George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 228

A Pair of Starks

One of the hardest parts to cast was Bran. When the story opens he's a cute kid, off to see a man beheaded for the first time. But after that... think of all the challenges that await the boy in this role. We think we've found a young actor capable of handling them, however. His name is Isaac Hempstead-Wright.



My clues for this one are pretty self-explanatory. Hempstead is a town in Nassau, and Isaac was the Biblical sacrifice (not really, of course, Yahweh was just joking around). All t...

Coming to London

Can't make the signings in Belfast on November 3 or Dublin on November 5?

Maybe the third time will be the charm. I'm coming to London as well.

I'll be appearing at Forbidden Planet's megastore on Wednesday, November 11, to sign copies of the new Harper Collins trade hardcover of SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, the Jack Vance tribute anthology, and any of my other books as well.



Forbidden Planet
179 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
WC2H 8JR

If you can't make the signing, but would like to order a signed book ma...

Three for the Prologue

A GAME OF THRONES opens in the haunted forest north of the Wall, with three brothers of the Night's Watch on a ranging.

The viewpoint character is Will, sent to the Wall for poaching. In the pilot, he will portrayed by Bronson Webb.




He has been in projects with Tamzin Merchant, Nicholaj Coster-Waldau, and Iain Glen. One of his first roles was "boy on a bicycle." Peter Parker is Spider-Man and Bronson is a Webb, so they have spiders in common. And he has a home page, a Facebook page, and a My ...

HBO Pilot Cast

I am the last one to the party, I know. I was off in Fargo enjoying Valleycon, away from my computer and the internet, and while I was gone the last remaining speaking part in the pilot was cast, and HBO officially confirmed a whole bunch of the roles and actors I've been hinting at. The cast lists are all over this Interwebbie thing by now, and you guys guessed pretty much all of them ages ago in any case (it really was scary, the way you all figured out some of those clues).

For them what ...

Football

Life is meaningless and full of pain.

'Nuff said.

See You In Fargo

I am off tomorrow to Fargo, North Dakota for Valleycon. I hope to see some of you there. I gather there may be some BWBers on hand, Jim Ludwig of Dark Sword Miniatures will be turning up with some of his fabulous Ice & Fire range, and I'll be reading a chapter from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. Plus there will be the usual drinking and carousing and fine dining, one hopes.

I will, alas, miss this weekend's football games, so don't expect any NFL posts on Sunday night or Monday morning. And please ...

And Then There Was One

I could tell you the latest casting news, but really, the big guy should do that.

The grey man once had groupies. Yes, girls. Who?

The horse is saddled and bridled, but the rider has not yet appeared.

Bwaaahhh

Life is meaningless and full of pain.

Great game. Bad ending.

Sanchez and the offense played great. But the vaunted Jets defense must have taken the wrong plane. The one that took the field made The Other Chad look like Dan Marino.

First time I've seen the wildcat up close and personal. Seven bloody hells. We couldn't stop the damn thing all night.

Someone give Ricky Williams a reefer, quick.

On the good side, hey, I'm liking that Braylon Edwards trade a lot more than I did a few weeks ago.

44-7

That was the most complete Giants victory I have seen in years. Almost total domination in every phase of play. It would have been another shutout except for a Sinorice Moss fumble and a very bad call by the refs a few plays later, when a quick whistle (which no one heard) negated a Giants fumble recovery and touchdown.

I'll say this for the Raiders, though. They have a very good punter.

The NFL can be merciless. It was only a few years ago the Raiders were playing in the Superbowl, but sin...

The Songs Are Heard Again

The Subterranean Press hardcover of our Jack Vance tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, is sold out in all editions (lettered, numbered, and trade). But if you missed your chance, don't despair. You can still read a baker's score of Dying Earth stories from twenty-one of today's leading fantasists... the Voyager hardcover has just been released in the UK.

This will be one of the books that I will be signing in Ireland next month, at the events in Belfast and Dublin... but if you can'...