Jeff Somers, Rescued by Nerds May 14th, 2008 by Alex Lencicki The new blog (with the awesome name) Rescued By Nerds interviewed Jeff Somers about the star of his novels, Avery Cates: I’ve created a character who kills people, who physically assaults people when annoyed, who has stepped over the bodies of friends in order to save himself—albeit, perhaps, regretfully. …
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Press Release: Orbit announces plans to expand in the US and UK
http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/05/09/press-release-orbit-announces-plans-to-expand-in-the-us-and-uk/Following its successful launch in the US in 2007, and a record year for the imprint in the UK, Orbit announces its intention to expand both lists. In the US, Orbit is going to double the size of the list over the next 3 years, taking its title output to 70-80 titles per year by 2011. …
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Orbit Links for May 09 2008
http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/05/09/orbit-links-for-may-09-2008/Orbit Links for May 09 2008 May 9th, 2008 by Darren Turpin Welcome to our latest quick-fire round-up of links of interest featuring Orbit authors: Comicbookresources.com has posted a lengthy interview with Mike Carey on the subject of his involvement in the Coalition Comix project; a collaboration between Mike, Virgin Comics and a number of invited MySpace fans. …
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Fantasy Book Critic
http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.comfigurine. To enter, just email HERE with the subject line “Witcher Sweepstakes” and TWO WINNERS will be randomly selected. This giveaway ends Friday, MAY 16, 2008, 9:59 AM EDT. Be sure to read the Official Rules HERE. Thank you for entering and Good Luck!
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Rob's Blog o' Stuff
http://blogorob.blogspot.comAbout six months ago, I read and reviewed Jeff Somers's The Electric Church published by Oribit. From my review: Told from the first person, the reader’s only true window into the world is Avery Cates, but he does seem a rather reliable narrator. Somers affects this very well through Cates’
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The Digital Plague - Virus Released!
http://blogorob.blogspot.com/2008/05/digital-plague-virus-re...Oribit. From my review: Told from the first person, the reader’s only true window into the world is Avery Cates, but he does seem a rather reliable narrator. Somers affects this very well through Cates’s deprecating internal dialogue as well as his
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SF Tidbits for 5/13/08
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/006655.html), and M.M. Smith (The Servants). [via Locus Online] PS Publishing shows off the cool cover of Will Elliot's The Pilo Family Circus. It's not too late to celebrate Reading is Fun Week! SF/F publisher Orbit plans to expand releases in th U.S. (to 70-80 titles per year) and U.K. (and increase of 10% each year over the next three years). The latest SciPhiShow podcast features Rudy Rucker. Wired tells us about Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
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Books In the Mail (W/E 5/10)
http://blogorob.blogspot.com/2008/05/books-in-mail-we-510.ht...This has a 1950s setting and from the back of the book, it sounds a bit like the Bill Paxton film Frailty, except the demons are real. This sound really interesting. Orphanage and Orphan’s Destiny by Robert Buettner repackaged with a nice uniform treatment by Orbit books. I really enjoyed the first two books (titles link to my reviews) so as I said
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The Book Swede & His Blog
http://thebookswede.blogspot.comthe week, but I'm having a bit of trouble with the review of the aforementioned book. I liked it, but there were problems areas, and I seem unable to write properly today, so that can come tomorrow! :) Again, thanks very much to the awesome people at Sphere Books (who are, by some trickery, similar to the people at Orbit Books, in this particular case). Send an email to: thebookswede@googlemail.com, containing the subject (aka header) "HOST" No multiple entries, or the Foot of Annoyance shall Connect
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Win a Copy of Stephenie Meyer's "The Host"...
http://thebookswede.blogspot.com/2008/05/win-copy-of-stephen...I'm having a bit of trouble with the review of the aforementioned book. I liked it, but there were problems areas, and I seem unable to write properly today, so that can come tomorrow! :) Again, thanks very much to the awesome people at Sphere Books (who are, by some trickery, similar to the people at Orbit Books, in this particular case). Send an email to: thebookswede@googlemail.com, containing the subject (aka header) "HOST" No multiple entries, or the Foot of Annoyance shall Connect with your Rump, and Disapproval shall be Made Known
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UK SF Book News in hibernation
http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/?p=278Darren has placed UKSFBN in hibernation for the foreseeable future, he is now the Online Marketing Exec for Orbit Books so doubtless time constraints (a problem I know only too well) have come into play. Source:
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Realms Of Speculative Fiction
http://sf-fantasy-books.blogspot.comBantam Publishing Del Rey Gollancz Books Night Shade Books Orbit Books Pan Macmillian PS Publishing PYR Publishing Solaris Books Tor Publishing Voyager Books
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Orbit Expands to Australia, Devi Pillai Safe
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/publishing/orbit_expand...When I saw the job listing for an Editor at Orbit I was worried that my old pal Devi Pillai had gotten the axe. Turns out that's not the case; Orbit is actually planning on doubling the size of its list in the US over the next 3 years taking its title output to 70-80 per year by 2011 (and 10% for the
