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- April 22nd, 2008
Over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist Patrick posts one of the first reviews of Bloodheir, book two in Brian Ruckley’s Godless World Trilogy, and concludes: “Without the shadow of a doubt, it should be one of the fantasy books…
- April 21st, 2008
The April issue of Locus magazine carries its annual “British Book Summary” – a report on SFF publishing in the UK. I admire and appreciate Locus’s amazingly comprehensive reporting on all things SFF-y from around the world, but as…
- April 21st, 2008
With EMPRESS marching up the bestseller charts, My Book The Movie asks Karen Miller who she would cast to play Hekat, Nagarak, and others. Karen is adamant that the movie will never get made … but with a
- April 18th, 2008
Over at John Scalzi’s legendary Whatever blog, Orbit author Kate Elliott explains the genesis of the ‘eagle reeves’ – the Big Idea in her latest series, Crossroads – and how a certain Swedish pop combo may have had…
- April 17th, 2008
Orbit UK & US author Jennifer Rardin posted an interview with Orbit US author Robert Buettner, over at her blog just yesterday.
They talk about Robert’s ‘Jason Wander’ series, what he sees as the main differences between…
- April 17th, 2008
We’ve just this minute unveiled the brand new Orbit Facebook page.
If you’re a Facebook user, please feel free to head on over and sign up as a fan. We’ll be posting a range of regular updates, including news…
- April 16th, 2008
Following our exciting Codex Alera acquisition, we have more great Jim Butcher news. This week Small Favour hits a fantastic (yet very much grounded in reality) No.2 spot in the New York Times bestsellers chart!
In…
- April 16th, 2008
Fantasy fiction mega-blogger Pat St. Denis, of Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist fame, is currently running a sweepstake to win one of two copies of Small Favour, the brand new Dresden Files novel by Jim Butcher.
The entry conditions are…
- April 16th, 2008
This year’s James Tiptree Jr Award – the annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender – was announced this week.
Alongside the winner, the award committee also announced the 2007…
- April 14th, 2008
Fantasy Book Critic has just posted a great interview with Kate Elliott, author of Shadow Gate, over at his site:
For someone who hasn’t read any of your titles, how would you describe your writing style and where
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