GRRM’s official site has been updated with “Not a Blog” posts pointing out that Subterranean Press has just thirty copies of the Tom Canty-illustrated limited edition of A Feast for Crows remaining. The post includes pictures of the two dust jackets to be used for the books. Subterranean also reports that they’ve uncovered a handful of Fevre Dream limited editions still remaining.
A previous post also highlighted a competition at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist for an advance reading copy of Busted Flush.
David Barr Kirtley kindly notes that a new anthology of zombie fiction, The Living Dead, contains a reprint of GRRM’s creepy science fiction story, “Meathouse Man”, part of a series of two or three stories in a science fiction setting where technologically-reanimated corpses are used in various capacities as labor, entertainment, and more. Other stories in the collection include reprints of stories by Stephen King, Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg (in a rare collaboration—I didn’t even know about this one!), Michael Swanwick, and many more. David also notes that he will appear with the editor of the anthology and another writer at an event in New York. You can find more information at David’s site.
Green Ronin has put out a press release announcing the availability of the Wild Cards Campaign Setting written by John Jos. Miller, one of the original Wild Cards authors:
GRRM’s official site has been updated with a News item discussing the Songs of the Dying Earth anthology, with an almost-complete list of stories and contributors. Other updates include an update to his forthcoming Appearances and a pair of posts to his “Not a Blog” discussing Worldcon, work on A Dance with Dragons, and the entry of Brett Favre into the New York Jets.
The PDF version of the Wild Cards Campaign Setting is now for sale at Green Ronin’s on-line store. Written by John Jos. Miller, one of the original Wild Cards writers and creators, the book is an exhaustive collection of information concerning the events, characters, and locations of the popular shared world superhero anthology series.
Green Ronin has kindly provided a brief preview of the cover to the upcoming Wild Cards Campaign Setting for their popular Mutants and Masterminds superhero RPG system.
Subterranean Press has released more information regarding the Jack Vance tribute anthology, Songs of the Dying Earth, which is conceived and edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. The list of contributors include Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Tad Williams, Lucius Shepherd, and many more. Pricing information and cover art for the book can be seen at the order page. Although GRRM originally planned to contribute a story to the anthology, it now appears that it will depend on his schedule as to whether he will have time to do so.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with a two posts to his "Not a Blog" noting the release of the second issue of Wild Cards: The Hard Call comic book series from Dabel Brothers Productions and updates on the progress of two anthologies he’s editing with Gardner Dozois, the cross-genre Warriors and the Jack Vance tribute Songs of the Dying Earth.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with information on Busted Flush in the “News” section, including cover art and the various stories and authors involved.
Neil from Clarkesworld is offering up his remaining inventory of the Tuf Voyaging limited editions published by Meisha Merlin and signed by GRRM at a reduced price. It’s a great bargain, for a book featuring a cover by Michael Komarck and interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio. For more information, check the linked post.
Via Subterranean Press, we learn that they will be producing a limited edition of George R. R. Martin’s first novel, Dying of the Light, with illustrations by Tom Kidd. Also mentioned is the fact that Kidd will be illustrating Subterranean’s edition of Songs of the Dying Earth, co-edited by GRRM and Gardner Dozois.
Barnes & Noble has invited GRRM to take part in their “Center Stage” on-line forum, where users can pose questions to the author and talk among themselves at the same time. He will answer select questions each day, over the course of the five day event. More information can be found here. The event will have a special emphasis on Wild Cards: Inside Straight, but his other works can be discussed, as well as his work in television. The forum goes live on Monday, April 14th and continues through to the 18th, but users may already start to discuss and pose questions here. Registration is required.
Though due to hit comic shop shelves on the 9th of April, there’s a new preview available of Wild Cards: The Hard Call #1 from Dabel Brothers Productions. It’s an all-original Wild Cards comic story, something which has never been done before, featuring the talents of Hugo-nominated author Daniel Abraham and artist Eric Battle.
Subterranean Press has announced that they will be publishing a book in the tradition of the old Ace Doubles, namely putting together two stories in one volume. In this case, they’ve announced the double-volume will feature reprints of two novellas by George R. R. Martin. The book will be titled after the two novellas it contains, Starlady and Fast-Friend.
The stories date from the mid-70’s and seem to fall within the scope of GRRM’s “Thousand Worlds” setting. The book, which will be published both as a limited edition of 200 and as a regular trade, will feature a cover by Martina Pilcerova.
Dreamsongs Volume I has been nominated for an Audie Award for best science fiction audiobook. Featuring unabridged selections from the first half of Dreamsongs, the audiobook has George R.R. Martin reading introductions to each section which touches upon the start of his career and its development to the present day, while a host of readers—including the likes of Roy Dotrice, Claudia Black, and Adrian Paul—read the selected stories.