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Just heard that OSAMA, by Lavie Tidhar, won this year's World Fantasy Award (also known as the Howard and/or Howie, since the trophy is a bust of H.P. Lovecraft by Gahan Wilson).


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Subterranean Press is now shipping its long-awaited limited edition of A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, a two-volume set in slipcase, gorgeously and lavishly illustrated by Marc Fishman, and limited to 448 numbered and 52 lettered copies, all of them signed by both the artist and myself.


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I have been buried in work since getting back from England and Portugal. So much stuff piles up when I am away for any length of time, and there are only so many hours in the day. There were a number of subjects I wanted to make long Not A Blog posts about... but the time just wasn't there, and I needed my energy for other things ( Read more... )

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... on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list.

COLD VENGEANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, has debuted as the new #1 this week. Last week's top dog, the new Harry Dresden novel from Jim Butcher, has dropped to #5. But DANCE WITH DRAGONS is holding on to the second slot!

And here's my appearance in Seattle, courtesy of Vimeo, Suvudu, and the University Book Store.



Any resemblence to my pre-signing remarks in Burlington, New York City, Indianapolis, San Diego, LA, Redwood City, Denver, and Lexington is entirely... ah... intentional.

... is the title of this week's episode of GAME OF THRONES on HBO.

Here's a little taste of it, an exchange between Ned Stark and Ser Barristan the Bold at the Hand's Tourney in King's Landing.

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Ser Barristan fans might be interested to know that he has a big part in A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. In fact (drum roll, please), he becomes a viewpoint