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SFF Song of the Week Archive
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SFF Song of the Week: Jaine Fenn
Posted on April 11, 2012 | 2 CommentsOne of the busy-bee panellists at Eastercon last was Jaine Fenn, a delightful and greatly talented SF writer. I met Jaine some time back when we shared a panel at... -
SFF Song of the Week: Kim Lakin-Smith
Posted on October 9, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve already written about the Fantasy Con at Brighton…which also featured many book launches, including an amazing-looking book by Kim Lakin-Smith called Cyber Circus. I got to know Kim when... -
SFF Song of the Week: Eric Brown
Posted on August 8, 2011 | No CommentsI met Eric Brown at my first Eastercon; he’s a charming guy, and is universally admired as one of the finest and most imaginative writers in SF, equally adept in... -
SFF Song of the Week: Peter F. Hamilton
Posted on July 31, 2011 | No CommentsThis week’s blogjay is Peter F. Hamilton, who in my view is one of the greatest writers of space opera around – master of widescreen storytelling but able to create... -
SFF Song of the Week: Dan Abnett
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsToday’s blogjay is by the very delightful Dan Abnett, who I met last Eastercon (we both have stories in Ian Whates’ Further Conflicts collection. I’ve just read Dan’s story, and it’s a... -
SFF Song of the Week: Tricia Sullivan
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 1 CommentTonight at Sci-Fi London in the Apollo Cinema we’ll hear the result of the Clarke Awards. Here’s the shortlist, with a host of fabulous writers, including fellow Orbit author Tricia... -
SFF Song of the Week: Stephen Palmer
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No CommentsThis week’s blogjay is Stephen Palmer, whose acclaimed debut novel Memory Seed is featured above, and was followed by novels including Flowercrash, Glass and Muezzinland. To read an interview with... -
SFF Song of the Week: Robert Jackson Bennett
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s a real pleasure to welcome this week’s song choice from fellow Orbit author Robert Jackson Bennett. Robert and I had a good old blarney about stuff on the Orbit... -
SFF Song of the Week: Ian Whates
Posted on March 2, 2011 | No CommentsLast autumn I went to the splendid Newcon SF convention in Northamption, run by writer, publisher and all round good guy Ian Whates. And since then Ian has kindly commissioned... -
SFF Song of the Week: Ricardo Pinto
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsThis week’s SFF Song of the Week comes from the fascinating Ricardo Pinto, whose novels include The Stone Dance of the Chameleon and The Third God. Ricardo is a pal... -
SFF Song of the Week: Jim Burns
Posted on January 27, 2011 | No CommentsThis week’s SFF Song of the Week is from an SF legend…the wonderful painter-of-the-fantastical Jim Burns. I’m aiming to do a wee retrospective of Jim’s covers in a little while.... -
SFF Song of the Week: Chris Beckett
Posted on January 12, 2011 | No CommentsThe SFF Song of the Week slot has taken a brief hiatus to allow me to, ah, savour Christmas, then have a delightful holiday in Marrakesh. But it’s back! Today!... -
SFF Song of the Week: Keith Brooke
Posted on December 8, 2010 | No CommentsAt the recent NewCon convention (run by the wonderful multi-tasking talent Ian Whates) I had the pleasure of meeting a fabulous writer and darned nice guy – Keith Brooke. He’s... -
SFF Song of the Week: James Lovegrove
Posted on November 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsMy iPod has been set to Bowie all week, after this week’s choice from the remarkable, prolific, erudite and very talented Mr James Lovegrove, author of epics including The Age... -
SFF Song of the Week: Philip Palmer
Posted on October 18, 2010 | No CommentsThis has been a high adrenalin week, by my standards (I speak as a professional writer – we really DON’T don’t have very exciting lives.) Firstly – this is a... -
SFF Song of the Week: Adam Roberts
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsAfter a brief absence, the SFF Song of the Week feature is back on an irregular but fairly often basis. This weeks’ choice is from one of the smartest SF... -
SFF Song of the Week: Jeff Somers
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsRecent visitors to the Orbit website may have read a blog by ace editor DongWon Song extolling the virtues of this site’s SFF Song of the Week slot. There have been,... -
SFF Song of the Week: Jennifer Rardin
Posted on July 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsJennifer Rardin is the author of some of my favour kick-ass supernatural thrillers with attitude – featuring the inimitable Jaz Parks. Here’s her great choice of SFF Song of the... -
SFF Song of the Week: Richard Morgan
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s a song choice from the king of noir action SF, one of my favourite writers on today’s scene, the fabulous Richard Morgan. Over to you Richard… Richard Morgan writes:... -
SFF Song of the Week: Emma Adams
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsI’m still reeling from the Knob Head jokes (see post below) but now to raise our game. Here’s a song I LOVE, chosen by the gifted Emma Adams, screenwriter and...