George R. R. Martin

A ‘Feast’ for Fans of George R.R. Martin:

The long-awaited fourth book in George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series hit stores on Nov. 8 and sold 64,000 units in its debut week, as reported by Nielsen BookScan. A Feast for Crows arrives five years after Martin’s previous book, A Storm of Swords. Clearly, the long wait hasn’t dissuaded Martin’s fans.

All Sorts of Weird Stuff: News - A Feast For Crows #1:

A Feast For Crows #1

A report from GRRM’s signing in Petaluma indicates that he has just gotten word that … will enter the November 27th New York Times’ Bestseller list at #1. Congratulations, George!

Well deserved.

SignOnSanDiego.com gets it. SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features — ‘Feast of Crows’ is a feast for fantasy fans and more:

What’s “A Song of Ice and Fire”?

It’s the only fantasy series I’d put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.” It’s way better than the Harry Potter books and definitely not for children. It’s a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don’t read fantasy.

AFFC hasn’t quite been able to crack Amazon.com’s top spot yet, edged out at the moment by the ridiculously titled THE LITTLE BOOK THAT BEATS THE MARKET, an Oprah Book Club selection, and another stock market book. What is this, 1999?

This is huge for some of us … Amazon.com has begun offering Customer Discussions on selected titles.

See, e.g., George R. R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows.

For independent publishers, possibly both a huge time sink and a huge opportunity.

George R.R. Martin’s Official Website:

no words can express how miserable, angry, and depressed I am feeling this morning over the results of yesterday’s election. …

Winter is coming to Westeros, but it has already come to America.

He took this down almost immediately after the election, so the Wayback Machine is the best way to find it.

Bantam Dell Publishing Group | A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin: “Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace…only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.”

The Bantam Spectra web page for AFFC

Charles N. Brown, publisher and editor-in-chief of LOCUS, the trade magazine of the science fiction field, reports in the September 2005 issue that he got his hands on an advance reading copy of A FEAST FOR CROWS.

High point for the month was reading A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin. Yes, it’s only half the book originally promised. Yes, it’s been five years since volume three. Yes, it only advances the story a bit, but it’s prime. Martin writes the best and tensest high fantasy today. Wow.

Charles N. Brown, publisher and editor-in-chief of LOCUS, the trade magazine of the science fiction field, reports in the September 2005 issue that he got his hands on an advance reading copy of A FEAST FOR CROWS.

High point for the month was reading A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin. Yes, it’s only half the book originally promised. Yes, it’s been five years since volume three. Yes, it only advances the story a bit, but it’s prime. Martin writes the best and tensest high fantasy today. Wow..