Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Mark Waid leaving BOOM! Studios for the life of a freelancer

After three years with BOOM! Studios, as editor in chief and then chief creative office, writer and editor Mark Waid is returning to life as a freelancer, but will continue his three series with BOOM!... Read more [...]

2011 Fan Vixens calendar launch party Friday

The 2011 Fan Vixens calendar is being launched with a party at a Los Angeles art gallery this Friday night, with art, music, drink, giveaways, and models signing their work... Read more [...]

Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief sells in Spain

Spanish rights to Hannu Rajaniemi's debut novel, The Quantum Thief, have sold to Bibliopolis. Additionally, the original trade paperback edition is going back to press... Read more [...]

Stu Shiffman wins Rotsler Award

Stu Shiffman won this year's Rotsler Award for amateur artistic achievement... Read more [...]

Science Fiction Trails #6 appears

The sixth issue of science fiction/western annual Science Fiction Trails is now available, with fiction by Don D'Ammassa, Lee Clark Zumpe... Read more [...]

Richard A. Knaak sells new fantasy series to Sea Lion

Richard A. Knaak's Knight in Shadow trilogy will debut with Dragon Mound, coming next summer from Sea Lion Books... Read more [...]

Comics Creators Alliance unites to once again end human trafficking

Members of the Comic Creators Alliance are once again donating the use of their characters to a project to raise awareness of and funds to combat human trafficking... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s December 2010 Issue

Apex Magazine's December 2010 issue includes fiction by C.S.E. Cooney, Nick Wolven, and Erzebet YellowBoy... Read more [...]

Pyr Books celebrates James Enge’s The Wolf Age as its 100th novel with a free story

To celebrate the publication of James Enge's The Wolf Age as Pyr SF's 100th novel, the publisher and author are offering an exclusive free story... Read more [...]

Christopher Fowler sells new horror novel to Solaris

Solaris will publish Christopher Fowler's horror novel Hell Train simultaneously in the UK and the US in January 2012. The supernatural thriller is a multi-layered fun ride to the dark side... Read more [...]

TBuckell, SRGreen, JCHines, and KRichardson all turn in manuscripts

Tobias Buckell turned in the manuscript for Arctic Rising; Simon R. Green turned in Ghost of a Smile; Jim C. Hines turned in The Snow Queen's Shadow; and Kat Richardson turned in the the sixth Greywalker novel, Downpour... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Fifth Week in November 2010

Two magical movies own the top of the charts, but other than that, there are very few sf/f/h films in the top 25... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 28 November-4 December, and the month of November 2010

The most popular SFScope articles during the last week and the last month, as well as those which were updated... Read more [...]

Dark Scribe Magazine’s 4th annual Black Quill Awards nominees

Dark Scribe Magazine, the online publication about horror, announces the nominees for its fourth annual Black Quill Awards... Read more [...]

Brandon Sanderson continuing Mistborn with The Alloy of Law

Brandon Sanderson sold a new Mistborn novel, The Alloy of Law, to Moshe Feder at Tor Books. JABberwocky's Joshua Bilmes was the agent on the deal. Read more [...]