Welcome to our latest round-up of links to items of interest featuring Orbit authors. Without further ado:
Recent novels by Iain M Banks and Charles Stross are mentioned in a discussion on the topic of intelligent design in science fiction over at IO9.com.
Terry Brooks did a very nice thing for a soldier serving in Iraq during a recent signing session.
Marianne De Pierres has been interviewed by Gary Reynolds for ConceptSciFi.com .
Charlie Huston ’s sixth ‘Book of All Future Names’ instalment, ‘ Hugo Cauldron ‘, has been posted.
N.K. Jemisin wonders: why aren’t there any brown elves ?
Ken MacLeod ’s The Execution Channel has been reviewed over at the Highlander’s Book Reviews blog.
Ken MacLeod is one of the authors taking part in the latest SFSignal Mind-Meld thought-piece.
Philip Palmer has a new BBC Radio 3 radioplay on the way, as well as - believe it or not - a sci-fi themed episode of He...
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Tad Williams’ website relaunchesFrom: orbitbooks.net
Post Date: 2008-01-18 09:39:09
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. ...
more The Bestselling SFF Debut of 2007From: orbitbooks.net
Post Date: 2008-01-18 03:50:49
We’re delighted to announce that the UK’s bestselling SFF debut of 2007 was Karen Miller’s The Innocent Mage . It was a great year for new authors, but it was clear from the start that The Innocent Mage was something special. It went straight to the top of the SFF charts when it was first published, and the buzz has continued to build, with a stack of rave reviews, particularly online. All seemed to echo the same sentiment: that Karen Miller was an author with an incre...
more An Extract from MatterFrom: orbitbooks.net
Post Date: 2008-01-15 10:52:40
Iain M. Banks Photo (c) John Foley / Opale
It’s only a …er… matter of weeks before Matter arrives in bookstores. The first Culture novel since Look to Windward , Matter is one of the most anticipated science fiction novels coming out this year. We’re thrilled to be publishing it, and thrilled to offer a first look at the stunning prologue.
Click here to read the prologue of Matter , out this February from Orbit in the UK and the US . ...
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