If you have the chance to visit Santa Fe, but have only thirty-six hours to spend here, what should you see and do?
The NEW YORK TIMES has some suggestions for you.
(And of course a visit to the Jean Cocteau is a MUST).
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/travel/things-to-do-in-36-hours-in-santa-fe.html
Go check it out.
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We have a big weekend coming up at the Jean Cocteau Cinema.
We're extending the runs of both INTERSTELLAR and HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, so you'll be able to catch both of those off and on during the week. Check the showtimes on our website for dates and details. But we're also opening a new film tonight. It's called BEFORE I DISAPPEAR. Check outthe trailer, looks like fun:
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Tomorrow morning, Saturday, we launch another one of our television marathons. We'll be screening the entire first season of the new WGN dramatic series MANHATTAN, which is filmed right here in Santa Fe on the replica of 1943 Los Alamos that they built back of the College of Santa Fe. If you haven't seen MANHATTAN yet, you should. It's terrific, and if there's any justice it will competing with GAME OF THRONES next year when the Emmys roll around. (And no, it's not set in New York, it's about the Manhattan Project).
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Keep a sharp eye out and you'll spot GAME OF THRONES alumnus Harry Lloyd, the late great Viserys Targaryen, at the Lab, part of the induction team. Harry's in London just now, and won't be able to join us for the marathon, but other members of the cast and crew may be on hand.
Best of all: admission to all the MANHATTAN screenings will be FREE. So come and enjoy the show, and be sure to buy plenty of radioactive popcorn and glow-in-the-dark cocktails.
That's not all, either. Come Sunday, December 7, the Cocteau will sponsor another of its famous author events. HAMPTON SIDES, the author of the bestselling novel of Arctic exploration, IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE, will be here to talk with me about his book, his career, the Arctic, James Gordon Bennett, and anything else that come to mind.
Admission is free with the purchase of a hardcover book, $5 with the purchase of a paperback, and $10 without book purchase.
Speaking of books… the Cocteau still has a huge stock of autographed books if you're looking for a Christmas present for that reader in the family. Junot Diaz, Anne Perry, Melinda Snodgrass, Pat Conroy, Neil Gaiman, Dennis Lehane, and many more are all available. And of course we have lots and lots of my own titles, including the brand new worldbook, THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE. If you're in the neighborhood, stop on by, catch a show, have a popcorn or a beer, and peruse the shelves.
See you at the movies.
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There's another brand new, original, never-before-published Wild Cards story up on Tor.com.
This one is by Walter Jon Williams. The star (well, she'd say she was, at least) is Pop Tart, last seen in INSIDE STRAIGHT and the first season of AMERICAN HERO. The art, of course, is by the amazing John Picacio.
Check it out at
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/11/prompt-professional-pop
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The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominees for its annual awards, and HBO and GAME OF THRONES are both well represented on the shortlists.
The writing staff of GAME OF THRONES season four (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, and me) scored another nomination for Best Dramatic Series. We'll be up against THE GOOD WIFE, HOUSE OF CARDS, TRUE DETECTIVE, and MAD MEN.
But that's not all. In the Episodic Drama category, my own season four episode, "The Lion and the Rose," was nominated. It will be competing against episodes from THE GOOD WIFE, RECTIFY, MAD MEN, and two strong BOARDWALK EMPIREs. Tough company indeed.
But I am thrilled by the nomination. The last time one of my scripts was nominated was 1987, when one of my TWILIGHT ZONE episodes was a finalist. (I lost to Harlan Ellison, with another TZ script). So it's very cool to make the shortlist.
For a full list of nominees, go to:
http://www.eonline.com/news/603528/game-of-thrones-orange-is-the-new-black-and-true-detective-lead-2015-wga-nominations
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Is he the answer? Hell, I don't know. But he's the only other quarterback on the roster besides Vick and Smith, and he sure can't be any worse than what Geno showed last night, or in that Buffalo game I attended when I was in New York. And if he has even half the guts and smarts and arm of his father, he might even win a few of these last games.
Maybe he doesn't. Maybe he'll lose them all. That would tell us something too. Then we'd know the Jets had no starting-calibre QBs on the roster, and we can try and draft that kid from Oregon next season.
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Tellgame Tales has released another trailer for their new GAME OF THRONES videogame, IRON FROM ICE.
Enjoy.
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