George R.R. Martin scrive a Dan Simmons

cos'è lo fanno per far felice me?

ma non sono soli!


DAN TO WRITE FANTASY TALE SET IN JACK VANCE UNIVERSE

Despite the fact that Dan has won the World Fantasy Award twice, the British Fantasy Award, a Japanese Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and various other awards with "fantasy" in their headings, some of you may know that he feels that he's never written a "real" fantasy story or novel.

That will change this year.

George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois have asked Dan to write a story or novelette or novella for their upcoming proposed anthology of tales set in Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" universe and Dan has accepted . . . with pleasure.

"I respect the fact that most of the world thinks of Harry Potter when they think 'fantasy,'" says Dan. "For me, quality fantasy will always be Jack Vance and his The Dying Earth tales. I'm excited to be invited to that universe and look forward to attempting a piece of fantasy that will honor the tremendous quality that Jack Vance set as the standard in his Dying Earth stories."

Here are some of the details as forwarded in a letter to Dan from George R.R. Martin:

"Gardner and I have put the finishing touches on the proposal for the anthology we're calling SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, and have turned it over to Ralph Vicinanza, who represents Jack Vance and will be handling this one on both the foreign and domestic fronts. We got a wonderful response to our invitations; Jack Vance is truly a writer's writer, and has had a profound influence on several generations of fantasists.

Our lineup of writers is pretty impressive, we think:

Glen Cook
Michael Shea
Terry Dowling
Robert Silverberg
Phyllis Eisenstein
Dan Simmons
Ray Feist
Jeff Vandermeer
Neil Gaiman
Paula Volsky
Elizabeth Hand
Howard Waldrop
Matt Hughes
Liz Williams
Tanith Lee
Tad Williams
George R.R. Martin
Walter Jon Williams
Michael Moorcock
John C. Wright
Mike Resnick

Gardner and I are hopeful that the publishers will be as excited about this anthology as we are. It should be a terrific book.

We'll keep you posted.

George R.R. Martin