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Shadowrise

Shadowrise Tad Williams

"A sublime piece of storytelling."—SFX
Read an extract.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N.K. Jemisin

"In this reviewer’s opinion, this is the must-read fantasy of the year."
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Archive for May, 2008

Orbit Links for May 16 2008

Another weekly round-up of links of interest featuring Orbit authors that we’ve found (or have been pointed in the direction of) out there on T’Internet:

Curled Up with Marie Brennan’s ‘Midnight Never Come’

Marie Brennan - Midnight Never Come (UK)There’s a new review of Midnight Never Come [UK / US], Marie Brennan’s new novel of Elizabethan intrigue and fae power-politics, over at Curled Up With a Good Book.

Reviewer Mervi Hamalainen was particularly taken by…

Arthur C Clarke Competition – Winner

Congratulations to Ian G, the winner of our competition for a special hardback edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Thanks to everyone that entered!

Jeff Somers, Rescued by Nerds

rescue me, nerd!The new blog (with the awesome name) Rescued By Nerds interviewed Jeff Somers about the star of his novels, Avery Cates:

I’ve created a character who kills people, who physically assaults people when annoyed, who has stepped over the

Press Release: Orbit announces plans to expand in the US and UK

Following its successful launch in the US in 2007, and a record year for the imprint in the UK, Orbit announces its intention to expand both lists. In the US, Orbit is going to double the size of the list…

Orbit Links for May 09 2008

Welcome to our latest quick-fire round-up of links of interest featuring Orbit authors:

Win a signed copy of Pamela Freeman’s ‘Blood Ties’

Blood Ties by Pamela FreemanWe’ve teamed up with Chris, The Book Swede for this one: another incredibly simple-to-enter email sweepstake, with a copy of Blood Ties [UK / US] – the first part of Pamela Freeman’s Castings Trilogy –…

‘Midnight Never Come’: four-star SFX review

Marie Brennan - Midnight Never Come (UK)The UK’s biggest sci-fi magazine, SFX, has posted a four-star review of Midnight Never Come [UK / US], the new novel by Marie Brennan, out now from Orbit UK, and published next month by Orbit US.…

Where Do All Those Villains Come From?

Karen Miller - Empress (UK)Anyone who’s read EMPRESS – or any of the early reviews of the novel – will know that it’s a book with a very unsympathetic central character (and that there aren’t a lot of hugs to go around at the…

Brian Ruckley talks to Mania.com

Bloodheir by Brian RuckleyThere’s a new interview with Orbit’s own Brian Ruckley online over at Mania.com.

Pat Ferrara asks Brian about how he got started as a fantasy writer, his major inspirations, the influence of Scotland on the lands of the…

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