Re-issued GRRM Book

The Armageddon Rag by GRRM is now on sale in Trade Paperback and eBook.

"The best novel concerning the American pop music culture of the 60's I've ever read."—Stephen King

"A wild, melodramatic mystical hallucinatory voyage..."—Timothy Leary

"Full of nostalgia and endless excitement for everyone! Taut, tense, moves like lightning..."—Tony Hillerman

"Vivid, perceptive, and passionate..."—Greg Keyes

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Feast for Crows combines Tolkien lore with 60's culture in this "moving ... comic ... eerie" (The Washington Post) tale of a journalist investigating the bizarre and brutal murder of a rock promoter who made millions with his band, the Nazgûl.

With The Armageddon Rag Martin enters into realm more contemporary then the bestselling series of the Seven Kingdoms, weaving elements of horror, murder mystery, and dark fantasy into the entertainment world.

Read Chapter One here

Source: Random House Author Alert

ASOFAI to become HBO series

From GRRM's site:

Home Box Office (HBO) has acquired an option on the television and film rights to my fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, in hopes of bringing the story to television as an original, ongoing HBO series. We have been working out the details for months, but the deal is finally done and the pieces are in place, so it's official.

The series is slated to begin in 2009 and they have a projected completion date for the ASOFAI novels - 2011. While this is still years away, knowing the end is in sight has to be a relief to GRRM. Also, knowing that HBO will be wanting the next three books has to give fans a rush, becuase this has to move the series to the top of GRRM's priority list.

Links to this story:
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/news.html
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957532.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/18/184100.php