{"id":5044,"date":"2018-11-05T14:47:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:47:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:47:36","slug":"football-fire-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2018\/11\/05\/football-fire-and-other-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Football, Fire, and Other Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow is the official publication day for TEXAS HOLD ‘EM, the latest original mosaic novel in the Wild Cards series.\u00a0\u00a0 Grab one from your favorite local bookstore or online bookseller.\u00a0\u00a0 If you want an autographed copy, those will be available from my Jean Cocteau Cinema bookshop.<\/p>\n

FIRE & BLOOD comes out on November 20.\u00a0\u00a0 There are two sources for autographed copies of that one: preorder from the JCC, or attend the launch event in Jersey City on November 19, at Loew’s Jersey in Journal Square.\u00a0\u00a0 We’ve sold more than a thousand tickets for that event and the rest are going fast, so act soon if you want to come.\u00a0\u00a0 The theatre is expecting a sellout.\u00a0\u00a0 Please note: personalizations and other inscriptions are not available either from the JCC or from Loew’s, just straight signatures.\u00a0\u00a0 No use asking, I just can’t personalize that many books, it would take forever.\u00a0\u00a0 Please understand.<\/p>\n

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That’s the cover of the trade hardcover from Bantam Spectra above, fyi; this is the edition that is being offered at Loew’s and the JCC.<\/p>\n

Many other editions will be coming out on November 20 as well, however.\u00a0\u00a0 Some cool covers on those as well.<\/p>\n

Here’s the cover for the Brazilian edition:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the British cover for those of you in the UK, from Harper Collins Voyager:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the German edition:<\/p>\n

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Feuer und Blut – Erstes Buch von George RR Martin<\/p><\/div>\n

And this one is the Gary Gianni cover, for the Subterranean Press limited edition:<\/p>\n

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Speaking of the JCC… our November 12 NIGHTFLYERS premiere is now SOLD OUT, sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 We still have seats (and books) available for Lee Child on November 11 and Cixin Liu on November 14, however.\u00a0 Reserve a book (and a place) now if you would like to attend, those two may sell out as well.<\/p>\n

On other fronts… the Giants did not lose this week, because they did not play.\u00a0 A mercy.\u00a0\u00a0 The Jets played, and lost.\u00a0 Badly.\u00a0\u00a0 The score was close, but the game was painful to watch.\u00a0\u00a0 The defense played hard and looked good, as they have in several other games, but the offense could not move the ball, and our kid quarterback Sam Darnold threw four interceptions.\u00a0\u00a0 Darnold threw too many INTs in college, the biggest strike against him leading up to the draft, and he appears to be repeating that pattern in the NFL, which does not bode well for Gang Green’s future.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t care how good a quarterback’s arm may be, if he throws INTs he will kill you.\u00a0 Nothing hurts worse than a turnover.\u00a0\u00a0 Darnold was hailed as the new Joe Namath, but I would have settled for a new Chad Pennington… Chad was deadly accurate, and did not throw INTs.\u00a0\u00a0 Sam needs to stop doing that, or the future will be as painful as the past.\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, and what the hell is going on with the center?\u00a0 All those bad snaps… c’mon, coach, isn’t there another center on the bench?\u00a0 One who can deliver the snaps into Sam’s hands rather than three feet over his head?<\/p>\n

As for the G-Men, Eli is getting a lot of blame, but not all of it is deserved.\u00a0 Look at his numbers.\u00a0\u00a0 He is still throwing for a lot of yards, and Odell and Saquon are both playing great.\u00a0 Our other receivers cannot seem to catch the ball, however, even when Eli delivers it right into their hands.\u00a0 And the O line, shockingly, impossibly, seems to playing even worse than last year.\u00a0\u00a0 No QB can perform well when he is being sacked on every drive.\u00a0\u00a0 There are too many stupid pre-snap penalties as well.\u00a0\u00a0 The Giants seem to start half their drives at 1st and 15th rather than 1st and 10.\u00a0 That doesn’t help.<\/p>\n

Oh, I should also mention… HBO has informed me that the Jane Goldman pilot is not (yet) titled THE LONG NIGHT.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s is certainly the title I prefer, but for the moment the pilot is still officially UNTITLED.\u00a0 So… mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa.\u00a0 Elsewise, the pilot is coming along well, with casting falling into place.\u00a0\u00a0 I could tell you more, but I am not supposed to.\u00a0\u00a0 We also have a couple of other successor shows still in development, but I cannot tell you about those either.\u00a0\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 And some exciting things are happening with the Wild Cards television series, but I can’t talk about those.\u00a0\u00a0 Nor can I say much about WHO FEARS DEATH, based on Nnedi Okorafor’s wonderful novel.\u00a0\u00a0 Hush hush, it’s Hollywood, they like news to come through officially approved channels out there.<\/p>\n

That’s all in television.\u00a0 In feature films, one of my best known short stories is being developed, and another of my best known short stories may soon be under option for a big movie… and my team is doing its best to set up another of my novels with an actor I adore and a director I worship… but those are not yet ready to be talked about either, so all I can do is tease.\u00a0\u00a0 Consider yourselves teased.<\/p>\n

I CAN plug the Meow Wolf documentary at least.\u00a0\u00a0 That will be opening on hundreds of screens nationwide by month’s end, be sure to catch it if it turns up near you.\u00a0\u00a0 It tells the whole history of the crazy bunch of wild dreamers who call themselves Meow Wolf, and I turn up in there as well.<\/p>\n

I better go.\u00a0 Lots more to do today.\u00a0\u00a0 Believe it or not, I am working hard on a lot of things (yes, including WINDS), even though I am not allowed to talk about most of them.\u00a0\u00a0 Eventually, I hope, you’ll all be able to enjoy the fruits of my labors.\u00a0 I hope…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow is the official publication day for TEXAS HOLD ‘EM, the latest original mosaic novel in the Wild Cards series.\u00a0\u00a0 Grab one from your favorite local bookstore or online bookseller.\u00a0\u00a0 If you want an autographed copy, those will be available from my Jean Cocteau Cinema bookshop. FIRE & BLOOD comes out on November 20.\u00a0\u00a0 There […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[9,25,24,28,31,7],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5044"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5056,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions\/5056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}