A new A DANCE WITH DRAGONS chapter coming up!

Publié par Patrick on Monday, February 11, 2008
From GRRM's website:

February 8, 2008

A new sample chapter from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS will be featured in the premiere issue of SpectraPulse, the new magazine sampler from Bantam Spectra, scheduled to make its debut at this year's New York City Comicon.

SpectraPulse will not be available by subscription or at your local newsstand, I'm afraid. The glossy, 32-page, full color magazine will be given away free at the Bantam Spectra booth at certain select conventions throughout the year -- both major comicons (New York and San Diego), the World Science Fiction Convention in Denver, and the World Fantasy Convention in Calgary, Canada... and perhaps at other cons, if the supply lasts.

The magazine will feature essays by authors, excerpts from forthcoming Spectra titles, puzzles and games, and all sorts of other fun content... and, in its first issue, a slighly abridged version of a chapter from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. More than that I will not reveal... except to say that it's not the Tyrion, Dany, or Jon Snow chapters that I have rotated on my website 'Sample' page over the past year. This one is titled, "Reek," and it opens with a juicy description of a man eating a live rat. Just the thing to whet your appetities...

I did ask the good folks at Bantam if my fans would be able to write in and get a copy, but alas, that won't be possible. The only way to get hold of a copy of SpectraPulse will be by turning up at one of the conventions where it is being given away. (Though I don't doubt that the usual ripoff artists will scarf up their free giveaway copies and have them up for sale on ebay within hours of the magazine's premiere).

If you want to get your copies signed, I do plan to attend both the Worldcon in Denver and World Fantasy Con in Calgary this year. Of course, if I can just finish DANCE this spring, there's even a chance the book itself might be on sale in Calgary.


For those of you who, like me, likely won't be able to make it to any of those conventions, I received word from the good folks at Bantam Dell that I will have a copy of SpectraPulse up for grabs!:-) I will keep you posted on this. . .

8 commentaires:

Anonymous said...

Pat dude you are a life saver!!!

8:45 AM
Anonymous said...

personally, I'm really sick of these chapters coming out bit by bit. I'd rather he just finished the book, instead of teasing us with a little here and there. it's one thing to release the prologue a couple months before the book release, but this is ridiculous.

12:21 PM
Brendan Moody said...

personally, I'm really sick of these chapters coming out bit by bit. I'd rather he just finished the book, instead of teasing us with a little here and there.

Well, the two aren't exclusive. It's not like sending out these samples is preventing him from working on the rest of the book...

I'm not reading the samples any more myself, because I knew the ones from A Feast for Crows so well by the time it came out that they distracted from the unity of the finished book, but if other people like them, what's the harm?

7:28 PM
Anonymous said...

there's no harm, and I agree with you. I guess I just don't want to hear about it anymore until it's done. I've been reading this series since '96, I am very patient, but I guess it just seems like were getting strung along at times.

8:48 PM
Anonymous said...

I, on the other hand, just had a minor orgasm.

3:24 PM
Anonymous said...

Glad I live in Calgary! Of course, I would never dream of attending the convention (nor could I get the time off work) - this closet fantasy fan will have to continue getting his books off Amazon... :)

Interesting dilemma - would being able to buy a copy of Dance with Dragons be enough to make someone go to the convention???

10:39 PM
Anonymous said...

As a writer myself I can sympathize with GRRM, especially in regards to how long he takes to write. People assume we sit there day in and day out cobbling up a story from nothing but the truth is we need inspiration and some days we just flat out could care less. So give him time, let him work and take the little morsels you are given and be thankful, he doesn't have to share anything at all with any of us until its done!

6:27 PM
Anonymous said...

Just read the Reek chapter on Amazon... :)

8:28 PM

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