Category: News
- The Orbit Team - January 21st, 2008
And so is Charles Stross!
The 2007 SciFiNow awards have been announced in the latest issue. As you might have guessed from the title of this post, Charles Stross and Halting State, his latest novel, have been voted the fan favourites in the Best Author and Best Novel categories. Hurrah!
You can check out all the fantastic things Starburst, DeathRay and The Book Swede are saying about it here and pick it up at bookshops near you this month.
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- The Orbit Team - January 18th, 2008
Tad Williams just relaunched his website over at www.tadwilliams.com!
Check it out to read his blog, visit the message board and learn more about his writing, including his latest novel, Shadowplay, which Orbit UK is publishing in paperback this March.
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- The Orbit Team - January 15th, 2008
Brian Ruckley’s fantastic debut novel, Winterbirth, is now on Facebook. Visit the page here to become a fan, read extracts and find out all the latest news about The Godless World series!
Don’t have a Facebook account? You can still get all the latest news and extracts by visiting Brian Ruckley website.
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- The Orbit Team - January 9th, 2008
Wonderful news just in that Sean Williams’ Saturn Returns has made the final ballot for the Philip K. Dick Award, presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.
Sean is quite naturally extremely pleased and reports receiving “a wave of Dick jokes, the likes of which I haven’t seen since High School”.
Many congratulations to Sean and all of the shortlisted authors.
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- The Orbit Team - January 7th, 2008
Orbit UK’s parent company, Little, Brown Book Group, is now on Facebook! You can take a look and become a fan here.
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- The Orbit Team - December 19th, 2007
Via Charlie Stross’ journal, I found out about a group blog called www.sfnovelists.com. It features an impressive list of contributors, many of them Orbit authors — including Daniel Abraham, Kate Elliott, Tanya Huff, Charles Stross and Sean Williams (all published by Orbit UK); Karin Lowachee (published by Orbit US); and Marie Brennan and Karen Miller (published by both Orbit UK and Orbit US).
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- Alex Lencicki - December 14th, 2007
If you’re a member of Librarything (or just interested in the social lives of books) check out the Orbit US library. And if you are a member, friend us!
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- The Orbit Team - December 7th, 2007
All right, I admit it: that’s a terrible title for a blog post. What’s far from terrible, though, is the fact that Glenda Larke, Marianne de Pierres and Sean Williams all have novels on the shortlist for the 2008 Aurealis Awards!
Glenda’s
Song of the Shiver Barrens is shortlisted in Best Fantasy Novel Category, while Marianne’s first foray into space opera,
Dark Space, and Sean’s most recent excursion into similar territory,
Saturn Returns, are both shortlisted in the Best SF Novel category.
Song of the Shiver Barrens will be available in an Orbit edition in May next year (although the very wise amongst you will seek out the first two books,
Heart of the Mirage and
The Shadow of Tyr, to see what all the fuss is about!), while
Dark Space and
Saturn Returns are available now (with a mass market paperback of
Saturn Returns coming next June).
Many congratulations to Glenda, Marianne and Sean, and all the shortlisted authors.
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- The Orbit Team - November 14th, 2007
Have you ever wished you could appear in a book? Well now’s your chance! Terry Brooks is offering you the opportunity to immortalise your name in his next Magic Kingdom of Landover title. Right now, Terry is finishing the final chapters of book three in the Genesis of Shannara trilogy and is already planning his next book – which could feature you!
The price of fame doesn’t come free as you will have to bid for the prize. But just think – you could be in a Terry Brooks novel and help a good cause at the same time. And you’ll get to read the book before anyone else!
For details on how to bid go to www.terrybrooks.net
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