Journey to the edge of the world with Kevin J. Anderson's fantasy debut. Read an extract.
The thing was big and white and hairy and it was eating all the ice cream in the walk-in freezer. Read an extract.
- July 1st, 2009
What a great way to start a work day. Our very own Nicole Peeler, author of TEMPEST RISING, sat down with the Mediabistro blog Galleycat to talk about how absolutely thrilled she is about her cover. Brings a tear to my jaded Creative Director eye. I love it when an author is happy with their [...]
- May 7th, 2009
Where the fantastical and the occult are concerned three is undoubtedly the magic number. So when we were lucky enough to get not one, not two, but three of your favourite Orbit authors talking in their own words about, you’ve guessed it – their trilogies – well let’s just say we were happy!
In this bumper [...]
- April 13th, 2009
So, how did you spend your Saturday evening? I spent mine at LX 2009, the 60th Eastercon, watching multiple World Fantasy Award-winning author, Tim Powers, present Ken MacLeod with a well-deserved BSFA Award for Best Novel for his latest book, The Night Sessions. A gripping hybrid of SF thriller and police procedural, The Night Sessions [...]
- April 2nd, 2009
Jaye says:
I’ve always had a soft spot for outcasts and rebels. It’s no surprise then that I created a world populated by dark races, who have been literally forced to live in the shadows, hidden from the human race. And in this world, lives an outcast among outcasts. Her name in Sabina Kane, and her [...]
- January 12th, 2009
Jennifer says:
I guess this time the title really does say it all. Like chips and salsa or squeezy cheese on Ritz crackers, this story should fire up a hunger in you that keeps you plowing through the pages like a fourth-day dieter at an all-you-can-eat buffet. The ghosts. The witches. The repeated assassination attempts. The [...]
- January 7th, 2009
Jennifer Rardin returns this month with One More Bite (US | UK), the fifth installment in her Jaz Parks series. The action starts with Jaz and Vayl (along with a very unwelcome relation) on a flight bound for Scotland–where they have a little assassinating to do.
You can dive into chapter one right here [...]
- December 22nd, 2008
Just a quick reminder that the public ballot to decide the finalists of the inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy opens on December 26th.
Following a recently announced change to the voting system, the five most popular fantasy titles of 2008 - as decided by the voters - will then be put forward to [...]
- November 7th, 2008
Hello again and welcome to another weekly Orbit Author links round-up. Without further ado:
Blogger Graeme Flory has good things to say about Kelley Armstrong’s latest Otherworld novel, Living With the Dead and is also giving away three copies of the book in an email sweepstake. Hagelrat at Un:Bound was likewise impressed.
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist [...]
- October 31st, 2008
Hello and a very Happy Hallowe’en / All Hallows’ Eve / Stuff-Your-Face-With-Candy Night to you all. Here are a few online treats (no tricks, we promise!) featuring Orbit Authors or coverage of their books:
Jennifer Rardin has a zombie (!) story up at The League of Reluctant Adults.
Marie Brennan shares a midnight revelation on [...]
- October 15th, 2008
Tad Williams has officially announced that his massive and magnificent Otherland series is being developed as a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG).
In Tad’s words:
It’s being made by RealU in Singapore, published by dtp entertainment, and it’s a major project. The entire Singapore studio is devoted solely to the game, and they’re approaching eighty [...]
- October 14th, 2008
The one and only Iain [M] Banks has been delving into the e-postbag once more, to answer another selection of questions from fans and readers, over at his official website, www.iain-banks.net.
Topics discussed in this session include the killing of characters, happy endings, Walking on Glass, the existence (or otherwise) of godlike beings, the potential (or [...]
- October 7th, 2008
Master of the dark, Shaun Hutson, has two books out this month, the paperback release of Unmarked Graves and the new hardback release, Body Count.
Shaun was kind enough to answer some questions for us in anticipation of the books’ release:
Did the idea for Unmarked Graves come to you fully realised or did you have one [...]
- September 17th, 2008
We recently released all three books (to-date) in Robert Buettner’s Jason Wander series in the UK (having first re-published them with new cover art in the US this April) and it’s lead to a definite resurgence of interest in the series.
Over at UK-based blog / webzine Concept SciFi, blogger Gary Reynolds has posted a [...]
- September 16th, 2008
You say ‘to-MAY-to’ and I say ‘to-MAH-to’,
You say ’shu-NAR-a’ and I say ‘SHAN-uh-ra’,
’shu-NAR-a’ . . . ‘SHAN-uh-ra’,
’shu-NAR-a’ . . . ‘SHAN-uh-ra’,
Let’s call the whole thing Geekspeak. . .
Behold! The Gods of Geek have seen fit to bestow upon me a brand new, super-shiny iPhone, and - lo! - I have become addicted to podcasts.
Hmm. So [...]
- September 12th, 2008
Over at his ConceptSciFi blog and ezine, Gary Reynolds has been talking to novelist, screen- and radio-writer Philip Palmer, author of the gloriously head-mashing space opera Debatable Space [UK | US] about a whole range of subjects, including (of course) the book itself, as well as Philip’s approach to writing, his techniques and processes and [...]
- August 29th, 2008
Over at the official Iain [M] Banks website, we’ve just posted the second Iain Banks email Q&A session, in which Iain answers selected questions from his fans and readers.
This time around you can discover Iain’s predictions for the next big UK literary stars, his view of the Minds’ attitude toward the rest of the [...]
- August 27th, 2008
Two Orbit Authors - Brian Ruckley and Jeff Somers - recently took part in the first BookGeeks SF and Fantasy Writers’ Panel.
The round-robin discussion, which also includes contributions from authors Alastair Reynolds and Jaine Fenn, is on the subject of the marriage of prose and visuals. Specifically: maps (is their inclusion in sf / [...]
- August 22nd, 2008
It’s Friday lunchtime, which can mean only one thing (well, around here, anyhow): it’s time for our weekly round-up post of links to items of interest featuring Orbit authors:
Marie Brennan comments on varying reader reactions to her work, and possible reasons therefore, over at sfnovelists.com.
Marianne de Pierres and Sean Williams have both [...]
- August 19th, 2008
Charlie Huston, author of the Joe Pitt series, is over at Fantasy Book Critic talking to Rob about his upcoming book, Every Last Drop, published by Orbit in March 0′09:
Q: To begin with, for someone who has never read a Charlie Huston novel, how would you describe your writing style and where would you recommend [...]
- August 1st, 2008
Welcome once more, gentle reader, to our regular Friday links round-up. We have another choice selection of Orbit authors’ online activities for you to peruse this week:
The Biology in Science Fiction blog has picked up and commented on one of the questions from the recent Iain [M] Banks Email Q&A and IO9 highlights the [...]
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