As George has previously mentioned, he’ll be joined by a number of professional readers and actors in recording the audiobook version of Dreamsongs (Volume 1, Volume 2). It’s just been announced on the official site of Adrian Paul (best known for his work on the Highlander television series) will be one of those readers.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with a post-InConJunction post at “Not a Blog”. In it, he discusses the prologue for A Dance with Dragons, which he read at the convention, and what he thinks he needs to revise in some detail.
After a long absence due to technical problems, Amok’s forums have found a new home. With his permission, the gallery of Ice and Fire images are being posted in separate forum pages.
George has made a new entry on his “Not a Blog”, discussing his progress on A Dance with Dragons, the fact that he’s hired a personal assistant, and his debating not attending a Worldcon for the first time after 21 years.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with news and a link concerning his recent appearance on Second Life, new entries in "From My Readers", and a new piece of cover art from the Japanese edition of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Bantam has just noted to us that they have made available on their site a video of GRRM’s Second Life appearance where he read from Dreamsongs and from A Dance with Dragons as well as answered some questions from the audience.
The Dabel Brothers have announced the release date for The Hedge Knight II: The Sworn Sword #1: June 20th, 2007. The announcement includes information concerning how to ask your local comic book store to put in an order for it as well as to be a participant in “Westeros Wednesday”. The retailer kit will include postcards with information for a special contest, in which a lucky fan will be turned into a character in one of DB Pro’s comics!
GRRM has posted on his "Not a Blog" that an audiobook will be produced of Dreamsongs (Volume 1, Volume 2), the massive and exceptional collection of a large part of the body of George’s short fiction from his earliest days to the present. A number of different readers will be involved, and most fascinating of all is that George himself will be reading the interstitial introductions to each section of the book. These are some of the best parts of an already-great collection, thanks to the autobiographical insight into George’s life and work.
Note that the "Not a Blog" entry also includes word on A Dance with Dragons, including semi-spoilerish information.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with an update to the "News" section regarding Green Ronin’s licensing of the rights to an A Song of Ice and Fire RPG and a new "Not a Blog" entry about what it’s like to have a good day of writing.
According to this entry at Subterranean Press, it looks like 5 copies of the lettered, limited edition of A Feast for Crows remain available to interested customers. It sounds like it’s shaping up to be a gorgeous book, featuring Thomas Canty’s luxurious art and design.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with news regarding Dabel Brothers Productions and Marvel Comics publishing a new, original Wild Cards series (previously reported on here), details of Bantam’s offering of Dreamsongs in two volumes (Volumes 1 and 2) with original illustrations by Mike Kaluta, and the expected announcement of the end of the licensing agreement with Testors.
Also added was a change in the A Dance with Dragons sample chapter available in the "Ice & Fire Sample" section, which is now a Daenerys chapter (already previously published), new cover art in "Cover Art", and a new entry in "From My Readers".
GRRM’s official site has been updated once again, now with a news item with the information about the forthcoming line of A Song of Ice and Fire arms and armour from Valyrian Steel. The update includes an image showing the final design for the first sword that will be made, Longclaw.
GRRM’s official site has been updated. The "Ice & Fire Update" notes that work continues on A Dance with Dragons, with some storylines going well and others will need rewriting before the book is done. George also discusses the fact that the updates have not exactly achieved what he hoped they would achieve in terms of reducing the flow of e-mails asking about the book, so he will no longer post any updates until he has completed the book. "From My Readers" also has more entries from fans. Finally, the "Books for Sale" section has been updated with the fact that GRRM has several copies of Meisha Merlin’s A Game of Thrones numbered limited edition for sale.
Variety and CHUD.com report that HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” into a dramatic series! The plan is for each season to cover one novel. In the first season, George is set to script one of the episodes himself, with the rest written by the executive producers, David Benioff (“Troy” and D.B. Weiss (“Halo”).
This is a major step towards bringing the series to the screen, but it should be noted that no production date has been set, and questions such as where the series would film are still open. Essentially, the series has been optioned by HBO as a possible prospect for production in the future.
George’s S.O., Parris, has confirmed the news here, and even discusses some of the dreamcasting.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with information on Subterranean Press’s forthcoming release of the limited edition, Thomas Canty-illustrated A Feast for Crows.