The Winds of Winter Keep On Blowing
What’s about the only thing that can distract me from my insane anticipation of the upcoming first episode of Game of Thrones season 2 this Sunday? George R.R. Martin actually reading a chunk from the sixth book in A Song of Ice and Fire, The Winds of Winter. Skip to the 30-minute mark to hear it from the beginning. If nothing else, it’s wonderful, blissful proof that GRRM is actually writing the damn thing. (Via Boiled Leather)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.