2009 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2009 Philip K. Dick Award, for best science fiction novel published in paperback original in the US, have been announced...
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Hero to Zero—Chuck’s Season Three debut, three episodes in one
Chuck's long-awaited reboot wasn't at all what we expected, and is far more disappointing than we'd hoped. Our new, improved Chuck seems an awful lot like the old, unimproved Chuck, with less heart... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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2010 Golden Globe Winners Announced
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes were handed out Sunday, and there were a few genre winners...
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Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in January 2010
With sf/f/h films owning the top three spots on the charts for the third straight week, it's impressive for the big boys. But farther down, things thin our real fast for our genre...
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Most Popular and Updated Articles: 10-16 January 2010
The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated...
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Off to Arisia
We're at Arisia. Hoping you are the same. Back on Tuesday.
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Dozois and Martin’s Songs of Love and Death now populated
Co-editors Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin have finalized the contents of their forthcoming anthology, Songs of Love Death. Contributors include Peter S. Beagle, Jim Butcher, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Marjorie M. Liu, Melinda M. Snodgrass...
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Bruce Holland Rogers sells more than 1,000 words to Realms of Fantasy
Fiction Editor Shawna McCarthy announces a purchase outside of her normal schedule, to accommodate Bruce Holland Rogers impending voyage overseas...
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Quirk is now mashing Russian classics. Next up: Android Karenina
Ben H. Winters, co-author of Sense and Sensibilities and Sea Monsters, is returning to the Quirk Books fold with his forthcoming posthumous collaboration with Leo Tolstoy...
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World Literature Today’s special science fiction issue
The University of Oklahoma's World Literature Today is planning a special science fiction issue, and paying $200-$300 for short stories...
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Cornelia Funke’s Reckless to debut with million+ printing
Cornelia Funke's new series debut, Reckless, will publish on 14 September, with a one-million copy US printing and simultaneous releases...
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Walk-Ins—Fringe’s “Unearthed”
An out-of-schedule episode, but a good one for the "wow, neat" factor (not so much if you're more rooted in the ongoing mythology of the series), but the viewers seemed to like it... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Editor and agent Knox Burger dies
Editor and agent Knox Burger (1922-2010) bought Kurt Vonnegut's first published fiction for Collier's, then moved to book publishing, and then agenting...
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Circlet is reading for three new anthologies
Circlet Press is reading for three new anthologies, talking about erotic connections, urban faeries, and GLBTQ cyberpunk stories...
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Analog’s April 2010 Issue
The April 2010 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact features fiction by Stephen L. Burns, Brenda Cooper, John G. Hemry, Hilly Hight & Richard A. Lovett, S.L. Nickerson, Jerry Oltion...
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