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Big Sale at Subterranean

If you've been wanting to order a copy of our forthcoming Jack Vance tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, but haven't gotten around to it just yet, here's your chance to save some bucks. Subterranean Press is offering 50% off (!!!) on SONGS and many of their other forthcoming titles for those who place their orders between now and July 3.

For details, and a list of the books on sale, check out the SubPress website at:

http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/2009/06/29/50-off-sale-on-subpre

Stick Them With the Pointy End

Just got word from the good folks at Valyrian Steel. They are now taking preorders for their full-size replica of Needle. (Arya not included).

To place an order or get more details, visit their website at http://www.valyriansteel.com/shop/swords/needle-sword-of-arya-stark/prod_3.html


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And if you want be the first kid on your block to collect the complete armory, copies of Jon Snow's Longclaw are still available as well.




Don't be fooled by the pictures, the two swords are nowhere near the same size

Guarded Optimism

I almost hate to say anything here, for fear of jinxing it... but for what it's worth, the last six weeks or so have been the most productive period I've had on A DANCE WITH DRAGONS in... well... a year at least, maybe several. In the last three days I've completed three new chapters. Not from scratch, mind you, these were all chapters that had been partially written, and in some cases rewritten, for months if not years. But they're finally done, and I've just reread them, and I'm almost conv

INSIDE STRAIGHT SuperSale

If you've been meaning to sample Wild Cards but haven't gotten around to it, this is your chance. With the mass market paperback of INSIDE STRAIGHT, the first volume of the new triad, now on bookshelves from coast to coast, the hardcover has vanished from the stores... but I've acquired a stock of them to offer on my website.

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INSIDE STRAIGHT features stories by Carrie Vaughn, Daniel Abraham, Michael Cassutt, Caroline Spector, John Jos. Miller, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Ian Tregillis, S.L. Farrell, a

A Star from LIBRARY JOURNAL

A very nice starred review from LIBRARY JOURNAL for our Jack Vance tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH. Check it out:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6664389.html?industryid=47120




Copies of the illustrated trade hardcover of the book are still available from Subterranean Press via their website.

SUICIDE KINGS Sample

For all you Wild Cards fans out there, I've changed the WC sample on my website, replacing the BUSTED FLUSH scene with a cool one from SUICIDE KINGS, written by Ian Tregillis (look for his his novel next year from Tor!) and featuring Rustbelt.




You can check it out at http://www.georgerrmartin.com/wc-s.html

SUICIDE KINGS will be published at the end of the year. This is the concluding volume of the Committee triad. Besides Ian T, the writers are Caroline Spector, Melinda M. Snodgrass, S.L. Farrel

New Figures From Dark Sword

Dark Sword has just released their long-awaited Tyrion Lannister miniature, previewed below. The figure is available in both 28mm and 54mm scales, unpainted. The new Theon Greyjoy figure and a couple of cool hedge knights sclupted by Jeff Grace have also been added to the 29mm range, along with lots of new additions from Dark Sword's other lines.





To order, visit Dark Sword's online store at http://darkswordminiatures.com/store.html

They take PayPal now as well.

Vance Tribute Available on Amazon UK

I should mention that the Subterranean Press editions of our Jack Vance tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, are not the only versions. Luitingh will be offering a Dutch translation of the book in the Netherlands, Tor will be doing a trade hardback and trade paperback in 2010 and a mass market paperback the following year... and Harper Collins Voyager will be publishing the title in the UK, for all Jack's British and Australian fans.

The British version of SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH is now

Lucius Shepard Visits Dying Earth

SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, the big Jack Vance tribute anthology I edited with Gardner Dozois, is at the printers now, but you can get a free sample of the treats awaiting you therein, courtesy of Bill Schafer and the other good folks at Subterranean Press.

"Sylgarmo's Proclamation," Lucius Shepard's original novellette of the Dying Earth, is now available at Subterranean Online at http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2009/



So take a look... and if you like what you see, copies of

Videogame Rights Optioned

For years now fans of my epic fantasy series A Song of Ice & Fire have been writing and emailing me to suggest... ask... beg for the books to be made into a videogame. I'm thrilled to be able to announce that, at long last, those requests are being answered. Cyanide Studios, an independent videogame developer based in Nanterre, France, has acquired an exclusive option to develop Ice & Fire as both an RTS (Real Time Strategy) and RPG videogame for next generation consoles and PC.

Cyanide will b