Category: Orbit UK
Anna Gregson - March 4th, 2010
Desktop looking drab? iPhone lacking flair? What your gadgets need is a full-on fantasy makeover. And it just so happens that to celebrate today’s release of Shadowrise (UK/ANZ), the highly anticipated third volume in Tad Williams‘ Shadowmarch quartet, we’re…
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Anna Gregson - March 4th, 2010
Following our recent call for your culinary contributions to the SFF artistic world, Simon Morden has proved he can certainly ‘rise’ to the challenge (yes – baking pun intended). Behold his fabulous creations: the Tardis and the Death Star, made for his son’s 9th…
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Lauren Panepinto - March 1st, 2010
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the cover for the first book of the highly anticipated new trilogy by Brent Weeks. The Night Angel Trilogy (starting with the New York Times Bestseller THE WAY OF SHADOWS) has been a huge success…
13 Comments Tags: Art, Black Prism, Brent Weeks, Covers
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Devi Pillai - February 25th, 2010
I first heard about this novel in May 2008, when N.K. Jemisin’s agent called me to tell me she had found someone that she knew I would love and who reminded her of all my favorite authors. (I think…
3 Comments Tags: N. K. Jemisin, the hundred thousand kingdoms
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Rose Tremlett - February 24th, 2010
Robert Jackson Bennett has had such incredible reviews that we just had to share…

‘Mr Shivers is a startling debut, a deft amalgam of thriller, cerebral horror and American gothic, written with a stark and artful simplicity that complements…
1 Comment Tags: fantasy, science fiction
• Posted in Orbit UK, Reviews
Lauren Panepinto - February 22nd, 2010
In book design generally, but especially in sci-fi/fantasy book covers, there’s always a lot of talk about series looks, and sometimes that extends to author looks. Even if an author isn’t writing books in a series, I always attempt to…
5 Comments Tags: Art, Covers, Philip Palmer, science fiction
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Lauren Panepinto - February 18th, 2010
Sabina Kane is back in a new urban fantasy, and this time she’s going to the Big Easy. (But you knew that by the ornamental ironwork balcony behind her, right?) Half mage/ half vampire and all kick-ass, I think this…
5 Comments Tags: Art, Covers, Jaye Wells, Sabina Kane, urban fantasy
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Anna Gregson - January 29th, 2010
It’s time for the next instalment in Jeff Somers’ ingeniously speedy recap of the Avery Cates series so far. Presenting: ‘The Digital Plague in One Minute’. OK, so as pointed out on the previous video, maybe it’s just a…
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