Orm

With me, you know Orm is the only fixed point and, like real life, anyone can die, even from the most trivial of circumstances.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Robert Low, part one 2008

From the opening sentence, “There was a man called Orm the Strong” to the last, “Here ends the saga of Skafloc Elf’s-Foster”, the book is told in a muscular, poetic style reminiscent of the great Icelandic sagas.

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson. Book review Carla 2009

From the opening sentence, “There was a man called Orm the Strong” to the last, “Here ends the saga of Skafloc Elf’s-Foster”, the book is told in a muscular, poetic style reminiscent of the great Icelandic sagas.

Archive 2009-07-01 Carla 2009

English families (undoubtedly of old Scandinavian descent) at this day have the family-name "Orm" or "Orme."

Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

It's also part of a sort of ongoing dragon story dialogue cycle with truepenny's "Draco Campestris" and "After the Dragon" (that latter is so far unpublished) and "Orm the Beautiful."

i'm on the road. i won't be back again. coffeeem 2009

For those of you playing along at home, "Snow Dragons" takes place in the same world that "Your Collar" and "Orm the Beautiful" do, and probably also the unfinished harpy story, and the unfinished blind cave mermaid story.

i'm on the road. i won't be back again. coffeeem 2009

Writing Orm as a recurring character is no problem – he starts out at 15 and develops to manhood in these three books, so each one is like dealing with a different, new hero.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Robert Low, part two 2008

Q: In THE WHALE ROAD, your protagonist, Orm, becomes part of the Oathsworn, a crew of Viking raiders, each with his (and her) differing personality.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Robert Low, part one 2008

Q: THE OATHSWORN SERIES is going to follow the adventures of Orm, the young Viking now making his way in a perilous post-Roman world.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Robert Low, part two 2008

Being another story set in the "Orm the Beautiful"'verse, this one a little more Victorian in tone, and involving not so much dragons, but more Elgin Marbles and minotaurs.

Cat Vs. Monkey: Scorecard so far today... ellen_datlow 2008