Another Taste of Season Three

January 20, 2013 at 10:46 am

Here’s yet another season three preview, courtesy of HBO.

An “invitation to the set” from HBO GO.

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March isn’t that far off now. Winter is coming… this spring.

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The World Is Mine

January 18, 2013 at 3:46 pm

My slow conquest of the world continues, nation by nation and language by language.

Just signed contracts for an Icelandic edition of Ice & Fire, the first time I’ll be published in that language, and now my agent informs me that he’s closed a deal for a Persian (Farsi) edition as well… a first for him as well as me.

WILD CARDS is marching on as well, with new deals for the first seven books in Mexico and Russia.

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Brian Cogman Speaks

January 17, 2013 at 11:05 pm

With a few glimpses of season three.

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Our first look at the Queen of Thorns as well…

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Curveball Is Here

January 16, 2013 at 1:32 pm

And Bugsy too.

For those of you jonesing for your Wild Cards fix, Daniel Abraham’s brand new never-before-published “When We Were Heroes” is now available on Tor.com. Cover art by John Picacio, Hugo winner and all-around great artist.

You can download and read it for free here: http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/01/when-we-were-heroes

Then you can run right out and buy every Wild Cards book you can get your hands on.

Don’t worry, we’re making more. (Books and stories both).

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Season 3 Is Coming

January 11, 2013 at 11:30 pm

HBO is teasing us again.

(Yes, me too).

Here’s their latest teaser for Season 3:

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Sad News

January 10, 2013 at 6:50 pm

We have had some sad news from the UK, regarding one of our stalwarts from HBO’s GAME OF THRONES.

I will let the press release speak for itself:

“WILKO JOHNSON !“ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

I am very sad to announce that Wilko has recently been diagnosed with terminal
cancer of the pancreas. He has chosen not to receive any chemotherapy.

He is currently in good spirits, is not yet suffering any physical effects and
can expect to enjoy at least another few months of reasonable health and
activity.

He has just set off on a trip to Japan; on his return we plan to complete a new
CD, make a short tour of France, then give a series of farewell gigs in the UK.
There is also a live DVD in the pipeline, filmed on the last UK tour.

Wilko wishes to offer his sincere thanks for all the support he has had over his
long career, from those who have worked with him to, above all, those devoted
fans and admirers who have attended
his live gigs, bought his recordings and generally made his life such an
extraordinarily full and eventful experience.

Thank you.

Robert Hoy
(Manager)”

(GRRM back). I never had the chance to meet Wilko Johnson during any of my visits to the set, but I certainly liked what he has been doing in the role of our silent headsman, Ser Ilyn Payne. He will be missed.

About a dozen people have sent me that press release above, by the way. (The story appeared in the GUARDIAN and other UK newspapers). Many of them want to know if the part of Ser Ilyn will be recast. I’m sorry, but I have no answer. At this juncture, it would premature even to discuss the issue, I think. Anyway, no one has discussed it with me, nor would I expect them to.

Thanks for the good work, Wilko… and for all the joy your music gave your fans. You’ll leave the world a richer place than you found it, and more than that cannot be asked of any man.

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Title Change

January 10, 2013 at 9:42 am

The episode I scripted for the third season of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES has been retitled.

It was formerly “Autumn Storms,” which I never much liked… but the episode did have a lot of rain in it.

The rain went away. So did the title.

The episode is now “Chains.” I like that better. And it works on both a literal and metaphorical level.

It will still be the seventh show of the season, episode 307.

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A Taste of Winter

January 8, 2013 at 4:55 pm

For all of you who have been clamoring, I have a somewhat belated Xmas/ New Year’s gift, a new sample chapter from THE WINDS OF WINTER. You can find it on my website.

This one features Arianne Martell, Princess of Dorne.

(And here she is, couresty of Fantasy Flight Games and Magali Villeneuve)

Read, enjoy, discuss, and speculate to your heart’s content… but not here, please, there are better places for that, like the forums at Westeros and Tower of the Hand.

Me, I have a lot more writing to do. On WINDS, and half a dozen other projects.

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Tags: the winds of winter, website, writing

Parris Is Coming…

January 7, 2013 at 11:12 am

… to London.

She left a few moments ago for the airport, to spend a week in Old Blighty visiting with friends, spoiling the godchildren, and seeing the Pre-Rafaelite exhibition at the Tate, which is supposed to be amazing.

I’m staying here, to hold down the fort and write. And write, and write, and edit, and write some more. Too much damn work to do, and I am way behind on everything.

But I’m bummed. Especially about missing that Tate exhibition, which closes in a week or so. All work and no play…

((I really do need to learn to say no. I swear, I’m trying. No, NO, NOOOOOOOOO)).

Miss the Phipps already. Take good care of her over there, you Barmy Brits.

I shall labor on, writing fake history, feeding the many monkeys on my back.

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Curveball Is Coming

January 5, 2013 at 12:21 pm

And she’s bringing Bugsy with her. (Well, maybe not intentionally, but it’s hard to keep Bugsy out).

For all you Wild Cards fans out there who are tired of waiting for the next book… we have a little treat coming to tide you over, a brand new original never-before-published Wild Cards story, not part of any previous anthology or mosaic novel.

It’s called “When We Were Heroes,” it’s by Daniel Abraham, it features Curveball and Bugsy.

Look for it (not yet, but soon, soon) on Tor.com — as an ebook, natch. For the moment, that’s the only way it will be available. Eventually we hope to collect this story and a few other Wild Cards originals in an actual paper book, but that will probably be a few years down the line, when we have enough material.

That’s the “cover” up above, by the amazing Hugo-winning John Picacio, and my, ain’t it swell?

Elsewhere in the Wild Cards universe, the JOKERS WILD reprint is in Tor’s pipeline, we’re adding two new stories to the ACES ABROAD reprint that will follow (as we did for volume one), LOWBALL is edging closer to delivery, and we’ll be moving right on to HIGH STAKES after that. We have more Wild Cards originals coming up on Tor.com too, so keep an eye on that site.

UPDATE: Just got some new information from my friends at Tor.

“When We Were Heroes” will debut on the Tor.com website on JANUARY 16, at 9 AM (Eastern). The ebook version will be available for purchase “about a week later.”

Also, the JOKERS WILD reissure has been scheduled for February 2014, as a trade paperback.

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