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The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World Kevin J. Anderson

Journey to the edge of the world with Kevin J. Anderson's fantasy debut. Read an extract.

Monster

Monster A. Lee Martinez

The thing was big and white and hairy and it was eating all the ice cream in the walk-in freezer. Read an extract.

Archive for the ‘Signings and Events’ Category

Charles Stross London Signing

Charles Stross will be down on London on May 1st signing copies of Saturn’s Children and his Merchant Princes series and many, many others.
The signing will be taking place at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue from 1pm-2pm. Hope to see you all there!

Forbidden Planet Signing - Winners!

A big congrats to Nicole, James and Melissa winners of our competition for signed copies of Thicker Than Water and A Madness of Angels. Thanks to everyone who entered!

Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow London Charity Event, May 1st

Orbit’s very own Charles Stross, along with Boing! Boing! founder-member Cory Doctorow, will be taking part in a discussion entitled Resisting the All-Seeing Eye on behalf of the Open Rights Group on Friday May 1st at Crypt on the Green, St James’ Church, Clerkenwell, London.
The panel will discuss the growing need need to “resist [...]

Ken MacLeod @ Edinburgh International Science Festival

From Ken MacLeod’s ‘The Early Days of a Better Nation’ blog:
At 6.30 p.m. on Monday 6 April I’m giving a talk on robots and AI in SF at Heriot-Watt University, as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
The University of Edinburgh is hosting lots of cool events, including guest appearances over Saturday and Sunday [...]

Forbidden Planet Signing

Thanks again to everyone who came out to see Mike Carey and Kate Griffin at Forbidden Planet last night! It was a fantastic event and special thanks to Danie, Jon and the whole Forbidden Planet team for setting it up. Also, a big ol’ thanks to Gav, Graeme, Liz and Mark, and Simon and Mathew [...]

Mike Carey and Kate Griffin at Forbidden Planet

Just a reminder: Mike Carey will be reading from and signing copies of his latest Felix Castor novel, Thicker Than Water, and Kate Griffin will be reading from and signing advance copies of her debut, A Madness of Angels, at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue in London tonight from 6-7pm.
Hope to see you all there!

Trudi’s Australian Tour

Trudi Canavan is currently on tour in Australia promoting her fantastic new book The Magician’s Apprentice (UK/US/Aus) and has posted some great pieces about her trip.
Haven’t yet picked up a copy yourself? You can read the first chapter here.

Mike Carey and Kate Griffin at Forbidden Planet

  
Mike Carey, author of the upcoming Thicker Than Water and Kate Griffin, author of the soon to be published A Madness of Angels are going to be taking part in a very London reading and signing session at Forbidden Planet on Thursday, March 26th.
The event starts at 6.00 p.m.. Hope to see you there!

Ken MacLeod talks about Digital Evolution

Award-winning Night Sessions author Ken Macleod is set to host a discussion on how computer games inform our ideas of evolution at The Drill Hall, Edinburgh this Saturday 7th February 2009.
How life-like are games like Spores and Second Life and what can they teach us about human evolution?
Ken and synthetic biologist Dr Alistair Elfick will be leading this debate, [...]

Karen Miller UK Signings

Just a reminder that Karen Miller will be in the UK signing at:
Waterstone’s Bracknell at 1pm tomorrow
and
Waterstone’s Basingstoke at 6pm tomorrow.
Hope to see you there!

Jeff Somers at KGB

If you’re in New York City this evening, stop by K.G.B. bar to see the always entertaining (and frequently blurry) Jeff Somers reading at the Fantastic Fiction series. Complete details here — see you there!

Karen Miller UK Signings

Karen Miller , the bestselling fantasy debut author of 2007, is coming to the UK! She’s going to be signing copies of all her novels, including The Innocent Mage, The Awakened Mage and Empress
Thursday, August 28th at:
1:00pm: Waterstone’s Bracknell
17 Stanley Walk, Bracknell RG12 1HA.
For more information, call the store on 01344 488124 or visit www.waterstones.com
6:00pm: [...]

Orbit Links for August 01 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 [...]

Stephenie Meyer’s BREAKING DAWN - Launch Day events

Breaking Dawn, the fourth title in Stephenie Meyer’s global mega-selling Twilight Saga series, will be published in the UK on Monday August 4th.
To celebrate the launch of the eagerly-awaited conclusion to the story of Bella and Edward, dozens of boosktores right across the UK - including Borders Oxford Street branch and Waterstone’s Manchester Arndale - [...]

Iain M Banks and Ken MacLeod at EIBF 2008

The Edinburgh International Book Festival recently published its 2008 events schedule, which includes appearances by Orbit authors Iain M. Banks and Ken MacLeod.
Iain will be appearing on Wednesday August 13th, from 8.00 to 9.00 p.m. in a session billed as ‘The Biggart Bailey Event’, to talk about his latest novel, Matter [UK / US]. Tickets [...]

BEA Schwag!

If you’re going to BEA in Los Angeles, stop by the Orbit booth (number 1720) to pick up advance reading copies of Orcs by Stan Nicholls, and The Company, by K.J. Parker. And be sure to drop off a business card to sign up for our new bookseller enewsletter.

YouTube Action: Orbit authors reading at Alt.Fiction

A number of Orbit’s UK-based authors put in an appearance at Derby’s 2008 Alt.Fiction day back in April (see our earlier report) and we promised you some video coverage from the day.
Here then, for your amusement, edification and general entertainment, are a selection of book readings by Orbit authors Philip Palmer, Brian Ruckley, Charles Stross [...]

Orbit Authors at Alt.Fiction 2008

This Saturday’s annual Alt.Fiction event in Derby was a fantastic example of just how vibrant and lively the UK genre scene currently is. A panel-packed day offered readings from some of the UK’s top genre talent - including Orbit’s very own Charles Stross, Mike Carey, Philip Palmer (who has posted his own Alt.Fiction write-up) and [...]

Orbit Authors at Alt.Fiction

This Saturday, April 26th, the cream of the UK genre fiction crop will be heading to Derby’s Assembly Rooms for the third annual Alt.Fiction Festival.
Alt.Fiction is a one-day convention that brings together sf/f/h authors, readers and publishers for a series of panel sessions, workshops, readings and more. Think Eastercon or Fantasycon, condensed into a single [...]

Alt.Fiction Line-Up Announced

We’re happy to announce that Brian Ruckley, Charles Stross, Mike Carey and Philip Palmer are going to be at this year’s Alt.Fiction event, taking place at the Assembly Room in Derby on Saturday, April 26th.
If you’re not familiar with Alt.Fiction it’s a fantastic weekend of writers, writing and all things genre. The schedule of [...]

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