Category: Orbit UK
Bella Pagan - December 5th, 2009
We were delighted to see not just one, but two fabulous Orbit books in the Guardian’s stylish Saturday supplement. The Gadgets Fiends piece presented us with a photograph of the bookshelf of the future, dripping with must-have gadgets, alcohol extraction devices (ahem,…
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Jack Womack - December 4th, 2009
Jesse Bullington, author of The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart begins guestblogging at Omnivoracious.com today, and opens with an appreciation of and elaboration upon an extremely thought-provoking article by fellow Orbit author Kim Stanley Robinson…
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Darren Nash - December 4th, 2009
Rather unbelievably, it’s the beginning of December, which means winter is here – for those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least. But regardless of whether it’s currently hot or cold where you live, if you’re a serious reader…
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The Orbit Team - December 3rd, 2009
The first week of December.
The days are getting darker, our in-trays are beginning to empty (we wish), the communal surfaces are beginning to grow fat with baked goods and illicit seasonal beverages . . .
As we hurtle towards…
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Jack Womack - November 30th, 2009
Nicole Peeler’s character Jane True thought it might be a good idea to get some pointers on being an urban fantasy heroine from Gail Carriger’s character Alexia Tarabotti.
They met. They talked. See for yourself.
Selkies…
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Jack Womack - November 30th, 2009
As we here in the US continue to recover from turkey overload, let’s take a quick look at what went up on the Orbit blog while the ingredients were still being prepared.
The sad news arrived only this morning of…
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Jack Womack - November 24th, 2009
We are very pleased to announce that Orbit has agreed to a three-book deal with internationally bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. The first novel, scheduled for publication in 2012, has the working title 2312.
Tim Holman, Orbit VP and Publisher,…
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Jack Womack - November 23rd, 2009
As holiday preparations begin to overwhelm even the most organized of us, let’s take a quick look back over the past seven days before this week’s news gets rolling.
At The New York Book Show, an annual competition held…
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The Orbit Team - November 23rd, 2009
The Orbit team in London are looking for a new recruit! We want to employ an ambitious, talented marketer to work on marketing campaigns for Orbit UK books and on the digital marketing of titles published by Orbit’s parent company,…
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