Subterranean Press has published Lucius Shepard’s contribution to the George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois-edited anthology, Songs of the Dying Earth. As with the other works in the anthology, Shepard’s ” Sylgarmo’s Proclamation” is set in Jack Vance and his Dying Earth setting featuring a far-future earth where magic reigns as the last civilizations of the dying Earth lead decadent, strange lives beneath the great red glow of the expiring sun. Illustrated by Tom Kidd, the volume contains contributions from Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Tad Williams, George R. R. Martin, and many more notable authors.
George R. R. Martin’s official website has been been updated with news concerning Songs of the Dying Earth—the Jack Vance tribute anthology he and Gardner Dozois have edited, with many notable authors contributing stories—being sent to the printers. New works have been included in the Signed Books page as well.
George R. R. Martin’s official website has been been updated with news items concerning the republication of the first three books in the Wild Cards series (including an extended Wild Cards with three additional stories) and the release of Wild Cards and A Song of Ice and Fire RPG material from Green Ronin. In addition, GRRM has posted on his Not a Blog about a new entry in the Wild Cards series, titled Fort Freak.
Following the recent news of the expansion of the Wild Cards consortium of writers, GRRM has now shared with fans that the first three volumes of the storied superhero series will be reprinted by Tor. In all likelihood, they’ll be released in hardcover, and possibly with brand new covers by Michael Komarck to be consistent with the latest Wild Cards novels published by Tor. Furthermore, the first book that started it all, Wild Cards, will include three new, never before published stories that fit into the book’s chronological survey of the early history of the Wild Card virus.
In related news, Green Ronin has published a set of adventures for their Wild Cards campaign setting, All-In.
At his “Not a Blog”, George R.R. Martin has announced several new alumni in the Wild Cards author team for future projects to be announced in the near future. The new additions are David Levine, Cherie Priest, Mary Anne Mohanraj, David Anthony Durham, and Paul Cornell.
George R.R. Martin has reported on his new page the delivery of Warriors, a massive anthology of stories concerning warriors of all guises and from numerous genres. Among the stories is his own third entry into the Dunk & Egg series of novellas, “The Mystery Knight.”
At his “Not a Blog”, GRRM announced a sale on all foreign editions of his works that he had on hand, to clear up some space for the forthcoming completion of a library tower extension to his office. For the duration of March, all books listed on the foreign books page are $5 off.
Subterranean Press reports that a handful of copies of their limited edition of Fevre Dream, illustrated by Justin Sweet, have been returned to them by distributors and are available for sale from their store. These copies will almost certainly fly fast, so if you’re interested, get to it before it’s too late.
Via GRRM (who expresses his love of librarians), we learn that the American Library Association has announced its 2009 Recommended Reading List. Heading the list for science fiction is Hunter’s Run, a novelco-written with Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois. Congratulations to all three writers!
George R. R. Martin’s official website has been updated with new cover art for a foreign edition of A Clash of Kings, as well as a pair of new entries to the "Not a Blog", in which GRRM puts copies of Windhaven on sale, discusses resolving issues with the Dabel Brothers calendar, and shares some of his views on the job of proof reading texts in relation to the upcoming Songs of Dying Earth.
George R.R. Martin reports on his “Not a Blog” about the aftermath of the demise of small press publisher Meisha Merlin, which included having to deal with warehouses full of tens of thousands of books. Wildside Press got hold of most of the titles, but thirty thousand books are still left and are likely to be pulped and recycled. Wildside was kind enough to allow GRRM to get the remaining copies of Tuf Voyaging in the warehouse, and he’s now offering it to readers at a discounted price of $19 for the trade hardback, $99 for the slipcased limited edition, including shipping.
Tuf Voyaging is a fantastic collection of linked stories, featuring the rather unique character Haviland Tuf, a merchant captain who comes to command the most powerful ship in the galaxy and proceeds to use its vast resources to solve problems on various planets in the Thousand Worlds setting, the most detailed of GRRM’s SF settings. Many of the stories are terrific examples of science fiction, and we definitely recommend it to fans of GRRM’s work.
George R. R. Martin’s official website has been updated with more books that can be ordered directly from GRRM, new cover images, and pointers at his “Not a Blog to two interviews to promote Busted Flush (US, UK), the latest Wild Cards novel.
On his Not a Blog, George R.R. Martin not only confirmed that he has a story in the forthcoming Songs of the Dying Earth anthology, but that the story’s title is, “A Night at the Tarn House”.
At his “Not a Blog”, George R. R. Martin reports that that the Jack Vance tribute anthology co-edited by Gardner Dozois and himself, Songs of Dying Earth, has been delivered to Subterranean Press. Besides a preface from Vance himself, Dean Koontz will provide an appreciation. Story contributors includeGRRM, Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, Glen Cook, Tanith Lee, Jeff VanderMeer, and many more.
Publisher’s Weekly reveals that George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois will be editing another cross-genre anthology (as with Warriors, which will feature the third Dunk & Egg story). This one is called Star Crossed Lovers. PW writes: “George Martin and Gardner Dozois, eds.‘s STAR CROSSED LOVERS, a cross-genre anthology of fantasy and romance, with contributions by New York Times bestselling authors Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn and others, to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2010.”