News/Current Events July 04, 2009 A Song of Ice and Fire Video Games May 14, 2009 From Eurogamer we learn, "French developer Cyanide has signed the exclusive rights to George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books. Development on a game for PC and "next-gen consoles" has begun, and George R. R. Martin will help out. Cyanide mentions that the source material is "an ideal background for numerous genres of videogames", but gives no further detail." This is in addition to the older news that HBO is producing a television series based on the books as well. (discuss this post by Orion) Terry Goodkind - The Law of Nines April 16, 2009 Terry Goodkind has announced the title of his next book, the first after his Sword of Truth series. The book The Law of Nines has an anticipated release date of September 8, 2009. No book synopsis is available yet, but the authors website (www.terrygoodkind.com) suggests Law of Nines will be a modern day thriller. (discuss this post by Orion) Wheel of Time - A Memory of Light to be 3 books April 06, 2009 Tor announced that A Memory Of Light, the final book of the Wheel of Time has been broken into 3 books. The first book, The Gathering Storm is set to be released on November 3rd, 2009. More information can be found on the Tor website (www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=19734) as well as Brandon Sanderson's website (www.brandonsanderson.com/article/56/Splitting-AMOL). Brandon Sanderson was the author tapped by Tor (and Harriet McDougal, Robert Jordan's wife) to finish the series after Robert Jordan passed away in 2007. (discuss this post by Orion) Dresden Files - Turn Coat preview February 11, 2009 The first chapter of the new Dresden Files novel, Turn Coat, is up here. There will be a new chapter every week for the next 5 weeks. Turn Coat is schedule to be released April 7th, 2009. (discuss this post by Gyrid) Deadline Dames Blog February 11, 2009 Deadline Dames is a new blog run by a whole slew of contemporary female authors - Keri Arthurs, Toni Andrews, Jenna Black, Rinda Elliot, Jackie Kesslar, Karen Mahoney, Devon Monk, Lilith Saintcrow, and Rachel Vincent. The blog can be located at www.deadlinedames.com/ and is updated on a daily basis. (discuss this post by Gyrid) Jim Butcher - 6th and Final Codex Alera Book December 22, 2008 The sixth and final book of the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher has been officially announced from the Jim Butcher website. The book, First Lord's Fury has a tentative release date of December 2009. (discuss this post by Gyrid) Patricia Briggs - Mercedes Thomspon Graphic Novel October 29, 2008 Patricia Briggs has posted, on her website www.patriciabriggs.com, a preview of the Mercedes Thompson graphic novel! The preview can be found at www.patriciabriggs.com/books/comics/Mercy-preview.pdf. Thanks for the find Gyrid! (discuss this post by Gyrid) Traci Harding Signing July 08, 2008 Courtesy of Temperance, we learn that there will be a Traci Harding signing on July 19th, 2008. Specifically: The Black Madonna by Traci Harding 19th July, Camden Library, John St (Camden, Sydney, NSW) 12.00pm - whenever we finish chatting! (discuss this post by Temperance) Dresden Files Book 11 - Turn Coat May 24, 2008 Based on content from the official Jim Butcher website (www.jim-butcher.com), it appears the title for the 11th Dresden Files installment might be Turn Coat. (discuss this post by Gyrid) Free E-Books from Tor February 11, 2008 Tor will be giving away free E-books, starting off with Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, followed by Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Register on Tor's website: www.tor.com. (discuss this post by Orion) [All 2006 news | 2005 news]   A special thanks to Keith Parksinson (www.keithparkinson.com) for allowing us to use some of his fantastic artwork in our site design!