B is also for Bennett
- January 21st, 2010
B is also for Bennett. Robert Jackson Bennett, whose remarkable debut, Mr Shivers, is published this month in the UK, US and Australia. Robert’s US editor,…
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B is for Bakker
- January 20th, 2010
B is for Bakker, the author of the groundbreaking Prince of Nothing trilogy, who now returns to the world of Earwa with the first book of The Aspect-Emperor, The Judging…
A is for Abraham
- January 20th, 2010
It seems appropriate to begin the New Year with an ABC (for those of us who celebrated the Yule so . . . enthusiastically, that they’ve managed to mislay, for the moment, the neurons that deal with such matters). And…
Get an extract of Pamela Freeman’s FULL CIRCLE, HERE
- January 19th, 2010
As Darren said in his round-up, the fantastic final volume of Pamela Freeman’s beautifully written Castings Trilogy is now here. Full Circle (UK I ANZ I US) is a tremendous read, set in a troubled land…
Mr. Shivers is here!
- January 18th, 2010
Robert Jackson Bennett’s stunning debut novel is finally here!
Publisher’s Weekly gave it a starred review and said that Mr. Shivers “read[s] like a collaboration between Stephen King and John Steinbeck… Bennett makes dark fantasy feel like gritty realism,…
Let them eat (Orbit) cake!
- January 18th, 2010
Here at Orbit we work very hard to publish the most exciting Science Fiction and Fantasy for the widest possible readership, remaining committed to publishing writers we believe to be exceptional in the best possible way. But did you…
An Extract from Charlie Huston’s My Dead Body
- January 16th, 2010
In case you hadn’t noticed, vampires are very much the In Thing at the moment, pretty comfortably dominating the worlds of literature, television and movies. Yes, indeed - with a twinkle in the eye and a disturbingly pointy smile, the debonair…
Nun With A Gun!
- January 15th, 2010
Well, if that headline doesn’t get your attention, nothing will.
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that Orbit has agreed a three-book World Rights deal with Simon Morden for three superb future noir thrillers. Simon has been the editor of…
Cover Launch – The Map of All Things
- January 15th, 2010
My lords, ladies and gentlemen . . .
At this midpoint of the first month of the first year of the second decade of the twenty-first century, I declare 2010 to be the International Year of the Sea Serpent.
And…
Available now, your extract of Ian Irvine’s THE DESTINY OF THE DEAD
- January 14th, 2010
Ian Irvine has been impressing with his latest mighty trilogy, as you can see from SFX’s review for The Destiny of the Dead, the fabulous conclusion to The Song of the Tears books:
‘Thanks to Irvine’s light prose and insane sense…