Orbit

Urban Fantasy Appeal Increasing Steadily

Orbit Books, the SFF branch of Warner Books, posted last week that Urban Fantasy is growing in popularity and the evidence is the number of books showing up on the bestseller lists. According to Orbit, in 2004, only 1 Urban Fantasy was on the Fantasy Bestseller list and in 2007, there were 7. SB Sarah(…)

Orbits Electric Church Sweepstakes Makes a Tech Girl Envious

There are plenty of contests and giveaways on the web but Orbit’s “Near Future Dystopia Survival Kit” is a hoot and full of completely non essential but seemingly cool tech items. According to the Orbit newsletter, the Electric Church by Jeff Somers is A ‘kickass thriller” (1), “fun, cyberpunky noir SF” (2) and “an exhilarating(…)