Orion (1978 novel)

Orion: The Living Superstar of Song is a novel attributed to Gail Brewer-Giorgio, recounting the life and faked death of fictional American rock star Orion Eckley Darnell. It was first published in 1978 by Golden Eagle Publishing with co-author credits given to Gene Arthur and Brewer-Giorgio; Arthur's credit was excised in later editions. According to Arthur, the novel was based on his research into the life and allegedly faked death of Elvis Presley,[S] while Brewer-Giorgio denied these claims and dismissed Arthur's involvement with the novel, asserting it was written entirely by herself and before Presley's death in 1977, and thus that the striking similarities between the novel and her later books about the faked death of Presley are either entirely coincidental or divinely inspired.

The novel was bundled in 1988 with copies of The Most Incredible Elvis Presley Story Ever Told (Atlanta, Ga.: Legend Books), Brewer-Giorgio's first ostensibly non-fiction book on the faking of Presley's death.

Editions

 * &mdash; limited-run first edition

Press Coverage

 * &mdash; regarding the mysterious "Orion".
 * &mdash; regarding the Capricorn edition
 * &mdash; regarding the mysterious "Orion".
 * &mdash; regarding the Capricorn edition
 * &mdash; regarding the Capricorn edition