George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 17

I have lived in Santa Fe since 1979, more or less, (I spent a lot of time in LA during the 80s and 90s, but Santa Fe always remained my primary residence), but I was born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, just across New York Bay from Manhattan.   In fact, I hardly left Bayonne until I went off to college in 1966, and I still return whenever I can to see my sisters and their families, check in with a few old friends, grab a sprinkle donut from Judicke’s, and have a slice or three of the world’s...

… they’re on the wing, and will be arriving in August.

Details here:

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/game-of-thrones-house-of-the-dragon-premiere-date-1235215983/

Too much to do, too much to do.

Things are hopping, as my frogs told you down below.   I could be writing long posts here about a dozen things, but I am sure most of you would sooner I were writing fiction, producing films and television shows, editing anthologies.   Y’know.

But let me say a few quick words about matters various and sundry.

We have a new book coming out from Ten Speed in October: THE RISE OF THE DRAGON, an illustrated history of the Targaryen dynasty from Aegon the Conquerer to ...

We’re so excited to announce The Rise of The Dragon, a lavish visual history of House Targaryen – the iconic family at the heart of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon – featuring over 180 all-new illustrations!

For those of you who are wondering: What’s the difference between The Rise of the Dragon and Fire & Blood? Think of The Rise of the Dragon as a deluxe reference book, in which Westeros’ most infamous family – and their dragons – come to life in partnership with som...

Kings and deuces may not be as iconic… or ominous… a poker hand as aces and eights, but it’s not a bad hand to be dealt… and Tor will be dealing those cards to all the Wild Cards fans out there with the release of two more volumes on MARCH 15.

DEUCES DOWN will be released in trade paperback that day, with stories from Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walton (Bud) Simons, Stephen Leigh, Michael Cassutt, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Daniel Abraham, and John J. Miller… from the original iBooks edition, long out of pr...

I look around, and I don’t know where 2021 went.   I blinked and it was gone.   Not a year that I am going to mourn much, any more than 2020.  A global pandemic, so many deaths (including friends of mine, as well as celebrities of all sorts), politics grown increasingly toxic… it was a year best forgotten.   I did, however, get a lot of work done in 2021.  An enormous amount of work, in truth; I seem to have an enormous number of projects.

(I am not complaining.   I like working.   Writing, edit...

We have some beautiful art for next years calendar. This time around we’re focusing on a whole World of Ice and Fire theme with amazing new artwork by a collaboration of amazing artists.  Check out some of their outstanding work coming in 2023 and you can pre order now or wait till the release in July of this year.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...

Cover art by Marc Simonetti

The Painted Table. by Rene Aigner

Chron...

Our friend Janis Ian was in Santa Fe last week, at the Jean Cocteau Cinema.   It was the first stop of her new tour.  She did three shows for us (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, all sold out), and on Sunday she conducted a Master Class for aspiring songwriters.   Janis, of course, is among the greatest singer/ songwriters of her generation (which also happens to be my generation), and has been for half a century.   She’s been a star since she was fifteen, and her music, new and old, has n...

The wait is over.   Years in the making, ELDEN RING was released last week, and has been taking the gaming world by storm.

But don’t listen to me.   From Software brought me on to do their worldbuilding, so I can hardly pretend to be objective.

Take a look at a few of the reviews:

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a39204927/elden-ring-review/

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082603088/elden-ring-review

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/elden-ring-review-in-progress-death-of-the-wild/1900-6417832/