{"id":8307,"date":"2023-07-10T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=8307"},"modified":"2023-07-07T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:13:22","slug":"love-lust-and-aces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2023\/07\/10\/love-lust-and-aces\/","title":{"rendered":"Love, Lust, and Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an exciting month for all of you Wild Cards fans out there&#8230; and for all the other readers who have not discovered Wild Cards yet.\u00a0 (What are you waiting for??)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re pleased to be able to announce the release of the PAIRING UP,\u00a0 the thirty-second volume in the series (don&#8217;t worry, you can enjoy this one without having read the previous thirty-one volumes), an original anthology of all new, all original tales about love, lust, and heartache in the world of the Wild Cards, featuring some of your favorite characters, and some brand new ones that we think you are going to like as well.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trudy of the Apes&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 KEVIN ANDREW MURPHY<br \/>\n&#8220;Cyrano d&#8217;Escargot&#8221;\u00a0 CHRISTOPHER ROWE<br \/>\n&#8220;In the Forests of the Night&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 MARKO KLOOS<br \/>\n&#8220;The Wounded Heart&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MELINDA M. SNODGRASS<br \/>\n&#8220;Echoes From A Canyon Wall&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BRADLEY DENTON<br \/>\n&#8220;The Long Goodbye&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 WALTON SIMONS<br \/>\n&#8220;What&#8217;s Your Sign?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 GWENDA BOND &amp; PETER NEWMAN<br \/>\n&#8220;The Wolf and the Butterfly&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 DAVID ANTHONY DURHAM<\/p>\n<p>As usual, I edited the volume, with the able assistance of Melinda M. Snodgrass.<\/p>\n<p>Bantam will be publishing PAIRING UP in hardcover in the US on <strong>JULY 11.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8061\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0-674x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0-674x1024.jpeg 674w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0-768x1167.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0-1011x1536.jpeg 1011w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0-1348x2048.jpeg 1348w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0.jpeg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And over in the UK, the HarperCollins Voyager edition will be out on <strong>JULY 20.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8309\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRRM-PU-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRRM-PU-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRRM-PU-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRRM-PU-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRRM-PU-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRRM-PU-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PAIRING UP will be available from your local bookshop or favorite online bookseller&#8230; and of course we will have some autographed copies available for mail order from Beastly Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an exciting month for all of you Wild Cards fans out there&#8230; and for all the other readers who have not discovered Wild Cards yet.\u00a0 (What are you waiting for??) 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