Steven Till

The latest on George R.R. Martin and A Song of Ice and Fire:
After returning from the HBO pilot shoot for A Game of Thrones, which took several weeks away from his writing in late October/November as he visited the set and actors, it seems George delved right into A Dance With Dragons with a slashing […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on February 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

A new edition of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is being released in France with new cover art. Marc Simonetti is the artist. The four covers depict: Castle Black (A Game of Thrones), Tyrion and King’s Landing (A Clash of Kings), hunting the Stark children Bran and Rickon (A Storm […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on December 16th, 2009 | No Comments »

According to westeros.org:
Filming on the Game of Thrones pilot has wrapped, according to VFX producer Julia Frey. So ends three weeks of shooting that took place in three different countries and involved a primary cast two dozen strong and more than a hundred extras.
Read more …

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on November 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Paperback: 784 pages
Publisher: Bantam (October 30, 2007), *hardcover edition published November of 2005
ISBN-10: 0553582038
I finally got around to finishing A Feast for Crows (AFFC). I had read about 700 pages of the 1,000 page saga months ago, anticipating the new book A Dance with Dragons (ADWD) would come […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Book Reviews on September 28th, 2009 | 21 Comments »

George R.R. Martin has posted on his blog a list of actors that have been cast — thus far — for the HBO series A Song of Ice and Fire. The list includes:

Sean Bean as Lord Eddard Stark
Mark Addy as King Robert I Baratheon
Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen
Kit Harington as Jon […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on July 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A Podcast of Ice and Fire covers all topics relating to George R.R. Martin and his A Song of Ice and Fire series. Each episode discusses one chapter, one character, and one theory … and may contain spoilers. For example, Episode 1: Ghost Cow focuses on the major noble houses in the series and talks […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on July 1st, 2009 | No Comments »

Michael Komarck creates stunning artistic portraits and scenes to go along with George R.R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Komarck’s fantasy art is featured in the 2009 A Song of Ice and Fire calendar. In addition to his fantasy artwork, Komarck also illustrates detailed historical figures including: Julius Caesar, King Arthur, Ramses […]

Filed under: Art, George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on June 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

I thought Neal had a good post over on his blog recently about the entitlement readers sometimes feel regarding an author and his/her work. He answers a question from a reader concerning George R.R. Martin and the completion of A Song of Ice and Fire. You’ll have to scroll down some in the post to […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Creative Writing on May 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

Press release from May 12, 2009:
Cyanide, an independent video game studio, and George R. R. Martin today announced their partnership to create the first-ever video games inspired by the author’s award-winning, international bestselling ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ fantasy series.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cyanide has obtained the exclusive rights to develop ‘A […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Literary News on May 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

George R.R. Martin posted the following on his blog this week in regards to the Song of Ice and Fire series on HBO:
At last it can be told.
The news has finally been made public, so I’m finally free to whoop and holler and share the great news — the HBO pilot of A GAME OF […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Books and Movies on April 23rd, 2009 | 6 Comments »