Robert Buettner talks to ConceptSciFi.com, ORPHANAGE reviewed- September 17, 2008 We recently released all three books (to-date) in Robert Buettner&8217;s Jason Wander series in the UK (having first re-published them with new cover art in the US this April) and it&8217;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 ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/17/robert-buettner-talks-to-conceptscifcom-orphanage-rev... Iain M Banks Q&A III - Call for Questions- September 17, 2008 The one and only Iain M. Banks will be taking part in a third Q&038;A session via his official website in a couple of weeks&8217; time, and so a new call for questions has gone out. If you have a burning question you&8217;d like to put to the man himself - it can be something ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/17/iain-m-banks-qa-iii-call-for-questions/ Shannara, Star Wars and All That- September 16, 2008 You say &8216;to-MAY-to&8217; and I say &8216;to-MAH-to&8217;, You say &8217;shu-NAR-a&8217; and I say &8216;SHAN-uh-ra&8217;, &8217;shu-NAR-a&8217; . . . &8216;SHAN-uh-ra&8217;, &8217;shu-NAR-a&8217; . . . &8216;SHAN-uh-ra&8217;, Let&8217;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 ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/16/shannara-star-wars-and-all-that/ Philip Palmer talks DEBATABLE SPACE with ConceptSciFi.com- September 12, 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 &124; US about a whole range of subjects, including (of course) the book itself, as well as Philip&8217;s approach to writing, his techniques and processes and ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/12/philip-palmer-talks-debatable-space-with-conceptscifi... Orbit Links for September 12th 2008- September 12, 2008 Welcome to our regular Friday lunchtime Orbit links round-up. Shake the rain from your coat, pull up a chair, put your feet up by the fire and enjoy a hot cuppa while we tell you what some our our authors have been up to online in the past week or so&8230; Dazed Digital has posted ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/12/orbit-links-for-september-12th-2008/ In Their Own Words: K.J. Parker on THE ENGINEER TRILOGY and THE COMPANY- September 12, 2008 K.J.says: Most everything I write starts with a physical object, a thing I hold in my hand. Colours In The Steel began nearly forty years ago with a pitchfork. It was very old, handmade by some backwoods blacksmith, and I used it to help my father carry the hay from the orchard out back of the ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/12/in-their-own-words-kj-parker-on-the-engineer-trilogy-... In Their Own Words: Jacqueline Carey on KUSHIELS JUSTICE- September 11, 2008 Jacqueline says: Writing Kushiel&8217;s Justice was like time-travelling. Not because its set in an alternate historical world, but because I got to relive the experience of being young and falling in love for the first time. Of course, I was a young man named Imriel de la Courcel this time around, which was a big difference. ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/11/in-their-own-words-jacqueline-carey-on-kushiels-justi... Deals and Deliveries: MR. SHIVERS- September 10, 2008 As the new guy here at Orbit US, I am very pleased to announce my first acquisition: Robert Bennetts fantastic debut, Mr Shivers. Its a genre-bending thriller set during Great Depression, following a man searching for his daughters killer in a lawless West ruled by railmen and filled with the desperate poor searching for a ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/10/deals-and-deliveries-mr-shivers/ Deals and Deliveries: 5 (!) new deliveries- September 10, 2008 Its been a busy few months at Orbit US and I should mention some titles that were delivered recently. Hm&8230;Its very interesting how they all come in together. Now perhaps I can slack and get my cabana boy to bring me my margaritas. . . First, MONSTER by A. Lee Martinez has delivered. ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/10/deals-and-deliveries-4-new-deliveries/ Spore Speak- September 9, 2008 Walter Jon Williams (author of the forthcoming This is Not a Game) has a post on his blog about his role writing the &8220;science fiction parts&8221; of the dialogue for Spore - the long anticipated and much-hyped new game from Will Wright. Walter writes: &8220;When you encounter some fifteen-eyed, twenty-tentacled Purple People Eater lecturing you from ...http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/09/09/spore-speak/ |