Posts Tagged ‘Mira Grant’
- Ellen Wright - May 7th, 2013
In two weeks, the Nebula Awards Weekend will be taking place in San Jose, CA. Best of luck to all the nominees, but especially Kim Stanley Robinson and N.K. Jemisin, who both have works nominated for Best Novel this year! Here are some of the other conventions and events where you’ll find Orbit authors this month.
May 18-19: John R. Fultz @ Big Wow Comicfest, San Jose, CA
May 22: Catch Mur Lafferty, author of The Shambling Guide to New York City, in an online event at Shindig! More details here.
May 24-26: Mira Grant (as Seanan McGuire) @ OASIS, Orlando, FL
May 24-27: Mur Lafferty @ Balticon, Baltimore, MD
May 30: Michael J. Sullivan @ Audie Awards Gala, New York, NY
May 31 – June 2: Gail Z. Martin @ ConCarolinas, Charlotte, NC
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- Ellen Wright - April 2nd, 2013
The nominees for the 2013 Hugo Awards were announced over the weekend; you can find the full list here. Congratulations to all the nominees!
We’re especially thrilled to have several Orbit authors among them. Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel are Mira Grant’s BLACKOUT (US | UK | ANZ) and Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312 (US | UK | ANZ). Nominated for Best Novella is Mira Grant’s San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats, published by Orbit Short Fiction.
Mira Grant was also nominated, as Seanan McGuire, for three other Hugo Awards in the Best Novelette and Best Fancast categories. She breaks a record as the first person to appear on the ballot five times in a single year!
In addition, Mur Lafferty was nominated this year for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, for the second year running. We’ll be publishing Mur’s novel THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY (US | UK | ANZ) next month.
by Ellen Wright • Post a Comment • Posted in: Awards, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- Rose Tremlett - March 25th, 2013
Wednesday, April 3: Terry Brooks @ Forbidden Planet, London, UK
April 5-7: Gail Z. Martin @ Ravencon, Richmond, VA, USA
April 19-21:
Jesse Bullington @ StarFest, Denver, CO, USA
Mira Grant @ JordanCon, Roswell, GA, USA
April 25-28: Glenda Larke and Karen Miller @ ConFlux, Canberra, Australia
by Rose Tremlett • Post a Comment • Posted in: Events, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- The Orbit Team - March 12th, 2013
A new season of books is inbound, and it sure looks like it’s going to be an exciting one! Here’s the first crop of covers from the Fall 2013 – Winter 2014 season. We’re still putting the finishing touches on a few more, but you’ll be seeing them soon.
Because the smaller scale doesn’t do any of these fantastic covers justice, click on the images below to see a larger version. So pin, tweet, and comment to your heart’s content and tell us which books are already on your “Must have!” lists!
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by The Orbit Team • 10 Comments • Posted in: Art, Covers, Orbit US
- The Orbit Team - March 12th, 2013
Spring is almost here but we’re already looking forward to summer and autumn 2013! That’s because we’ve got some amazing books coming up for the rest of this year with freshly designed covers to share with you. This isn’t our whole list of published titles for the year – just the covers we think you might not have seen before.
Click on the individual cover images below to see the larger version and let us know your favourites!
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by The Orbit Team • 1 Comment • Posted in: Covers, Orbit UK
- Ellen Wright - March 5th, 2013
Friday, March 15: Gail Z. Martin @ Lunacon, Rye Brook, NY
March 20-21: Marlene Perez @ Kennesaw State University Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults, Kennesaw, GA
March 21-24: N.K. Jemisin and Mira Grant @ Vericon, Cambridge, MA
March 22-24: Gail Z. Martin @ Arizona Renaissance Festival, Gold Canyon, AZ
Thursday, March 28: Francis Knight at Fantasy in the Court, Goldsboro Books, London, 6 PM
Thursday, March 28: Amanda Downum @ Dragon’s Lair Comics, Austin, TX, 7 PM
March 29-30: Jaye Wells @ Dreamin’ in Dallas, Richardson, TX
March 29 – April 1: Eastercon, Bradford. Walter Jon Williams is a Guest of Honor; also attending will be Michael Cobley, Francis Knight, and Simon Morden.
March 29 – April 1: Swancon, Perth. Charles Stross is the International Guest; also attending will be Glenda Larke.
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- Laura Fitzgerald - March 4th, 2013
Check out the cover of Mira Grant’s chilling new novel PARASITE and pre-order your copy today from your favorite retailer! PARASITE releases this November.
by Laura Fitzgerald • Post a Comment • Posted in: Art, Covers, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- The Orbit Team - January 9th, 2013
We were thrilled to see some Orbit books and authors on “Best of” round-ups for 2012. See below for some great recommendations!
Publishers Weekly Best Books 2012, SF/Fantasy/Horror
THE TROUPE by Robert Jackson Bennett
THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin
NPR Year’s Best Science Fiction
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Library Journal Best Books 2012, SF/Fantasy
STRAY SOULS by Kate Griffin
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
RT Book Reviews, Editors’ Best of 2012
THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin
Los Angeles Public Library, Best of 2012: Fiction
TIMELESS by Gail Carriger
io9, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2012
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
THE KILLING MOON and THE SHADOWED SUN by N.K. Jemisin
Explorations: The B&N SciFi and Fantasy Blog, The Best Fantasy Releases of 2012
THE BLINDING KNIFE by Brent Weeks
SEVEN PRINCES by John R. Fultz
RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie
THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin
Best Paranormal Fantasy Releases of 2012
BLUE-BLOODED VAMP by Jaye Wells
COLD DAYS by Jim Butcher
TEMPEST’S FURY by Nicole Peeler
Best Apocalyptic Fiction Releases of 2012 and Best Zombie Fiction Releases of 2012
BLACKOUT by Mira Grant
Reddit r/Fantasy Best of 2012
THE BLINDING KNIFE by Brent Weeks
The Book Smugglers
THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin
Fantasy Faction
RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie
THE BLINDING KNIFE by Brent Weeks
BITTER SEEDS by Ian Tregillis
The Wertzone
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie
SHARPS by K.J. Parker
THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin
EXISTENCE by David Brin
THE KING’S BLOOD by Daniel Abraham
The Midnight Garden
BLACKOUT by Mira Grant
Rob’s Blog o’Stuff
THE TROUPE by Robert Jackson Bennet
THE KING’S BLOOD by Daniel Abraham
RED COUNTRY by Joe Abercrombie
EXISTENCE by David Brin
BLACKOUT by Mira Grant
CALIBAN’S WAR by James S.A. Corey
SEEDS OF EARTH by Michael Cobley
The Eli Monpress series by Rachel Aaron
The Speculative Scotsman
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ranting Dragon
THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin
SHARPS by K.J. Parker
THE BLINDING KNIFE by Brent Weeks
To find out more about these titles and where you can purchase them, visit our corporate websites in the (US | UK | AUS). Feel free to share your favorites from 2012 in the comments below.
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- Ellen Wright - November 26th, 2012
RT Book Reviews has revealed the full set of nominees for the 2012 Reviewer’s Choice Awards, and a number of Orbit books are among them. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Science Fiction Novel
- THE HYDROGEN SONATA by Iain. M. Banks (US | UK | ANZ)
- BLACKOUT by Mira Grant (US | UK | ANZ)
Fantasy Novel
- THE SHADOWED SUN by N.K. Jemisin (US | UK | ANZ)
Epic Fantasy Novel
- SEVEN PRINCES by John R. Fultz (US | UK | ANZ)
- SHARPS by K.J. Parker (US | UK | ANZ)
Urban Fantasy Novel
- 13 by Kelley Armstrong (UK | ANZ)
- BLUE-BLOODED VAMP by Jaye Wells (US | UK | ANZ)
Urban Fantasy Protagonist
- TEMPEST’S FURY by Nicole Peeler (US | UK | ANZ)
Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding
- COLD DAYS by Jim Butcher (UK | ANZ)
by Ellen Wright • Post a Comment • Posted in: Awards, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- The Orbit Team - November 15th, 2012
The second round of voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards is now live! Check it out and vote for your favorites. Below are the Orbit books we’re thrilled to see still on the list. Read the rest of this entry »
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