[sic's mom]

I really hope this is this man's idea of a joke; it is April 1st after all.


http://grrm.livejournal.com/

[KatG]

It's a joke. Tor.com also has lots of lovely ones up today. I particularly liked the entry in which Fox Television announced that they are canceling Joss Whedon himself today.

[sic's mom]

I sort of figured it was. He seems like the type of person who loves practical jokes.

[Seegee]

It's a joke, he does it every April Fool's Day. He's probably thinking up next year's post now, we all know he won't be done by then.

[FitzChivalry]

What other April Fools jokes related to the fantasy genre were done this year?
Collect them here.

[columbob]

I've seen a few on some French blogs:

http://martlet-blog.blogspot.com/
This one mentions that Dance was published immediately on April 1 to delight fans with the surprise, and books 6 and 7 were already handed in to the publisher and would be released later in 2009 and 2010.

http://hu-mu.blogspot.com/
This one talks about Robin Hobb's Assassin series being turned into a black and white film produced by Uwe Boll, winner of 3 oscars and inspired by Ingrid Bergman.

:D

[Larry]

Since you asked, here's one that I posted on my blog (http://ofblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/random-news-and-personal-announcement.html) that deals with new career plans, Harlan Ellison getting the GRRM treatment, Felix Gilman and hamster, and Jeff VanderMeer and...well, just click on the link!

[AuntiePam]

Someone on another board also posted that Martin was finished with A Dance With Dragons. I'd copy it here, but the site says anything posted there is copyrighted. (WTF?)

He wrote that the book would be 90% Daenrys (sp?), but that Hodor (!) would have a POV chapter, as would one of the dragons. I was really excited until I remembered the date. Bastard. :)

[Evil Agent]

The funniest part about GRRM's April Fool's joke is reading the user comments. A lot of people believed him instantly, and indicated that they were totally fine with it! LOL. Come on, people... I'm in the GRRM-Defender's camp, but if he suddenly brought in a new author to help finish the series, I would not just accept it so quickly, without at least some questioning!

[sic's mom]

I was one of the idiots that believed him at first (but then isn't that what he was going for?) then I realized the date. And my first thought was that I was angry that he couldn't finish his own book and there was no way anyone else was going to do as good a job. Boy did I feel stupid when I remembered the day:)