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Online StoreDabel Brothers Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the first ever-illustrated calendar from the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, written by George RR Martin. A New York Times #1 Bestseller, Martin’s fantasy series has garnered popular and critical praise since the first novel, A Game of Thrones, saw publication in 1996 and has recently been optioned for development by HBO.
The incomparable Michael Komarck, an artist who has amazed fans with his faithful, detailed artwork inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire, illustrates the twelve images in the calendar. His renderings for the calendar are immaculately executed depictions of some of the most popular characters of the series and bring to vivid life some of the most memorable scenes in the epic that’s taken the publishing world by storm.
As the only calendar sanctioned by Martin, Dabel Brothers Publishing’s A Song of Ice and Fire 2009 Calendar is unarguably a rare treat, and will be limited to 1,000 copies, which will be distributed to the Direct Market and booksellers. Of these, 500 will feature an exclusive, Jon Snow cover and only 250 of them will be numbered, as well as personally signed by George R.R. Martin himself. These exclusives will be sold exclusively from Dabel Brothers Publishing’s on-line storefront.
“I am a long time fan of ASOIAF, says Dabel Brothers Vice President, Les Dabel, “being able to help bring it to life visually is a dream come true.”
The A Song of Ice and Fire 2009 Calendar will be available in December 2008, well in time for the holiday season.
For more information about George RR Martin and the A Song of Ice and Fire series, please visit the author’s official site at http://www.georgerrmartin.com/. For more information about the artist, Michael Komarck, please visit his site at http://www.komarckart.com/.
George RR Martin, an award-winning author, sold his first story in 1971 and has been writing professionally ever since. He has written fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and for 10 years was a writer/producer in Hollywood working on, The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and other feature films and television projects. In the mid 1990s he returned to prose ” his first love ” and began work on his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. He was lauded as “America’s Tolkien” by Time magazine following the completion of the previous novel in the series, A Feast for Crows (Random House/Spectra, 2005), which went on to become a /New York Times/ #1 bestseller. His next book, A Dance with Dragons (Random House/Spectra, 2009), is the long-awaited fifth book in that series and will be available next year. The recipient of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, Mr. Martin lives in New Mexico.
Michael Komarck, a self-taught artist, earned a great deal of attention after moving away from traditional media to digital art. The style and precision he brought to his work led to his finding early work with game publishers such as Fantasy Flight Games and AEG. Since then, he has become increasingly in demand by both game publishers and publishers in the fiction market. His list of clients now include Subterranean Press, Bantam Dell, Tor Books, Wizards of the Coast, Electronic Arts, and many more. He recently had two works nominated for the prestigious Chesley, awarded by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. He currently resides in Michigan with his wife and child.
Dabel Brothers Publishing, LLC, is a comic book studio dedicated to bringing many of the best and most popular novels in the world of fantasy to the comic book medium. Since its inception in 2001 they have produced adaptations of novels by bestselling authors including George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Laurell K. Hamilton, Raymond E. Feist, Tad Williams, Richard A. Knaak, and Robert Silverberg. Currently on the schedule is a remarkable list of high-profile projects including adaptations of major novels by bestselling authors: Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, an original story set in the world of Jim Butcher’s bestselling series The Dresden Files, a Wild Cards series edited and overseen by George R. R. Martin, and a brand-new Mercy Thompson adventure by Patricia Briggs titled Mercy Thompson: Homecoming.
More information about Dabel Brothers Publishing can be found at http://www.dabelbrothers.com.
George RR Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire is loved by readers, critics and fellow authors alike. I struggled to get into the first two books: A Game of Thrones and Clash of the Kings but reasoned that the fault may lay with me rather than the books. I gave A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow my complete and undivided attention and was richly rewarded with one of the finest fantasy reads that I had experienced in a long time. Read the full review by clicking on the following link: A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow book review.
This work is the author’s re-telling of the Wars of the Roses. It was a delight to read, the pace never lets up and the standard of storytelling is excellent throughout. The sheer number of characters demands your attention and concentration but if you are willing to spend the time familiarising yourself with the enormous cast then you will be richly rewarded. A Storm of Swords shows that all humans are capable of being kind yet cruel, intelligent yet foolish, brave yet cowardly. I think that only Robin Hobb and Steven Erikson can be held on the same level as George RR Martin among our present day fantasy authors. I would highly recommend A Storm of Swords and the other works of George RR Martin because they offer an extremely enjoyable experience. A Song of Ice and Fire is the history lesson you wished you had in school.
There has been talk for quite a long time now regarding HBO adapting George RR Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire for the small screen. Here is a quick update on where everything stands at the moment.
HBO, as of January 2007 now own the television rights to A Song of Ice and Fire. Writer producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have completed the pilot script and this has been signed off by George RR Martin. However, a strike by the Writer’s Guild of America in November 2007 severely held up proceedings until February 2008.
HBO are also considering a television series based on the King Arthur legend and it is believed that only one of these two proposed adaptations will be authorised.
So, the ball is now firmly in HBO’s court and it is for them to decide which of these two television series will appeal most to their viewers.
George RR Martin has joined a growing band of science fiction and fantasy writers who are coming together in support of Terry Pratchett and Alzheimer’s Research. Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with the disease at the end of 2007 and has since donated almost half a million pounds to the cause. George RR Martin has donated many rare and signed books for auction with all proceeds going to the campaign.
Donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Research Trust here - http://www.alzheimers-research.org.uk/. There is also a message from Terry Pratchett on the homepage.
Pat Cadigan has launched an official ‘Match It For Pratchett’ campaign with the hope of raising half a million pounds to match Terry Pratchett’s recent donation.
Relic, the team behind smash real time strategy games Dawn of War and Company of Heroes have said that they would like to develop of real time strategy game based on George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books.
Josh Mosqueira, the lead designer at Relic when asked which book he would like to turn into a RTS replied
Game of Thrones - that would be awesome. It’s like fantasy, but without the sucky parts of fantasy.
George RR Martin biography, bibliography, interviews and book reviews
The awarding of the Balrog stopped in 1985 after running for 6 years, what exactly was it?
The award was voted for by fantasy fans and was unfortunately never held in very high esteem.
Some notable winners during the Balrog award’s time were:
1981 — The Wounded Land by Stephen Donaldson
1983 — The One Tree by Stephen Donaldson
1984 — The Armageddon Rag by George RR Martin
I have finished the book and am readying myself to write the review but I’m finding it quite difficult to put the reading of the book into words. It is a short book when compared to Steven Erikson, George RR Martin or Robin Hobb put more than long enough to get the story across.
It is more thought-provoking than action packed and the book is still with me a few days after completion which is always a good sign. I will try and put all these feelings into the review but a nice thing about The Other Wind is that it was a fitting end to the Earthsea saga and left me wanting to re-read the rest of the series.
George RR Martin is interviewed by Andrew Brooks on SFFWorld.com. The interview covers A Song of Ice and Fire.
Artemis Fowl on Amazon.co.uk believes that William Nicholson’s Wind on Fire series are the best whilst Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus trilogy rates Grettir’s Saga as number one.
Ciao.co.uk has JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels filling the first four positions, Area 51 on geocities places George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire top of the pile.
Lib.ru has The Lord of The Rings at number one and so does interzone.com.
So, the Lord of The Rings is definately number one, still, at this moment in time but a lot of the sites rate George RR Martin’s work very highly.
George RR Martin will co-edit an anthology for Tor Books with the working title of Warriors. Working with Gardner Dozois the anthology will feature many well known authors all have written stories on the war and the warrior theme.
Neil Gaiman and Robin Hobb are amongst the contributors and you can expect this work to be available in 2009.