This isn’t an ad for The Last Storm by Glenda Larke – well it is but I’m not getting paid for it. I saw it last night on the relaunched SFX site  and thought it would be fun to share. I don’t have to skill to reset it looping again so

Orbit Books has a reputation for being openly candid about the design process behind their covers, often showing off handfuls of alternate covers and revisions. Now, they’ve taken it to the next step. Lauren Panepinto, the woman behind many of their covers, hit record as she spent over six hours designing the cover for Blameless, ...

 First, the books that arrived today (might as well get the little matters out of the way first):  Received these books in the mail.  Bought the Calvino and Aira, the rest are review  copies from Tor and Orbit US.  Of particular interest is Karin Lowachee's The Gaslight Dogs, her first foray into fantasy after three SF novels that I enjoyed greatly.  Blake Charlton's ...

So you think you can design a book cover? Just push play above to watch the six-hour process unfold at superspeed. Orbit Books creative director Lauren Panepinto gave aspiring artists, science fiction fans, and publishing aficionados a peek into her long process of designing a book cover. This two-minute video captures every Photoshop tweek and edit on the cover design of an upcoming novel by Alex...

Head on out to the Orbit website to download a wallpaper of the UK cover art for Tad Williams' Shadowrise. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe. It comes in various sizes, so it doesn't matter if you are looking for something for your desktop, laptop, or iPhone. Check it out here.

If you have read The Godless World trilogy, you are aware that Brian Ruckley can be as ruthless as George R. R. Martin when it comes to killing major characters. And the author wrote a piece on the topic for Orbit Books' website. Here's a brief extract: So, in my trilogy The Godless World, quite a few characters don’t make it through to the end. That’s ‘quite a few&rsqu...

Just launched over at Orbit, here’s the cover for you: The cover was done by Richard Jones. And, to tease you even more until the book hits the shelves, here’s a small blurb for the book: Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man

Orbit was kind enough to send me a review copy (not an arc, though, but the real finished book) of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin. While I didn't have any major issues with the book, I also didn't really get into it. After getting about halfway through, I put it down for something else. I don't really have a big urge to finish it, but with all the great reviews it is getting, I hate...

The Exodus Universe. Your odds of surviving quantum teleportation are, more or less, fifty/fifty. The only ones crazy enough to try it are the desperate, the insane, and those sentenced to exile for their crimes. Belladonna is home to the survivors of the fifty/fifty—and is therefore a planet run by criminals and thieves. But when a horrific and improbable murder catches the attention of the...

Just released on Twitter by Phil, care of Orbit: Looks awesome! Love the cover! I’ll be reviewing Red Claw in the next couple of months, keep an eye out for it. Be EPIC!