Featured Fan Art: Jaime Lannister and The Hound

FROM THE FANS

George R.R. Martin's books have painted images in the minds of readers around the world, and over the past few months you've seen how the creators of HBO's upcoming series have started to craft their interpretation of the story.  Now we'd like to take a look at how some enthusiastic GOT fans are sharing their own visions of Westeros on the web.

Do you have original work inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire you'd like to share?  Post your links in the comments below and you may be included in our next feature.

    

Left Image: "Jaime Lannister" by Joanne Renaud
Right Image: "Laughing Hound" by Elisa Poggese

Dispatches From The Seven Kingdoms: The Favored Hand

ON THE SET
by Bryan Cogman

WARNING: POTENTIAL (MINOR) SPOILERS AHEAD

SAN ANTON'S PALACE, Malta - The waters are rising.  I'm in my chair in Video Village, feet up, knees tucked to my chest...as the muddy water creeps ever higher.  Rain pounding against the tent flaps!Flooding!  Wasn't Malta supposed to be dry this time of year???

The waters continue to rise!  Soon we'll have to swim for it.  What's to be done?  Thankfully, our stalwart line producer Chris Newman exclaims: "The drains!"  Turns out we covered up the drains earlier this morning as they read too modern, hence the flooded courtyard.  Chris wades out to the various drains, opens them up and the waters finally recede.  We're saved!

A short time later and everything's dry.  We're shooting a few scenes from Episode VIII today at San Anton's Palace, which is the official residence of the President himself.  We'll be here for several days utilizing the courtyards, colonnades, and gardens of this 15th century palace for various scenes in the Red Keep, the seat of power in the Seven Kingdoms.

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News Roundup: November 29

AROUND THE WEB

The holiday weekend gave fans a chance to glut themselves on some fresh 'Game of Thrones' updates, including the new 60-second preview with more footage from the show.  Here's a rundown of the latest chatter around the web:

• Time, MTV, EW and Gawker all picked up the new video, which sparked plenty of conversation across their sites.
• Westeros performed their standard (read: extremely detailed) analysis on the new preview.
• George R.R. Martin announced the latest cast member to join the series: David Bradley as the curmudgeonly Lord Walder Frey.

What else have you been reading about the series recently?

Clip Preview

INSIDE THE SERIES

As promised, below is the third official preview of 'Game of Thrones,' this one sixty seconds long and featuring never-before-seen footage and characters - anything in particular catch your eyes?

"Inside Game of Thrones" Preview

INSIDE THE SERIES

On Sunday, December 5 at 8:45 PM, before the season finale of 'Boardwalk Empire' on HBO, catch an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at 'Game of Thrones' - and then check back here immediately to view the full embeddable video online.