I don’t want to talk about it…
… except to say that Evil Little Bill showed once again what a vile thing he is. The guy has no concept of the meaning of “sportsmanship.” He’s a great coach, can’t deny that, but he’s also a nasty piece of work.
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Okay, for those of you who missed “Inside GAME OF THRONES,” here’s the YouTube version for your viewing pleasure.
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Enjoy. And tell your friends.
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… for a fifteen-minute “Making of GAME OF THRONES” special on HBO.
It is scheduled to debut immediately before the season finale of BOARDWALK EMPIRE. The time on that will vary depending on your time zone.
Enjoy… and stick around afterward for BOARDWALK EMPIRE, which I’ve just caught up on this past week. Another terrific show from HBO.
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Kicking ass and taking names!
(Of course, it was only the Potomac Drainage Basin Indiginous Persons. Gets tougher the next three weeks. And that interception by Eli was worrisome. A lot of his INTs this season have not been his fault; he’d put the ball right on the receiver’s hands, only to have it bounce off into the hands of a defender. But that endzone INT was insane. He threw right into the middle of three defenders).
The running game looked great. And Derek Hagen stepped up big. I still want my Steve Smith and Hakeem Nicks back, though.
Jason Pierre-Paul is starting to show why the Giants drafted him. Good pick. Especially if Kiwi can’t come back from his neck injury.
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Leslie Nielsen has died. All the obits are talking about the comic turns he did in AIRPLANE and afterwards, but to me he will always be Commander J.J. Adams, captain of the United Planets cruiser C-57-D on its ill-fated mission to Altair IV in MGM’s classic science fiction film FORBIDDEN PLANET.
Adams was a clear precursor to James T. Kirk. Without FORBIDDEN PLANET, I doubt there would ever have been a STAR TREK.
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The Sunday night preview ran just before the latest episode of BOARDWALK EMPIRE. If you missed it, it can now be viewed on HBO’s GAME OF THRONES site:
http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/
And here’s the same trailer, in its YouTube version:
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And the G-Men won too. What a day…
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For those for you who were not watching HBO tonight (Saturday) here’s the teaser you missed:
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More coming soon. Like real soon. Like tomorrow (Sunday), just before the 8pm (eastern time) movie. So tune in ten minutes early to catch a new promo.
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If you skipped Days of Ice and Fire in the Twin Cities weekend before last — or if you were one of the folks who tried to get there and got caught up in that horrendous Saturday snowstorm — the good folks at Fantasy Flight Games have posted a report and some video highlights of the event. You can find them here:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=1783
The video clip is also available on YouTube and iTunes.
The event was a great success, as was my Monday night signing at B&N. FFG knows how to throw a party, and I think all the attendees had a good time. I’m told that FFG is going to do it again next year, so mark down November 11-13, 2011 on your calendar for the second annual Days of Ice and Fire.
(No, I don’t know whether I’ll be able to return myself, but FFG will have a special guest there, be it me or someone else. Maybe more than one guest).
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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s… yes, actually, it IS a plane. Jetboy’s plane. And a whole bunch of blimps.
WILD CARDS is back. I’m talking volume one, originally published in 1987, the book that introduced a universe of high-flying aces and twisted jokers, and kicked off a series that is still going strong today, twenty-three years later. Tor has just released a reissue of the book in trade paperback format. It went on sale today, and you’ll find it in your favorite local bookstore… most likely, right next to SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH.
Now, maybe you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of readers who already has a copy of WILD CARDS sitting on your shelf, so you figure you don’t need to snap this one up. Well, you’d be wrong. We didn’t just re-release the original book, we improved it with extra added content — three brand new stories, by Michael Cassutt, David D. Levine, and Carrie Vaughn, covering some of the “lost years” in the Wild Cards timeline. Secret histories and tales untold till now.
The new stories are “Captain Cathode and the Secret Ace” by Michael Cassutt, “Powers” by David D. Levine, and “Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan” by Carrie Vaughn, stellar additions to the original lineup of work from Howard Waldrop, Roger Zelazny, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams, Lewis Shiner, Victor Milan, Edward Bryant, Leanne C. Harper, Stephen Leigh, John Jos. Miller, and yours truly. Jetboy, Dr. Tachyon, Fortunato, Yeoman, the Sleeper, Golden Boy, Mark Meadows, Sewerjack and Bagabond, Puppetman, and the Great and Powerful Turtle… they’re all back, and this time they’ve brought friends.
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November’s a big month for me. Look around, and you’ll find my stuff everywhere.
First out was the hardcover of SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH, the latest crossgenre anthology I’ve edited with Gardner Dozois, featuring seventeen original never-before-published tales of star-crossed lovers, with a lineup that includes fantasy, paranormal romance, and SF, written by some of today’s hottest writers.
The table of contents:
-Jim Butcher, “Love Hurts”
-Jo Beverly, “The Marrying Maid”
-Carrie Vaughn, “Rooftops”
-M.L.N. Hanover, “Hurt Me”
-Cecelia Holland, “Demon Lover”
-Melinda M. Snodgrass, “The Wayfarer’s Advice”
-Robin Hobb, “Blue Boots”
-Neil Gaiman, “The Thing About Cassandra”
-Marjorie M. Liu, “After the Blood”
-Jacqueline Carey, “You and You Alone”
-Lisa Tuttle, “His Wolf”
-Linnea Sinclair, “CourtingTrouble”
-Mary Jo Putney, “The Demon Dancer”
-Tanith Lee, “Under/Above the Water”
-Peter S. Beagle, “Kashkia”
-Yasmine Galenorn, “Man in the Mirror”
-Diana Gabaldon, “A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows”
If you’re a fan of Harry Dresden, the Kushiel series, the Outlander books, or any of the other featured writers, this is one you’ll want to pick up.
SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH was released from Pocket Books on November 16, and should be available from your favorite bookstore right now.
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