Steven Till

Winter is Coming …

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Books and Movies on June 14th, 2010 | No Comments »

The following is the official HBO announcement that was released yesterday:
For Immediate Release April 12, 2010
EXPERT CREATES LANGUAGE FOR NEW HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES
David J. Peterson, an expert language creator from the Language Creation Society (LCS), has been chosen to create the Dothraki language for HBO’s upcoming fantasy series GAME OF THRONES, based on the […]

Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on April 13th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

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 | 23 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 »