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Shadowrise

Shadowrise Tad Williams

"A sublime piece of storytelling."—SFX
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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 July, 2008

Second Iain [M] Banks Q&A session – questions wanted!

Iain [M] Banks enjoyed providing answers for his first email Q&A session so much that he’s asked us to set up another one right away.

And so, without further ado, we hereby call for all you Banks-fans and readers…

A Case for ARGs

Hello. May I take your order?

Over at io9.com Annalee Newitz has an interesting article on ARGs and pop culture marketing – The Argument Against ARGs. While she acknowledges that ARGs can be fun, she’s bothered by the ways…

Mike Carey review and interview at FantasyBookCritic

Vicious Circle by Mike Carey, UK PaperbackOver at FantasyBookCritic, blogger Robert Thompson has posted a hugely complimentary review of the second of Mike Carey’s Felix Castor novels, Vicious Circle, which we published back in 2006 (and have since followed up with volume three in…

Lilith Saintcrow – Comicon and beyond!

Well, not beyond really, but Lilith Saintcrow will be at Comicon in San Diego! She’ll be on the “Looking at Our World: Eye on the Present” panel along with Kelley Armstrong, L. A. Banks, Kate Brallier, Marjorie M. Liu, C.…

First Iain Banks Q&A posted at www.iain-banks.net

We’ve just posted the write-up of the first email Q&A session with Iain [M] Banks, over at his official website, www.iain-banks.net.

In case you missed the announcement first time around, we invited readers of this site and

Ken MacLeod podcast interview at SciFiDimensions.com

The Night Sessions UK HardbackKen MacLeod is the subject of the latest podcast interview at www.scifidimensions.com.

The discussion ranges across a number of subjects, including Ken’s new novel, The Night Sessions, which we’re publishing in the UK next month, and his previous…

Orbit Links for July 18 2008

Welcome to this week’s round-up of links of interest featuring Orbit authors that we’ve found (or have been sent in to us) over the course of the past seven days or so:

Robert Buettner stars in AISFP Podcast #47

Orphanage UK editionFormer military intelligence officer turned military-sf writer Robert Buettner is the subject of the 47th Adventures in SciFi Publishing podcast.

The first three volumes in Robert’s Jason Wander series are out now from Orbit US and will all…

Terry Brooks interviewed for SFSite.com

The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks UK pbOver at www.sfsite.com one of the bestselling fantasy authors of the past 30 years, Terry Brooks, has been interviewed by top UK fan-journo, Sandy Auden.

Sandy talks to Terry about the genesis of the Genesis of Shannara series…

The Big Idea: Marie Brennan

Marie Brennan pops in over at Whatever, John Scalzi’s blog, to talk about her novel, Midnight Never Come, and the Big Idea behind it:

What would faeries be doing while English history is trundling along? Of course, that

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