GRRM: A RRetrospective
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Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective is a career-spanning collection of George R. R. Martin's
short fiction. It was first published in 2003 as a single volume hardcover from Subterranean Press
under the title GRRM: A RRetrospective and debuted in Toronto
at Torcon 3, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, where Martin was the Writer Guest Of Honor. The collection features 34 pieces of fiction (including two TV scripts), an introduction by Gardner Dozois
, commentary by Martin on each stage of his career, a Martin bibliography, and original art for each story. Subterranean published the book in three formats: a trade hardcover, a signed, numbered, and slipcased deluxe hardcover, and a very limited, deluxe leather-bound, lettered hardcover. The Washington Post called Subterranean's single-author collection "the most ambitious volume ever to come from an American specialty press".
A UK first hardcover edition (right), running to more than 1,200 pages, was published three years later, in September of 2006, by Victor Gollancz Ltd
. Bantam
then reprinted the collection in the United States
in 2007 as a two-volume trade hardcover set. Both the 2006 UK reprint and 2007 USA reprint carry the new title Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective.
series, about an overweight space trader encountering various civilizations.
, and the latter is a pilot for a never-made science fiction series similar to Sliders
.
shared universe.
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
short fiction. It was first published in 2003 as a single volume hardcover from Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
under the title GRRM: A RRetrospective and debuted in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
at Torcon 3, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, where Martin was the Writer Guest Of Honor. The collection features 34 pieces of fiction (including two TV scripts), an introduction by Gardner Dozois
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...
, commentary by Martin on each stage of his career, a Martin bibliography, and original art for each story. Subterranean published the book in three formats: a trade hardcover, a signed, numbered, and slipcased deluxe hardcover, and a very limited, deluxe leather-bound, lettered hardcover. The Washington Post called Subterranean's single-author collection "the most ambitious volume ever to come from an American specialty press".
A UK first hardcover edition (right), running to more than 1,200 pages, was published three years later, in September of 2006, by Victor Gollancz Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership...
. Bantam
Bantam Books
Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by Random House, the German media corporation subsidiary of Bertelsmann; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine...
then reprinted the collection in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2007 as a two-volume trade hardcover set. Both the 2006 UK reprint and 2007 USA reprint carry the new title Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective.
List of stories
The collection is divided into nine thematic sections, with all the stories arranged in rough chronological order. The sections, and the stories they contain, are as follows:A Four-Color Fanboy
- Only Kids Are Afraid of the Dark
- The Fortress
- And Death His Legacy
The Filthy Pro
- The Hero
- The Exit to San Breta
- The Second Kind of Loneliness
- With Morning Comes MistfallWith Morning Comes MistfallWith Morning Comes Mistfall is a science fiction story written by George R. R. Martin and published by Analog magazine in May 1973. It was the first story by George R. R. Martin to be nominated for Hugo Award and Nebula Award...
The Light of Distant Stars
- A Song for Lya
- This Tower of Ashes
- And Seven Times Never Kill Man
- The Stone City
- Bitterblooms
- The Way of Cross and Dragon
The Heirs of Turtle Castle
- The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr
- The Ice Dragon
- In the Lost Lands
Hybrids and Horrors
- Meathouse Man
- Remembering Melody
- SandkingsSandkings (novelette)Sandkings is a novelette by George R. R. Martin, published in the August 1979 issue of Omni. It won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, the only one of Martin's stories to have done so.-Plot summary:...
- NightflyersNightflyersNightflyers is the title of a 1980 novella by George R. R. Martin, a 1985 anthology by the same author that includes the novella, and a 1987 science fiction-horror film based on that novella.-Collection:The collection contains the following stories:...
- The Monkey Treatment
- The Pear-Shaped Man
A Taste of Tuf
This section features two stories in the Haviland TufTuf Voyaging
Tuf Voyaging is a science fiction novel by George R. R. Martin, first published in 1986. It is a darkly comic meditation on environmentalism and absolute power...
series, about an overweight space trader encountering various civilizations.
- A Beast for Norn (original version)
- Guardians
The Siren Song of Hollywood
This section features two television screenplays by George R. R. Martin. The former is a script for an episode of The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
, and the latter is a pilot for a never-made science fiction series similar to Sliders
Sliders
Sliders is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast for five seasons, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between different parallel universes. The show was created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé...
.
- The Road Less Travelled (Twilight Zone teleplay)
- DoorwaysDoorwaysDoorways is a proposed Science Fiction series from writer George R. R. Martin. A pilot was shot in May 1992, starring George Newbern, Anne Le Guernec, Robert Knepper, Kurtwood Smith and Carrie-Anne Moss, but was not picked up, and the project was shelved. In 2010 IDW Publishing began an adaption of...
pilot/first draft (unproduced teleplay)
Doing the Wild Card Shuffle
This section features two of George R. R. Martin's contributions to the Wild CardsWild Cards
Wild Cards is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, but it is mostly pulled together and edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin with assistance by Melinda Snodgrass, also a...
shared universe.
- Shell Games
- From the Journal of Xavier DesmondXavier DesmondXavier Desmond is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. He was created by George R. R. Martin.-Character biography:Xavier Desmond was a 29-year old investment banker with a wife and young daughter when the Wild Card virus first struck the world in 1946...
The Heart in Conflict
- Under Siege
- The Skin Trade
- Unsound Variations
- The Glass Flower
- The Hedge Knight (A Song of Ice and FireA Song of Ice and FireA Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes; a further two...
novella) - Portraits of His Children