, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Fascinating interview, Tim. Or maybe I just enjoy your accent (snort!). Naw, actually, I’m pretty psyched to be writing for somebody with your vision. Speaking of which, relax, I’m going back to work right now.
Hope your Vegas trip left you with brimming pockets and fuzzy memories!
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:07 am
Many thanks, Jennifer - it was fun. Now get back to that keyboard!
The Vegas trip … um, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that. You know that marketing budget I mentioned? It’s just that, well, it’s, kind of …
December 27th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
What an interesting interview, Tim. I’ve wondered for a long time why SF/F was so popular in media (movies, TV, games, as you said), to the point that much of the top grossing films of all time are in the SF/F genre…and a show like Battlestar is hailed by mainstream entertainment magazines as one of the best written shows on TV… and a game like HALO is one of the top selling games of all time in an industry that I believe makes more money or near to it than even the film industry… yet in publishing there still seems to be somewhat of a ghettoization by ‘the mainstream population’ with regards to much of genre fiction. Of course there are exceptions but it’s hardly a balance. While Harry Potter has spread universally in that ‘blockbuster’ sense, what is the equivalent in adult genre fiction lately? I can’t honestly think of one.
And, perhaps obviously, I absolutely love the vision and direction Orbit’s taking.
January 5th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Great to have your vote of confidence, Karin. You’re absolutely right, I think, to wonder why this is the case, and specifically why SFF publishing has not generated more widespread “blockbusters”. It has to be a cause for concern for genre fiction that is published as genre fiction, but the successes of SFF at the movies, in computer games and in children’s literature should also make us confident that SFF “blockbusters” are possible in adult genre fiction publishing … as long as we can find a way to excite that wider audience. We’re planning to raise (and reraise!) this issue on the blog, so watch this space!