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.
George has posted a final, detailed update on the plans for the pizza crawl in New Haven. If you’re interested in taking part, check the post out and add a comment regarding your intentions.
From the Dabel Brothers, we’ve received the latest press release notifying everyone of GRRM’s upcoming appearance at the New York Comic Con, which has been noted in the Calendar:
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new entries in "From my Readers" as well as the addition of the Dreamsongs covers in the "Cover Art" gallery.
George has kindly provided us a look at his tentative schedule for both Boskone and the New York Comic-Con. As he cautions, these are subject to change. To see them, check the Calendar.
George has updated his "Not a Blog" concerning the pizza crawl he’s previously posted about. In brief, February 20th he and Parris will be in New Haven, where they mean to try out some of New Haven’s most famous pizza establishments, and George has invited his readers in the area to join him. What he’s looking for now is for people who are "in" to indicate this in comments, preferably with an actual name and other such information attached. He asks for comments to be solely about the pizza crawl on this particular post, to make it easier to organize the outing.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new entries and pictures in the “Life and Times” section, detailing his years in Chicago and Dubuque.
The gentlemen at Greenhorn, Paul and Damon, have decided to weigh in on the issue of author’s blogging about things they’re interested in which fans aren’t necessarily interested in with this funny comic featuring GRRM.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with a lengthy “News” update concerning the big announcement that “A Song of Ice and Fire” has been optioned as a televised drama by HBO. George goes into some more details about how this came to be, his previous experiences with queries about the rights to the series, and his level of involvement in the development and production process (not daily, as his priority remains the remaining novels in the series).
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 new posts to the “Not a Blog”. Of particular interest for fans in the New Haven, Connecticut is this post, in which George mentions his plans to check out some of New Haven’s most renowned pizza establishments on February 21st and then invites fans in the area to join him.
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.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with an extensive update of his “Not a Blog”, which includes information concerning the progress he’s made on various fronts but also the fact that A Dance with Dragons has not progressed as far as he hoped because of the various disturbances and obligations he had. He will not finish it by the end of this year, and will no longer post speculation as to when it will be done. In the “News” section, GRRM has announced that he has concluded negotiations to allow Haute Productions to produce miniature busts based on the series, and possible future production of pre-painted resin statues and even a chess set. The sculptor, Justice Joseph, is well-regarded in the business.
Other updates include some new foreign edition covers in “Cover Art”.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with the news that a new publication date has finally been set for the rerelease of Armageddon Rag; it will be out in February of 2007.
GRRM has also updated his "What I’m Reading" section with his views on Jacqueline Carey’s duology Banewreaker and Godslayer, which he very much enjoyed (as did we).
In the eighth and final installment of George R. R. Martin’s podcast series, GRRM discusses the fans of "A Song of Ice and Fire". Besides using iTunes and RSS feed aggregators as discussed here, the episode can also be directly downloaded for listening here.