Monthly Archives: December 2009

Asimov’s February 2010 Issue

The February 2010 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Stephen Baxter, Damien Broderick, Aliette de Bodard, Bruce McAllister, David Erik Nelson, Caroline M. Yoachim... Read more [...]

Studio 407 sells film option on Night and Fog

Long-time horror producer Gil Adler and new partner Shane McCarthy have optioned Alex Leung/Studio 407's sci-fi horror property Night and Fog... Read more [...]

Actress Alaina Reed-Amini Dies

Actress Alaina Reed-Amini (1946-2009) was a regular on Sesame Street for 12 years, after starting out as a singer. She moved on to... Read more [...]

Actor Arnold Stang Dies

Character actor Arnold Stang (1918 or 1925-2009) was a short, nerdy, nervous fellow who acted in a wide variety of roles over half a century, including co-starring in Arnold Schwarzenegger's first film... Read more [...]

Actress Connie Hines Dies

Actress Connie Hines (1930-2009) was the wife of the man who could talk to the horse in Mr. Ed... Read more [...]

Lovecraft Unbound to be featured at The Montauk Club

Ellen Datlow's Lovecraft Unbound will be the basis of a night of readings at Brooklyn's historic Montauk Club, featuring contributors to the anthology... Read more [...]

Baen’s Lyric Writing Contest

Baen Books want you to cheer up their holiday season by rewriting a traditional holiday tune with Baen-centric lyrics... Read more [...]

Philip Palmer sells two novels to Orbit

Hellship and another, unnamed novel will be screenplay writer Philip Palmer's fourth and fifth, when Orbit publishes them... Read more [...]

Two promotions at Orbit Books

Orbit Books' editors DongWon Song and Jennifer Flax have received promotions... Read more [...]

Actress Brittany Murphy Dies

Actress Brittany Murphy (1977-2009) had a long-standing voice role on King of the Hill, broke out in Clueless and 8 Mile, and appeared on SeaQuest DSV as a teenager... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in December 2009

A poor week for sf/f/h films, even as one finally tops the charts... Read more [...]

Most Popular Articles: 13-19 December 2009

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

Water, Water, Everywhere, But…—Doctor Who’s “The Waters of Mars

The Doctor is going through some major character shifts, and quite possibly for the better, as he appears to be setting himself (and his audience) up for something big... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Screenwriter Dan O’Bannon Dies

Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon (1946-2009) wrote Alien, Dark Star, The Return of the Living Dead, and also acted, directed... Read more [...]

The Witching Hour—Eastwick’s “Tea and Psychopathy”

A great ending to the series… except that the next episode will be the last… (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]