George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 5

GOING UP, COMING DOWN

Kris Krisofferson has died.

I knew I would have to write those words eventually, and probably sooner rather than later.   Kris has not looked good the past few times I’ve seen him on the tube.   His health has not been good for some years.   Still, one can hope.   The world was so much richer with Kristofferson in it, and it is poorer now that he is gone.   But we still have his songs, and what songs they are.

I am no musician myself; that’s a gift I never had.  I cannot sing, I cannot dance, I ...

Here Comes Hodor

I promised you all a report on our trip.

I haven’t forgotten.   We left Santa Fe on July 15, and returned home on August 15.   In between, we visited Belfast in Northern Ireland (and Ashford Meadow in the Reach), Amsterdam, London, Oxford, and Glasgow, where the World Science Fiction Convention was being held.

It was a splendid trip, and one that did wonders to restore my bruised and battered spirits and relieve some of the stress that I had been under before we left.   The first few months of 2...

HOUSE RULES

All you aces and jokers out there, go ahead and mark  FEBRUARY 25, 2025 on your calendars.  There’s a party going down on Keun Island, off the Atlantic Coast of  Cornwall, and you’re invited!

That’s the day Penguin Random House will be releasing the hardcover edition of  HOUSE RULES, the 34th original in our on-going Wild Cards series.   Guests will be gathering at the ancient, historic, mysterious (some say haunted) Loveday House..  Lord Jago Branoc and his staff will be on hand to welcome you....

Mary-Margaret In the Mojave

 

Mary-Margaret Road Grader is heading for the Mojave, along with Billy-Bob Chevrolet, Freddy-in-the-Hollow, Elmo John Deere, and Simon Red Bulldozer.   You will find them all this weekend at the Wasteland Film Festival, “the world’s first post-apocalyptic short competition and exhibition.”

WASTELAND FILM FESTIVAL

Based on the classic short story by Howard Waldrop, written and directed by Steven Paul Judd, and starring  Crystle Lightning, Martin Sensmeier, Elias Gallegos, and Cody Lightning, t...

Some Stuff and Nonsense

Stuff I thought I’d mention:

Week one of the new NFL season was played yesterday.   The Giants had the Vikings at home, and looked just as bad as last year.   They made some good draft picks, I thought, adding a top receiver and bolstering the O-line, but it did not seem to make a whit of difference.   Daniel Jones did not impress at all.   Maybe we need to go back to Tommy DeVito. I fear I am not going to get much joy from Big Blue this year.   Maybe the Jets will be better.  They play tonight....

A Belated Blog

I am way behind in my Not-a-Blogging, I know.

Along with a thousand other things.

I was traveling in Europe from July 15 to August 15.    I do not travel with a computer (never have), so I had hoped to catch up before I left… but it was hard, hard.   The first half of my year was pretty miserable, dominated as it was by the death of Howard Waldrop on January 14.  Howard was my oldest friend in science fiction community; we had been corresponding since 1963, when we were both in high school.  His...

September Morn

My calendar is telling me it is now September.   Really?  Damn, the days are going by fast.

We got back from our month abroad on August 15,  which seems like yesterday on the odd numbered days and last year on the evens..    I returned to find more than a thousand emails waiting for me, which proved even more daunting than usual since I brought covid home with me as well, acquired at the worldcon in Glasgow.  Two of my assistants tested positive as well;  Parris and the other two were spared.   ...

BURN HIM! BURN HIM!

It is Fiesta here in Santa Fe, one of the oldest festivals in the City Different, and once again the highlight of the festivities will be the Burning of Zozobra (the original Burning Man, for those of you who have never heard of him).

Zozobra will be 100 this year, so the celebrations should be even more spectacular than before.    For the first time, Sky Railway will be joining the madness with the FLAME TRAIN, set to carry the fire that will consume Old Z from Lamy through the heart of Santa F...

Come to The Thicket

THE THICKET is one of Joe Lansdale’s best books — and believe me, that’s saying something, since the Sage of Nacodoches has written a lot of them.  Science fiction, mystery, horror, fantasy, humor, westerns, Joe can do it all.

And now THE THICKET is a major motion picture as well, starring the one and only Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis.

We’ll be premiering THE THICKET this Saturday at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe.

And Joe Lansdale, His Own Self, will be on hand in person to join us,...

Remembering Howard

On June 29th, while I was off in Europe stumbling from country to country with Parris and our mighty minions, Howard Waldrop’s friends and fans and loved ones held a memorial for him in Austin Texas.

I was not able to be there in person (we were in London at the time) but there was no way I could not be a part of a remembrance for H’ard, so I taped some remarks and sent them to Robert Taylor, who was organizing the event.   I went on rather a long time, as it happens, but Howard and I had a lon...