George R. R. Martin Update
We’ve just seen the first copies of George R. R. Martin’s vampire epic, Fevre Dream, and it is, without a doubt, one of the nicest limited editions we’ve yet published. The art may have been two years late, but we think everyone from the author to the customers who’ve been waiting patiently will feel more happy Justin Sweet’s efforts to bring Abner Marsh, Joshua York, and the other characters to life. We’ll need to ask everyone’s patience of just another month or so, while the slipcases are manufactured, and then we’ll begin shipping the numbered edition. The lettered edition will take a bit longer, until the traycases land in our offices.
Still on the George Martin front, it’s time for A Feast for Crows update. Tom Canty has now turned in all of the black and white artwork for both volumes, and we’ve already managed to proof volume one completely. Jenny Crisp, our Martin proofer, should be done with volume two in the next couple of weeks. All we’re waiting for then is Mr. Canty to turn in the color work for the book, and we head to the printer.
We’re also in final negotiations with an artist for the novel George is currently working on, A Dance with Dragons, and expect to have an announcement on that front soon.
Finally, the sf novel that George wrote with Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham, Hunter’s Run, has just been sent off to the printer, and is on schedule for a late January, early February release. If you’re not signed up for our email list, now might be a good time, as we’ve got a Martin project for next year that we haven’t even announced yet!