Adventures Dawn: George R.R. Martin

The members of the LACon IV and Interaction Worldcons have nominated A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin for the Hugo Award for the Best Novel of 2005. The Hugo is the oldest and most prestigious award in science fiction and fantasy. The other finalists in the Best Novel category are Learning the World by Ken MacLeod (Orbit; Tor), Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Tor), Accelerando by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit), and Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor).

2006-03-25

Tor Books will publish a new deluxe edition of George R.R. Martin's short fantasy "The Ice Dragon" this September, as part of their Young Adult line. The book will be lavishly illustrated by the acclaimed British fantasy artist Yvonne Gilbert (http://www.yvonnegilbert.com). "The Ice Dragon" was written in 1979. It was originally published in the Orson Scott Card anthology Dragons of Light (Ace, 1980) and has appeared in several of GRRM's collections, most recently GRRM: A RRetrospective (Subterranean, 1983) , but this edition will be a little different. To make the story more suitable for children, the text has been divided into short chapters and certain minor changes and cuts have been made (most notably, one very violent scene has been toned down, though it was only a matter of removing a couple of sentences). Source.

2006-02-10

CBC British Columbia has posted an interview with George R.R. Martin on their website www.cbc.ca/nxnw/. According to Martin's website, the interview consists of readings of a couple of chapters from A Feast for Crows, the interview with the host, and some Q&A from the audience.

2006-02-02

From GeorgeRRMartin.Com (under the Update button).

[quote=From GeorgeRRMartin.Com (under the Update button)]

THE FEAST IS SERVED, THE DANCE RESUMES The hardcover of A FEAST FOR CROWS has now been released in both the US and the UK, just in case some of you have been visiting Mars for the past fhalf year. I have been touring all over the place and signing thousands of copies, but with the conclusion of my Canadian book tour last week, that's all done. I am back home again, and back at work.

With the FEAST served, next up is A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. This is the only place to find reliable information on DANCE. Please do not believe anything you might read anywhere else about release dates, completion, or page count. Until the book is actually finished and delivered, all that is just guesswork... and when it is finished and delivered you will read it here first.

A DANCE WITH DRAGONS will feature all the characters that you (and I) missed in A FEAST FOR CROWS. Jon, Tyrion, Davos, Dany, and Bran will all be present with major storylines, and toward the end of the novel Arya will appear as well, as will Asha Greyjoy. There will also be one new viewpoint character debuting and one old returning, giving me a total of nine POVs, plus the usual prologue.

The greater part of DANCE will take place at the same time as the events chronicled in FEAST... but though the two novels will run in parallel, there's nothing to prevent one parallel line from extending beyond its fellow, and the DANCE should indeed take the action beyond the end of FEAST. Just how far beyond remains to be seen, and will depend in large part on the page count when the new volume reaches the point where the last one ended. IF (and only if) I have the room, it is possible that I may drop in on a few more of the protagonists of FEAST towards the end of DANCE.

As of this writing, A DANCE WITH DRAGONS consists of some twenty-two finished chapters totalling 542 manuscript pages, plus another 100 to 150 pages of partial chapters, early drafts, scenes, and fragments. Some of that material will need to be revised, and of course much more remains to be written. My hope is to bring the book in at around 1200 to 1300 pages.

And before anyone writes me asking, yes, there is a third Dunk and Egg novella in the works as well. It's maybe three-quarters done, and sometime soon I want to find the time to finish that one too.

Anyway, that's how things stand at the end of January. I will try and update again around the beginning of April.

George R.R. Martin, January 24, 2006 [/quote]

2005-11-29

The Art of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, edited by Brian Wood, has been released nationwide and should now be available at a bookstore near you! The book is available as a trade hardcover or a deluxe slipcased collector's edition, which boasts gold-embossed faux-leather binding and sleeve, and is limited to 250 copies. Each edition has 192 pages of full color artwork.

2005-11-29

A Feast for Crows, the fourth installment in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, was released on November 8, and immediately shot to the top of all the lists, making its debut at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. A Feast for Crows has also hit #1 on the Wall Street Journal and Pulbisher's Weekly bestseller lists, and #2 on the USA List. Amazon, Border's, and Barnes & Noble also had A Feast for Crows ranked as #1 in hardcover fiction.

2005-09-29

Fantasy Flight Games, the publisher of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones board game and collectible card game, is publishing a book titled The Art of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. The book is to be 192 pages of full color cover art (from around the world), images from the card game, plus some original art specially commissioned for this book. It is set to hit shelves this November, to coincide with the US release of A Feast for Crows.

Also, Martin has updated his appearances list on his website. You can find more information about the new art book and his appearances from the official Martin site, www.georgerrmartin.com/

2005-08-16

George R.R. Martin just posted on his website some interesting news for collectors of his A Song of Ice and Fire series. Apparently, Copperdragon Books of Sunnyvale, California has a few copies of the "true first edition" of A Game of Thrones. For the full announcement, see the official website.

2005-07-19

George R.R. Martin updated his appearances list on his website. If you're a fan, check it out, he may just end up in a book store near you!

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