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The Ice Dragon coming out today with New Art
October 21, 2014 at 8:00 am
No Fun
October 20, 2014 at 10:29 am
The NFL was certainly the No Fun League for me this week.
The Jets lost on Thursday to the despised New England Patriots. The Giants lost yesterday to the hated Dallas Cowboys. So not only did both of my teams go down, but they went down to their most bitter rivals, two teams I loathe. Gak.
The Jets played a much better game than most expected, it must be said. Rex Ryan is a terrific coach, but I fear he is going to be fired at the end of this season. He shouldn't be. The fault is not his. The GM has simply not given him enough to work with. Starting at the QB position. The Jets are not going anywhere with Geno Smith or Michael Vick behind center. Bring back Mark Sanchez. Bring back Chad Pennington. Bring back Vinnie Testaverde. Hell, bring back Joe Willie Namath. Or maybe give Matt Simms a chance…
The Giants… well, losing Victor Cruz was a crippling blow. Though I do have high hopes for our new WR, Odell Beckham.
But I don't think this is playoff year for either of my teams.
The Jets did make big news over the weekend by trading for Percy Harvin. He's an explosive player, and they only gave up a 6th round draft choice to get them, so that may help some. Will it help enough to save Rex Ryan's job? I fear not, but one can hope.
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More Interviews
October 11, 2014 at 12:19 am
Here are some more interviews, from my summer travels.
First, one more from San Diego Comicon, this one mainly about the Avengers and their profound i
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From the Edinburgh Book Festival:
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Here's one from London, before worldcon.
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More London, after worldcon:
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And here's a big one, my post-con event with Jane Johnson and Robin Hobb at London's Freemason Hall:
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Last, but definitely not least, is a radio interview I did with Mahvesh Murad, a charming young journalist / dj/ talk show host from Pakistan. What made this one fresh and different was that Mahvesh invited me to select ten favorite songs to play during the program. That was a lot of fun, and surprisingly hard: I could easily have come up with fifty songs. Anyway, check this one out, and you will also get to hear some great bands and singers, and some songs that, for one reason or another, have inspired and influenced me.
https://soundcloud.com/cityfm89/georgerrmartin-on-89-chapters-with-mahvesh
Happy listening.
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Tags: interviews, travels
Wheels
October 4, 2014 at 8:27 pm
Had a great time last weekend at the Santa Fe Concorso, the biggest auto show in the southwest. I love old cars (our family never had enough money to own a car when I was a kid, so I walked and rode the bus and assembled plastic models of cars when other kids were building fighter planes), and there were some amazing ones on display.
The best of show can be seen on the Concorso's website, here:
http://santafeconcorso.com/about.html
Beautiful cars, no doubt, though there were so many on display that I would have been hard pressed to pick if I had been a judge.
I did take pictures of some of my own personal favorites.
Those were all cool — especially that 300SL Gullwing, a car I loved when it was only a plastic model on my desk in 1962. Got to love that Tucker too. I mean, hell, a Tucker.
The BEST part of the weekend, though, was the Concorso invited me to exhibit my own new wheels, a custom-painted Tesla Model S.
I am pleased to say that my Tesla was the hit of the electric car division (not that the Volt and the Leaf that flanked me provided much competition), and always seemed to have a curious crowd around it.
FWIW, I bought the Tesla a couple of months ago, but with my recent trips to France, Switzerland, San Diego, Scotland, England, and LA, I have hardly had time to drive her. Something I am looking forward to doing over the next few months. But, yes, she's gorgeous, she's comfortable, and she goes like a bat out of hell.
(And yes, I still have my old Mazda RX-7 too. What can I say? I hang on to things. And it won't be long until that RX-7 is old enough to count as an antique too).
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Tags: cool stuff, everyday life
New York, New York… and Providence Too
October 1, 2014 at 6:33 pm
October has arrived, the leaves are turning, and I am headed east.
The U.S. hardcover of THE WORLD OF ICE & F IRE is scheduled for release on October 28, and Bantam is bringing me to New York to help launch it.
I will be making an appearance on the Seth Meyers show on Tuesday, October 28 and doing an event at the 92nd street Y with Laura Miller on Sunday,October 26.
http://www.92y.org/Event/George-R-R-Martin.aspx
Tickets for the latter are still available, but they are going fast, so if you want one, move quickly. I will be signing a thousand copies of THE WORLD OF ICE & FIRE for the Y, and the ticket price will include the autographed book.
((Sorry, no plans for other signings while in the city)).
I will also be turning up in Providence, Rhode Island on this trip. Brown University is honoring me with the Harris Literary Collection Award, and I'll be attending a dinner there on October 23 to accept. My friend Tom Doherty, esteemed publisher of Tor Books, is also being honored. It will be a real delight to share the journey, and the moment, with Tom. Brown students will have first dibs on tickets to that one, I am told… I'll add a link here as soon as I have one.
((Never been to Providence before, aside from speeding through it on the Acela. If I have time, I will try to make a pilgrimage to H.P. Lovecraft's grave, which I believe is required of anyone who has ever written horror)).
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Amanda’s Deflowering
September 23, 2014 at 10:49 pm
You shoulda been there.
Once again Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer took Santa Fe by storm. Songs, stories, signed books. And Amanda's cocktail, the Deflowering, was a huge hit.
Tomorrow another special event… a special advance screening of COPENHAGEN, with director Mark Raso and star Gethin Anthony.
And we have two more big author events coming up in the weeks to come: KIM HARRISON on September 30 and LEV GROSSMAN on October 13. Getcha tickets early, or you may miss out again.
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Tags: jean cocteau, signed books
Seen on the Streets…
September 23, 2014 at 10:54 am
… of New York City.
The worldbook will be here next month!
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Birthday of the Beast
September 20, 2014 at 5:39 pm
The Rogues Return
September 19, 2014 at 2:05 am
So Gardner Dozois and I put together this gargantuan crossgenre anthology called ROGUES for Bantam, featuring a great lineup of original stories about cads, swindlers, n'eer-do-wells, and scoundrels from some of our favorite writers. It was published in hardcover a few months ago, to terrific sales (debuted at #7 on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list) and some great reviews. Lots of people seemed to like it.
One of them turned out to be Bill Schafer, of Subterranean Press. Who liked it so much he decided that SubPress would do its own edition.
Look for it early next year. Or, better still, start checking the SubPress website so you can place an order as soon as it becomes available, since the SubPress editions tend to sell out… and yes, this one will be limited to 500 copies.
Like all SubPress limiteds, it will be gorgeous. Slipcased, numbered or lettered, signed by Gardner and me and all of our writers, acidfree paper, beautiful design… and lavishly illustrated by Ken Laager, a very talented artist best known for his work in noir.
Here's his cover, based on my own contribution to the volume, "The Rogue Prince."
The Rogues are coming back. Beware.
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Coolness at the Cocteau
September 18, 2014 at 1:03 pm
We had a great event at the Jean Cocteau Cinema last week, when Dennis Lehane came by to present his new movie, THE DROP. A fun interview, a busy booksigning, and a sold-out screening… everybody went away smiling, and Dennis seemed to enjoy his first visit to the Land of Enchantment, and promises to come back one of these days. He also signed a lot of stock for us, so if any of you out there are looking for an autographed copy of MYSTIC RIVER, SHUTTER ISLAND, THE GIVEN DAY, THE DROP, or any of Lehane's titles, contact the cinema.
The Cocteau schedule for this week will be even more exciting. On Sunday night, September 21, our friends NEIL GAIMAN and AMANDA PALMER will be paying us another visit, for an evening of singing, signing, and storytelling. The fun starts at 7pm… but, alas, if you don't have tickets yet, you're probably out of luck, since that event sold out within hours of us announcing it on our email newsletter. (Don't get our newsletter? Easily fixed. Go to the website at http://www.jeancocteaucinema.com/ and sign up. Newsletter subscribers get first crack at all of our coolest events).
The Cocteau will also be presenting THE COMPANY OF WOLVES, director Neil Jordan's twisted take on Little Red Riding Hood, based on the classic story by Angela Carter. Neil Gaiman picked this film for us, and we've asked him to introduce it. The movie starts at 9:20.
Our bar will be serving The Deflowering, a specialty cocktail designed for us by Amanda Palmer.
All in all, a busy Sunday. That's just the start, however.
Come Wednesday, September 24, we have another very special event scheduled: a special advance screening of COPENHAGEN, a film by Mark Raso, fresh off the festival circuit and well in advance of its North American release. Here's the trailer:
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Director MARK RASO and star GETHIN ANTHONY will both be on hand for the COPENHAGEN screening, to introduce the film and answer your questions afterwards. Gethin, of course, is well known to GAME OF THRONES fans as the late, great Renly Baratheon, brother to Robert and Stannis, husband to Margaery Tyrell, lover of her brother Loras. Come meet him at the Jean Cocteau… advance tickets to the screening are still available at the Cocteau website.
See you at the movies.
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