George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 14

Minions here Announcing two upcoming events with George!

INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL EVENT

Monday, October 24th at 7PM ET

Link to purchase tickets here: https://sites.prh.com/a-celebration-of-the-targaryen-dynasty-with-george-rr-martin?ref=PRH03F40C2223D1&aid=40518&linkid=PRH03F40C2223D1#GRRM

 

NEW YORK CITY IN-PERSON EVENT WITH NEIL GAIMAN

Thursday, October 27th at 7PM ET

Hosted by Symphony Space

Link to purchase tickets here: https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/george-r-r-martin-the-rise-of-the-dragon

Each event will include an opportunity to get signed...

Bad Blogger

I am a bad blogger, I know.   (Or should that be a bad Not-a-Blogger??).   I keep meaning to post stuff, but there’s so much going on that I keep falling behind…

Last week was a great football week.   So life was magical and full of joy.   That Jets win especially was a miracle.   Two touchdowns in the last two minutes?   Seven hells.   The Giants had a good solid victory too, if less exciting.

This weekend, however… bah, humbug, life is meaningless and full of pain.   The Jets turned back into ...

Wild Cards Day

It’s September 15 again… Wild Cards Day!

Seventy six years ago, the Takisian virus was released upon an unsuspecting world.   Nothing has ever been the same.

Here’s to the aces who have inspired us, to the jokers, and to all the black queens.

And most of all…

TO JETBOY!

(We can’t die yet.   We haven’t seenThe Jolson Story).

 

Words For Our Times

Football Is Back!

The NFL is back,  and I don’t know whether I should cheer or weep.

Hope springs eternal, especially for fans of the Giants and Jets.   Especially this year.   Both teams had terrific drafts, picked up a lot of great young stars… or players who are supposed to be stars, at least.    Will this be the year we finally turn the corner?

Then the regular season begins.   As it did yesterday.

The Jets opened up the season with the Ravens.   What can I say?   Sigh.    Same Old Jets.

Then came the Giants ...

The Dragons Are Here

Tonight’s the night.

It has been three years since GAME OF THRONES wound up its run on HBO… and way way longer since we began the development of the successor series that eventually became HOUSE OF THE DRAGON.

You have been reading all about it for days… or weeks… or months… depending on how closely you follow the news out of Westeros.    Me, I’ve done more interviews that I can count.  We had a huge panel in Hall H at San Diego Comicon, and red carpet premieres in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, London...

Let His Voice Be Heard

Let me be clear.  I do not know Salman Rushdie.   Oh, I know OF him, of course.   He has been one of the world’s most celebrated authors for decades now.   I have seen him on television, read about him in newspapers and magazines, listened to his interviews.   We have some mutual friends and acquaintances, I believe, for the world of publishing is a small one, but we’ve never been in the same place at the same time that I recall.   I doubt that he has ever read any of my work, and I am abashed t...

Time Square Coolness

Check out this amazing 3D billboard in Time square promoting HoTD!

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Home Again

Hey there.   It’s me again.   I am back in Santa Fe, and once more again seated at my computer(s).   My thanks to my mighty minions for holding down the fort in my absence, and especially to the Sensational Sid, who shared my quarantine in Los Angeles and taped those video segments for me… and unfortunately came down with covid herself.   Not fun, and sadly it meant she too had to miss the Hot D red carpet premiere and the world premiere of NIGHT OF THE COOTERS a day later at the LA Shorts Film ...

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON JCC PREMIER

Beastly Books and the Jean Cocteau Cinema are hosting a special screening event of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON:

We’re SUPER excited to be hosting this event in conjunction with HBO on Thursday August 18th and our schedule is

4pm Wristbands available outside Beastly Books, this is a FREE event and wrist bands are first come first serve so come early to line up!

5pm Spanish screening

7pm English screening

READ ALL ABOUT IT ON THE BEASTLY BOOKS WEBSITE:

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