Yearly Archives: 2008

Editor & Publisher Robert Giroux Dies

Editor and publisher Robert Giroux (1914-2008) had his name on a major US publisher, and his finger in the works of many major US and European authors... Read more [...]

F&SF’s December Issue

The December issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will feature fiction by Albert E. Cowdrey, John Langan, Robert Reed... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of September

Only four genre films grace the top ten, but The Dark Knight moved up as it passed the half-billion dollar mark... Read more [...]

Books Received: September 2008

Books received for review during the month of September 2008. This page is updated throughout the month. Read more [...]

Most Popular Articles: 31 August-6 September 2008

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

Updates to Previously Published Articles (31 August-6 September 2008)

This is a list of previously published articles that were updated between 31 August and 6 September 2008. Read more [...]

Animator Bill Melendez Dies

Animator Bill Melendez (1916-2008) was intimately associated with the animated versions of the Peanuts, and won half a dozen Emmy Awards... Read more [...]

Cynthia DiTiberio promoted at HarperOne

Cynthia DiTiberio was promoted from associate editor to editor at HarperOne. She's worked on The Chronicles of Narnia movie tie-in projects. Read more [...]

Audible’s Frontiers’s September offerings start with a nod to True Blood, debuting this weekend

Audible.com's sf imprint Frontiers is honoring the launch of HBO's new series True Blood by making series creator Charlaine Harris is Guest Editor for the month... Read more [...]

Mid-Atlantic Nostagia Convention to screen old Buck Rogers, Bela Lugosi, and more

This month's Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is a celebration of fold television and movies, as well as their stars. They'll feature screenings of The Gift of Gab, It Came from Outer Space, and more... Read more [...]

Michael A. Burstein is now a certified publisher, in addition to an author

Michael A. Burstein has just completed Boston University's Certificate in Publishing program, adding a publisher's knowledge to his author's and editor's background... Read more [...]

Jetse de Vries leaves Interzone editorial team

After more than four years as a member of the editorial team of British small press magazine Interzone, Jetse de Vries abruptly announced his departure, citing artistic differences... Read more [...]

HarperCollins giving away Neil Gaiman and Fiona McIntosh novels as ebooks

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Fiona McIntosh's Odalisque are both available in a variety of formats for a limited time... Read more [...]

Kopaska-Merkel and Van Troyer poems available as audio or text, from Mythic Delirium

Genre poetry magazine Mythic Delirium has two new featured (audio) poems available: one by Gene Van Troyer, and a classic by David C. Kopaska-Merkel Read more [...]

New author Rachel Hawkins sells paranormal YA trilogy to Hyperion

New author Rachel Hawkins's first sale was a trilogy sold at auction to Hyperion. The first book, Demonglass tells the story of... Read more [...]