Here’s a catchy tune that will leave you humming.
http://scifisongs.blogspot.com/2009/08/sci-fi-song-20-george-rr-martin-is-not.html
(And no, I’m not. Though Parris and my editor both claim I’m their bitch).
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One more part has been cast.
Can’t tell you about that one either.
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Music: Too Good to be True
Yes, three more roles have been cast for the GAME OF THRONES pilot, as David Benioff and Dan Weiss announced over on Westeros.
No, I can’t tell you who they are. HBO will make the announcements in due time, I’m sure. When? I don’t know. Tomorrow, next week, next month. They don’t consult with me. As I write this, I am aware of five parts that have been cast but not yet announced, but there could well be more. Things are moving quickly now. And of course, casting a role is not just a matter of picking an actor. Even after you decide who you want, there are offers and counter-offers, contract negotiations, a whole delicate dance that goes on. It is never wise to leak things prematurely. Sometimes that can actually throw a monkey wrench into the process.
I’m excited about the choices, though.
What can I say? Not much.
Maybe a few hints…
The five roles… well, we have cast Jaime Lannister and Theon Greyjoy, I let that slip in Montreal… the three new ones are all females. A couple small roles, but very important ones. One player has something in common with Ned. One has something in common with Harry Potter. One is not a boney pop singer. Shows can get cancelled and so can characters, but two of them have been seen on American tv recently.
And that’s all you’re getting from me, until HBO blows the trumpet.
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Back home again from Montreal. A lot of catching up to do, a lot of stuff to not-blog about. I’ll get to all that later, once I’ve found my desk again beneath this mountain of mail.
It was a C- worldcon, IMNSHO, but I still had a good time, as I usually do at worldcon.
Next year in Melbourne!
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Montreal is a lovely city with many fine restaurants.
The con… well, there have been problems. Major meltdown at the party hotel last night resulted in the hotel management at the Delta descending on the SFWA suite and throwing most of the world’s leading SF and fantasy authors out of their hotel for… wait for it now… talking too loudly. A few of us refused to leave and continued the party in whispers. Here’s to Connie Willis, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, and the rest of the small company of Those Who Would Not Be Expelled.
Lots of bad juju at the Delta, which does not seem to have realized that being the party hotel entailed crowded rooms and noise. Hours-long wait for the elevator to the party floor, the 28th. Yes, elevator, singular. They have a whole bank of elevators, but fans were only allowed to use one, the rest being reserved for “real guests.” (The words are the Delta’s).
The BWB party is in the Delta tonight, 28th floor. Here’s hoping we don’t see the same problems.
If Dany has been cast, it is news to me.
Lovely wake for Charlie Brown in the Intercontinental. It doesn’t seem like worldcon without him. If there is an afterlife, I bet he’s found the best party by now.
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Well, the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has spoiled part of my fun. How can I properly torment my readers if they’re going to go around printing the news?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3icaec2feffc977edcd7939413cf46b0d9
Yes, it’s true. Jennifer Ehle has been cast as Catelyn Stark.
Most of you will know her best from her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC’s miniseries of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE in 1995, but she’s got all sorts of other credits, she’s won a BAFTA Award and two Tonys, and she will be a wonderful Catelyn.
Fortunately, even HOLLYWOOD REPORTER doesn’t know all the cool stuff I know, so I will still be able to smile engimatically and drop sly hints in Montreal.
(I’ll be good, I will, I will).
I’m off tomorrow. See you there.
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Hiya, kids, hiya, hiya, hiya.
I know some cool stuff.
You don’t.
And I can’t tell you yet.
(Yes, I am a monster of inhuman cruelty).
Well, maybe I’ll let slip a few things at the Montreal worldcon. Or maybe not. You’ll have to ply me with booze and plunk my magic twanger, and we’ll see.
Off on Tuesday…
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SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH is now out of print in all editions, Subterranean Press informs me.
(The lettered and numbered versions will ship as soon as the slipcases come in)
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Sorry if you missed your chance the snag a copy of this beautiful illustrated edition. You can still read the stories, though. The Harper Collins Voyager hardcover from the UK will be along in October, and can be preordered from Amazon UK. Tor’s edition will follow in about a year.
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Subterranean Press reports that they are down to their last seventy-five copies of SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, the Jack Vance tribute anthology, co-edited by me and Gardner Dozois and featuring stories by Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Phyllis Eisenstein, Paula Volsky, Walter Jon Williams, Glen Cook, Howard Waldrop, and many other top fantasists and Vancephiles, all gorgeously illustrated by Tom Kidd.
http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/2009/07/31/songs-of-the-dying-earth-going-out-of-print/
If you’ve been thinking about picking up this one, this may be your last chance to snag a copy before the illustrated edition goes out of print. Once that happens, you’ll need to wait for either the UK edition from HarperCollins Voyager (later this year) or the Tor edition (late 2010).
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Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is having another one of their terrific contests.
This time around the prize is not one book but three: the Jack Vance tribute collection SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, Jack’s autobiography IT’S ME, JACK VANCE, and a new Jack Vance collection WILD THYME, GREEN MAGIC.
To get the details and enter the drawing go to
http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2009/07/win-jack-vance-prize-pack.html
And good luck.
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