The Fireside

Today is finally the day.  Most likely the most long-awaited of George's 'projects' (not counting the main A Song of Ice and Fire  series, of course) is The World of Ice and Fire . It is a world history book about the realm in which the book series takes place. After many years of George talking about it (and working on it), it is finally out today.  George (or rather, his minions) posted a blog entry entry, in which they describe it better than I could:  The long anticipated release of the official untold history of Westeros happens TODAY. It boasts 300 pages of back story and original artwork by the some of the world's top fantasy illustrators. This one-of-a-kind coffee table book contains maps, folk lore, detailed family histories, and endless insider information dealing with the world of Westeros. Providing vividly constructed accounts of epic battles tackled by famous heroes, and their journies before becoming important figures in the Song of Ice...

This was posted on Westeros.org. Here is another sample from The World of Ice and Fire  coming out later this year...

George R.R. Martin has posted a sample from the forthcoming World of Ice and Fire book. the sample is entitled 'Aegon's Conquest', and can be found here: http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ . Enjoy!

Elio, Linda, and George have completed The World of Ice and Fire .

The following information is based on this blog post by George R.R. Martin: http://grrm.livejournal.com/ 360936.html   It seems that in this post George tells us quite a bit about what will most likely be a post Ice and Fire publication, but details the history and Houses long before Book One, A Game of Thrones, begins. I also consider Tales of Dunk and Egg to be a part of the 'Lost Lore' (not officially 'lost' but it has a cool sound to it. So cool, in fact, my own history will be titled The Lost Lore )   Anyway here's what we've learnt: - The 'GRRMarillion' has a new official title: "Fire and Blood".   - since the blog post is about the Rogues anthology, George mentions that the "Fire and Blood" release will see a longer version of "The Rogue Prince", and will be more like a novelette rather than a novella (neither version is as long as "The Princess and the Queen", the shorter ver...