Dancing Dragons

George RR Martin posted his latest update on the progress of A DANCE WITH DRAGONS (No, it's not done yet, but he's working on it...). I know the book will be terrific when it finally arrives, because George is a fantastic writer --- and I say that not because George is a friend (though he is), but because I've read his work...

In the final paragraph of the update, though, George says this: "And if it's more epic fantasy that you're yearning for, there's never been more good fantasies being published than there are right now. Try Daniel Abraham, try Scott Lynch, try S.L. Farrell and David Anthony Durham and Peter S. Beagle, try Lisa Tuttle and Robin Hobb and Ellen Kushner, or any of myriad other authors whose work is making fantasy such an exciting genre to be a part of..."

Huh. Cool. Let's hope a few of George's readers take his advice and pick up A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT when it comes out next month. That'd be nice!