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Come Back to Jokertown

A heads up for all you Wild Carders out there — another publication day has rolled around.

Check out your favorite local bookstore or on-line bookseller.  Today’s the day Tor releases its long-awaited reissue of JOKERTOWN SHUFFLE, volume nine of the overall series and the second book in the Rox/ jumper sequence.   Originally published in August, 1991, this one has been out of print for the more than two decades, available only from used book stores and auction sites at inflated prices… and th...

GRRM Talks JRRT

Modern fantasy would not exist without J.R.R. Tolkien and LORD OF THE RINGS… and that most definitely includes my own A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE.   Tolkien’s work redefined fantasy, and all of us who have followed in his footsteps owe him a profound debt.

But who was the man behind the Shire, the Hobbits, and the One Ring?

TOLKIEN, the new motion picture about JRRT’s early life, aspires to answer that question.

I’m thrilled to say that I’m heading out to LA for the premiere, May 8 at the Regency...

Day One

Okay, the first day of the NFL Draft is in the books.   The Jets had one pick, the Giants had three.

Gang Green took Quinnen Williams, the monster Alabama defensive tackle, with the third pick overall.  Lots of analysts had ranked him as the best player in the entire draft, so he seems a good get.   Still… if it had been me, I would have taken Josh Allen, the edge rusher.   The Jets have not had an edge rusher worth his salt since… could the last one have been Mark Gastineau?  Surely not.  Ma...

The Draft Is Coming

Last year’s regular season was a nightmare for both the Giants and Jets, and thus a double nightmare for yours truly, who suffered through twice as many defeats every Sunday.   But November’s woes are April’s thrills, since that means both New York teams are picking high in this year’s NFL draft.  Gang Green has the third overall pick, behind the Cardinals and the Niners.   Big Blue picks sixth… and also 17th, thanks to trading away Odell Beckham Junior.  That was still a terrible trade imo,...

ZHOU WEN WINS TERRAN PRIZE

Here’s the latest from Walter Jon Williams and the Taos Toolbox, his advanced “graduate level” SF writer’s workshop (which is actually in Angel Fire now, not Taos, but never mind):

The Terran Prize for 2019, sponsored by George RR Martin and consisting of a scholarship for a foreign writer to this year’s Taos Toolbox Workshop, has been awarded to Chinese author Zhou Wen (昼温.)

Zhou was born in Jinan, Shandong province, and has a double B.A. in English and finance, and a Master’s degree in tran...

Denver Beware!

Today’s the day.   You ready, Denver?   Meow Wolf has arrived!

No, no, not the BIG Meow Wolf, the massive installation three times the size of Santa Fe’s House of Eternal Return that is going in downtown, just south of I-25 and a mile or so from Mile High.   That one will be mindblowing, but it’s not scheduled to open until 2020.

Today you get just a taste: the dark ride called Kaleidoscape, opening at Elitch Gardens.

The DENVER POST got an advance look.

Meow Wolf ride at Elitch Gardens: Trip...

STAR TALKING with Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s STARTALK season 4 is premiering on Today and George will be featured as a special guest.  Stay tuned on the National Geographic Channel to catch George’s episode!

MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER

Valar Morghulis

Death is part of life, I know.   But lately it seems to me that there has been far too much of it in SF and fantasy.

Vonda McIntyre passed away last week.  I’ve known Vonda for a long time; we were the same age, part of the same “generation” of writers, breaking in during the early 70s.  Though I can’t claim to have known her well, I admired her writing and always enjoyed her company when I found myself in Seattle.   She was a kind and generous person, and at the Spokane worldcon, where she w...

The Regular-Sized Council Meets

Authors, Talking

We’ve had some great author events of late at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe.

And for all of you out there who couldn’t be there in person, we’ve started streaming the interviews and posting them.

Here are the two most recent: Alan Brennert on DAUGHTER OF MOLOKAI, and Marlon James on BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF.

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George R.R. Martin and Marlon James on fantasy literature

Watch Marlon James and George R.R. Martin talk about fantasy literature on April 10th, exclusively on The Verge.

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