New Sample Chapters

[Westeros]

Over at his “Not a Blog”, George R.R. Martin has <a href=“http://grrm.livejournal.com/487298.html”>reminded</a> fans that his official website, <a href=“http://www.georgerrmartin.com/”>georgerrmartin.com</a>, is alive and kicking… and if it hasn’t been as updated as it could be, well, he’s been busy. That said, there’s a significant update today as George shares two new sample chapters. The <a href=“http://www.georgerrmartin.com/wild-cards-excerpt/”>first excerpt</a> is from the 23rd <em>Wild Cards</em> novel, <em>High Stakes</em>. The excerpt comes from Ian Tregillis, who wrote the excellent <em><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Seeds-Milkweed-Book-1-ebook/dp/B003GWX8JE/?tag=westeros-20”>Bitter Seeds</a></em> (a dark take on superheroes during WWII) and whose latest book <em><a href=“https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Alchemy-Wars-Book-ebook/dp/B00QQPJXGU/?tag=westeros-20”>The Mechanical</a></em> has received rave reviews as the start of a new trilogy in a world where alchemy works and where automatons are nearly human.

The other excerpt, of course, is a <a href=“http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/”>chapter</a> from <em>The Winds of Winter</em>. It’s one he’s read before, so there have been scattered reports, but he’s never posted it directly to his website. Here’s how George describes its contents:

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“You want to know what the Sand Snakes, Prince Doran, Areo Hotah, Ellaria Sand, Darkstar, and the rest will be up to in WINDS OF WINTER? Quite a lot, actually. The sample will give you a taste. For the rest, you will need to wait.”
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(Coincidentally, Linda and I have returned to doing <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em> videos between episodes of <em>Game of Thrones</em>, and we just happened to have made our first video a question of the political situation in Dorne in the novels, including information from the two relevant chapters from <em>The Winds of Winter</em> that George released. We’ll embed that video below. Specific discussion relevant to <em>The Winds of Winter</em>, and this excerpt, starts at the <a href=“https://youtu.be/G1dVYZemS3Y?t=32m2s”>32 minute mark</a>)

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