The Swords Are Drawn
Today is the day: publication day for THE BOOK OF SWORDS, the mammoth new sword & sorcery anthology edited by my old friend (and sometime partner in crime) Gardner Dozois.
There's an impressive table of contents, including brand new stories by giants of the genre like Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, the criminally underrated Matthew Hughes, Scott Lynch, Daniel Abraham, Cecelia Holland, Lavie Tidhar, and many more.
Including yours truly. I'm here too, with "Sons of the Dragon," another installment in the Fake History of Westeros, this one chronicling the reigns of Aegon the Conquerer's two sons, Aenys and Maegor. Not a conventional story, no, more in the vein of "The Princess and the Queen" and "The Rogue Prince," but perhaps of some interest to those fascinated by the blood-soaked annals of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
THE BOOK OF SWORDS should be available today at your local bookstore or favorite online bookseller.
You can find it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Book-Swords-George-R-Martin/dp/0399593764
And if you'll wait a few days, hardcover copies signed by yours truly (but not, alas, by any of the other contributors) will be available from the Jean Cocteau Cinema Bookshop at http://jeancocteaucinema.com/product-category/author/
There's an impressive table of contents, including brand new stories by giants of the genre like Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, the criminally underrated Matthew Hughes, Scott Lynch, Daniel Abraham, Cecelia Holland, Lavie Tidhar, and many more.
Including yours truly. I'm here too, with "Sons of the Dragon," another installment in the Fake History of Westeros, this one chronicling the reigns of Aegon the Conquerer's two sons, Aenys and Maegor. Not a conventional story, no, more in the vein of "The Princess and the Queen" and "The Rogue Prince," but perhaps of some interest to those fascinated by the blood-soaked annals of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
THE BOOK OF SWORDS should be available today at your local bookstore or favorite online bookseller.
You can find it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Book-Swords-George-R-Martin/dp/0399593764
And if you'll wait a few days, hardcover copies signed by yours truly (but not, alas, by any of the other contributors) will be available from the Jean Cocteau Cinema Bookshop at http://jeancocteaucinema.com/product-category/author/
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Gotta love a good yarn with swords :.)
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This is so exciting! "The Princess and the Queen" and "The Rogue Prince," still waiting on my shelf
Awesome thanks for sharing this news!
great!! now about that Song of Ice and Fire series.......
Julie wrote: "great!! now about that Song of Ice and Fire series......."Hahahaha ahh, you said what every fan is thinking (we sit patiently behind the keyboard/smartphone and we wait! maybe make a bowl of popcorn, have a glass of wine. and watch Vikings to fill in the void) ;-)
Carolynne wrote: "Julie wrote: "great!! now about that Song of Ice and Fire series......."Hahahaha ahh, you said what every fan is thinking (we sit patiently behind the keyboard/smartphone and we wait! maybe make ..."
Is there a way to thumbs up both of your comments? Haha
Virna Pamela wrote: "Carolynne wrote: "Julie wrote: "great!! now about that Song of Ice and Fire series......."Hahahaha ahh, you said what every fan is thinking (we sit patiently behind the keyboard/smartphone and we..."
Thanks :-) Goodreads should add a "like" button. All I have is a reply and flag.... blah
Sons of the Dragon in The Book of Swords - check! I suppose I could google, but I’m lazy and I trust the Goodreads fans: are the “Princess and the Queen” and “The Rogue Prince” compiled together in any one book? If not, in which separate volumes do they appear? Also, are there any other side stories of Westeros besides the aforementioned tales and the three contained in “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” ?Thanks!
Well I have to get it if only to read Cecelia Holland's contribution. She has been one of my favorite historical fiction authors for decades.
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