George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 15

FULL HOUSE Is Here!

 Aces Assemble!  You jokers can come too.   We have a new book coming for you TODAY. 

 Our friends at Tor will be releasing FULL HOUSE in hardcover.  

 FULL HOUSE is the thirty-first volume in the overall Wild Cards series, which began all the way back in 1987, before some of you were born.   (Seems like last week to me, though)  This one is a little different.  It is not our usual mosaic, but rather a collection of stand-alone stories:

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COVID UPDATE

An Update from LA

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Sandman screening at the JCC

Beastly Books and the Jean Cocteau Cinema are hosting a special screening event of the new TV series, The Sandman. Based upon Neil Gaiman’s award-winning DC comics, our exclusive event showcases Episodes 1 & 2. Enjoy cocktails, music by DJ Dmonic and photo ops before the screening! This FREE event is open to the public—whether you’re attending the screening or not. Note that this is a first come-first seated event, so be sure to lineup early for your screening wristband as seating is limited. We...

Travel Update

An annoucment:

 

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EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT ET

We’re root- tootin over the moon about “Night of the Cooters” WORLD premiere! Come take a ride with us, as iconoclast Howard Waldrop’s story about extraterrestrials invading Pachuco, TX debuts TOMORROW at 7:30pm during the LA International Shorts Festival.  And if that wasn’t enough to get your mother-in-law smiling, the WORLD premiere screening is followed by a Q&A with Joe Lansdale (Bubba Ho-tep, Hap and Leonard) and cast.

This peach of a tale features up and coming talent and some familiar ol...

Howard Waldrop’s “Night of the Cooters” WORLD PREMIERE sc...

Howard Waldrop’s “Night of the Cooters” WORLD PREMIERE screening at the LA Shorts International Film Festival July 28th 7:30PM.  Directed by Vincent D’ Onofrio, screenplay by Joe Lansdale and produced by George R. R. Martin.

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DracARys App for HOTD

How fun if this!  You can raise and hatch your own dragon with the new HBO DracARys App.  Get ready for the August 21st premier of House of the Dragon by watching your own dragon grow!

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SDCC cancellations and signatures

We’re sad to report due to the high levels of the new variant of Covid that George has decided to cancel his in person appearances at San Diego Comic Con this year.

But there will be signatures will be floating around on the Comicon Floor.  Please ask about signed copies of Fire and Blood at the Penguin Random House booth or at the Mysterious Galaxy booth.  Plus we’ve gotten some limited edition posters featuring the first cover of the Marvel WildCards run coming out later this month.  Please as...

New from the Wild Cards universe Carrie Vaughn’s “Grow” F...

New from the Wild Cards universe Carrie Vaughn’s “Grow” FREE on Tor.com now. https://www.tor.com/2022/07/20/grow-c...

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San Diego, Here I Come

Yes, it’s true.   I will be heading to San Diego for Comicon at the end of the month, for the first time in… ah… a bunch of years.

That’s not news to most of you, I know.   There have already been a raft of stories out there about HBO’s plans for promoting HOUSE OF THE DRAGON at Comicon  (which plans are pretty mind-boggling, by the way), and my name has popped up in a good many of them.   So I’m not revealing any secrets here, but I can confirm.   I’ll be joining the HOUSE OF THE DRAGON panel  ...