George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 13

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New Jersey is in my blood.   I was born in Bayonne in 1948, and hardly set foot outside the city until I finally went off to college in 1966, way way off to Northwestern in scenic Evanston, Illinois.   Most of my family still lives in the Garden State, and I like to get back to see them whenever I can… which has not been very often since the pandemic hit two years ago.   I need an occasional Jersey bar pie too, the best pizza in the world, and Judickes’ sprinkle donuts from old Bayonne.

Kevin Sm...

My appearance with Stephen Colbert was another highlight of my trip back east.

You may have seen the episode as aired, but that one was cut for time.   The full version appeared only on line.

This was the second time I’ve appeared on the Colbert show.   It is always a lot of fun.   Stephen is a big a fanboy (did someone say nerd?) as I am, a fan of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, and all the other stuff I love.  He knows Niven, he knows Zelazny, he knows Arthur C. Clarke…

… and don’t eve...

I am back in the Land of Enchantment, as of the day before yesterday.   I’ve been away for three weeks or thereabouts, in New York City, New Jersey, and finally Chicago.   I don’t lug a laptop around with me when I travel; on the road, I am only reachable by phone or text.   Which helps keep me sane, but it did mean that I had 2,000 emails waiting for me when I got home.   I am still digging out.

The trip… three weeks, I said, but at times it felt more like three months.   My latest book, the il...

Join me and Kevin Smith for and evening of discussion and good times at his new theater in New Jersey.

Tickets available at https://www.smodcastle.com

I see that my mighty minions have posted about my upcoming events in New York City later in the month.   Yay, minions!

Those of you who enjoy my football posts (yes, I know that is not all of you)… I have been watching the games…  and enjoying them, since both the Giants and the Jets have been winning.   The Jets had another miracle last minute victory last week, and on Sunday they just crushed the Fins.   And the G-Men won a couple of nail biters, including a victory over the Packers in London ...

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I am a bad blogger, I know.   (Or should that be a bad Not-a-Blogger??).   I keep meaning to post stuff, but there’s so much going on that I keep falling behind…

Last week was a great football week.   So life was magical and full of joy.   That Jets win especially was a miracle.   Two touchdowns in the last two minutes?   Seven hells.   The Giants had a good solid victory too, if less exciting.

This weekend, however… bah, humbug, life is meaningless and full of pain.   The Jets turned back into ...

It’s September 15 again… Wild Cards Day!

Seventy six years ago, the Takisian virus was released upon an unsuspecting world.   Nothing has ever been the same.

Here’s to the aces who have inspired us, to the jokers, and to all the black queens.

And most of all…

TO JETBOY!

(We can’t die yet.   We haven’t seenThe Jolson Story).