Yearly Archives: 2008

Actor Michael Higgins Dies

Actor Michael Higgins (1920 or '21-2008) won two Obies, and was best known for his stage work. He also appeared in several genre films and tv series, including... Read more [...]

Klingon opera being created on Long Island, New York

Dutch artist Floris Schönfeld is creating the background and cultural context within which to create his own Klingon opera... Read more [...]

Apex open to novel submissions this month only

Apex Book Company is reading dark science fiction novel submissions for the month of November... Read more [...]

Pyr to move into mass market arena

Pyr, the sf imprint of Prometheus Books, is moving into the mass market arena in May, with the publication of Crossover... Read more [...]

A review of Merlin’s “The Gates of Avalon”

Interesting characters and nice twists on the mythos aren't enough to, once again, rescue a poor script... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Lucasfilm consultant Sheri Kaplowitz dies

Sheri Kaplowitz (1967-2008), aka Tia Cultir, was a consultant for Lucasfilm... Read more [...]

Interzone #219 coming soon

The 219th issue of Interzone will include fiction by Jason Sanford, Gord Sellar, Jeff Spock... Read more [...]

Scholastic early retirement offer widely accepted

Looking to cut costs, Scholastic offered early retirement to many of its employees, and found more than they expected willing to take the deal... Read more [...]

Couch launch and photo contest

Small Beer Press is publishing Benjamin Parzybok's first novel, Couch, and running a photo contest to win several of their publications... Read more [...]

Polu Texni’s newest offerings

The new "magazine of many arts" has published a new story, essay, artist profile... Read more [...]

Minor schedule change for OSC’s Intergalactic Medicine Show

Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show is modifying its publication schedule (the date of issue, but not the frequency)... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of November

Only four sf/f/h movies wound up in the top 25 this week... Read more [...]

Most Popular Articles: 2-8 November 2008

The most popular SFScope articles during the last week... Read more [...]

Updates to Previously Published Articles (2-8 November 2008)

This is a list of previously published articles that were updated between 2 and 8 November 2008. Read more [...]

Scientist Jacques Piccard Dies

Scientist and explorer Jacques Piccard (1922-2008) was one of the two men to reach the bottom of the sea, and was the namesake of Star Trek's Capt. Picard... Read more [...]