Games

Some upcoming cover art: Gollancz in the UK are reissuing their George R.R. Martin books in new covers. Neither The Armageddon Rag nor Tuf Voyaging have been available in UK editions for well over twenty years. Incidentally, the Eye of Sauron is on the cover of The Armageddon Rag as it's about a rock band called the Nazgul. Meanwhile, the UK paperback editions of A Dance with Dragons launch in late March. Incidentally, this leaves the UK paperback sequence of A Song of Ice and Fire now listed as: A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire A Clash of Kings: Book Two of A Song of Ice and Fire A Storm of Swords - Steel and Snow: Book Three Part One of A Song of Ice and Fire A Storm of Swords - Blood and Gold: Book Three Part Two of A Song of Ice and Fire A Feast for Crows: Book Four of A Song of Ice and Fire A Dance with Dragons - Dreams and Dust: Book Five Part One of A Song of Ice and Fire A Dance with Dragons - After the Feast: Book Five Part Two of A Song of Ice and F...

HBO has stepped up to the plate and picked up the Dark Tower TV project. The extremely ambitious adaptation of Stephen King's seven-volume novel series consists of a TV series and several interlinked theatrical movies. HBO has taken on the TV leg of the project, whilst producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have reduced the budget of the first movie by $45 million, apparently making the project viable again. Javier Bardem remains attached to the role of Roland Deschain. Good news. This project sounded insanely ambitious, perhaps even unrealistically so, but cool that it seems to be back on the drawing board. HBO also seem to be continuing their foray into the fantastical, adding The Dark Tower to a fantasy line-up now consisting of True Blood , Game of Thrones and the forthcoming American Gods .