Coming Soon

June 8, 2014 at 1:36 am

… to Santa Fe.

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Battle Is Coming, Blood Will Flow

June 7, 2014 at 11:06 am

Tomorrow night, on HBO.

Neil Marshall returns, with a battle even bigger than "Blackwater." Should rival or surpass any battle ever seen before on television.

Keep your swords sharp.

And be afraid. Be very afraid.

(No, I haven't seen the episode yet).

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Tags: game of thrones, hbo, television

Holy Direwolves, Batman!

June 6, 2014 at 2:44 pm

The response to our fund-raising campaign on Prizeo has been nothing less than mind-boggling.

One day into the campaign, the original $150,000 goal and the subsequent $200,000 goal have both been met and surpassed. As I type, donations stand at $231,000, and we have raised the goal to $400,000. And we still have 58 days to go!

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Every donations helps, whether large or small. You guys have made me very proud.

Once again, the link is
https://www.prizeo.com/prizes/georgerrmartin/a-wolf-sanctuary-tour-and-helicopter-ride

I am told this is the fastest-rising campaign in the history of Prizeo.

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Tags: charity, wolves

GAME OF THRONES Rules

June 5, 2014 at 7:02 pm

Hey, hey, hey.

We're number one.

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For the details:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/05/game-of-thrones-sopranos-ratings/

I loved THE SOPRANOS. But I gotta admit, it's good to be the king.

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Tags: game of thrones, hbo

Me and the Wolves

June 5, 2014 at 10:46 am

How would you like to visit Santa Fe, spend a day with me, see my collection of toy knights and medieval miniatures, sample some green chile and carne adovada, then take a helicopter down to Candy Kitchen, New Mexico and the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary to meet the Westeros pack?

Well, now's your chance.

I've teamed up with the good folks at Prizeo.com to raise some funds for two of my favorite charities — the aforementioned Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, and the Food Depot here in Santa Fe, where they feed the hungry people of Northern New Mexico. Win the grand prize, and we'll fly you in from wherever you may be in the world for the day described above. Every donation has a chance to win… but there are all sorts of other cool premiums and prizes as well, for various levels of donations. T-shirts, signed maps, signed books,a signed script, breakfast at worldcon or comicon. You can die horribly in WINDS OF WINTER… and I'm even donating my well-worn Greek fisherman's cap!

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For more details, go to
https://www.prizeo.com/prizes/georgerrmartin/a-wolf-sanctuary-tour-and-helicopter-ride

Win or lose, it's all for a good cause, or rather two good causes.

Help the wolves, and feed some hungry people.

You'll have my thanks.

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Tags: charity, wolves

Antboy Is Coming

June 4, 2014 at 12:52 am

So Marvel has dismissed director Edgar Wright from the long-awaited (by me, anyway) ANT-MAN movie he was helming.

Very distressing. I love Ant-Man (and the Wonderful Wasp). I am still outraged that they were left out of THE AVENGERS film. They were founding members of the group, after all. Which can't be said for their replacements, Hawkeye and Black Widow.

But hey, hey, have no fear. If you're feeling a serious lack of ant-based superheroics, the Jean Cocteau Cinema is coming to your rescue. Marvel won't be giving us ANT-MAN until 2015, if ever, but this weekend the Jean Cocteau is debuting the first Danish superhero movie:

ANT-BOY

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Come and check it out! Showtimes on our website.

And we have lots more excitement at the theatre this weeked too. More about that later.

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Tags: jean cocteau, movies, superheroes

Win A Rogue

May 29, 2014 at 1:11 am

ROGUES, the latest gigantic crossgenre anthology from yours truly and Gardner Dozois, is scheduled for release on June 17… but three lucky fans can snag a copy early.

Patrick St. Denis, fantasy blogger and degenerate Dallas Cowboys fan, is having one of his infamous giveaways at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist. To enter, just go to

http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2014/05/win-copy-of-rogues-edited-by-george-r-r.html

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For those who'd like a taste of the treats awaiting them, Pat has also put up an excerpt from Patrick Rothfuss's outstanding novella. You can find that one here:

http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2014/05/extract-from-rogues-edited-by-george-r_13.html

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Tags: anthologies, contest

Opening Friday

May 29, 2014 at 12:30 am

Opening on Friday at the Jean Cocteau… and many hundreds of other screens across America… is COLD IN JULY, a film by Jim Mickle, based on the novel by the one and only JOE R. LANSDALE.

This one's a wild ride, and has won all sorts of acclaim at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals.

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Don't miss it, whether it's at our theatre, or one near you.

And read the novel too. Lansdale is an incredible writer, with a unique voice. Compulsively readable.

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See You in Carolina

May 28, 2014 at 4:04 pm

Tomorrow morning my executive minion Raya and I will be off again, this time to ConCarolinas in Charlotte.

http://concarolinas.net/

If you're in the neighborhood, swing by the Charlotte Hilton and join the fun. Parties, panels, autographing, speeches… did I mention the parties? Sometime in there I hope to find some good barbeque.

And I'll be doing a reading. This time, I think, a selection from the forthcoming WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE, for all you fake history fans.

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Tags: conventions, signings, travels

For The Record

May 27, 2014 at 6:33 pm

I originally posted this on April 23. I am bumping it to the top of my Not A Blog again, because there's a new story out there about an amusing tweet I made t'other day:

http://www.fashiontimes.com/articles/7600/20140527/game-thrones-creator-george-rr-martin-jokes-kimye-wedding.htm

It WAS an amusing tweet. But I didn't make it. Once more, let me say… well, see below.

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I seem to have to repeat this every year or so. Okay, sure. There are always folks who come in late, who never got the memo.

Anyway…

I AM NOT ON FACEBOOK.

I AM NOT ON TWITTER.

I have a website, and I have this Not A Blog, right here on Live Journal, and every so often (rarely) I post on other people's blogs and websites, or on certain bulletin boards and news / discussion sites. But that's it for my internet presence.

There are accounts on Facebook and Twitter that carry my name, I know. Some just repost the things I post here. Others are more actively malignant, making up all sorts of crap and trying to make them seem like my own words. They're not.

Accept no substitutes. This is where I hang out, nowhere else.

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