Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Short story author George M. Ewing dies

George M. Ewing (1946-2010) wrote several stories that appeared in Asimov's, as well as a book for scroungers... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in May 2010

No one can mess with Iron Man, though Robin Hood tried... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 16-22 May 2010

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

2010 Prix Aurora Award Winners

Posting the winners of the 2010 Prix Aurora Awards (for Canadian sf/f) live as they happen... Read more [...]

Walter H. Hunt’s A Song in Stone is once again available

Walter H. Hunt's Knights Templar time-travel novel A Song in Stone—only briefly available from the original publisher—is now available through Fantastic Books... Read more [...]

JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Brett, Campbell, Edelman, Hines, Huff, and Sanderson

JABberwocky Literary Agency's latest batch of foreign rights sales includes books by Peter V. Brett, Jack Campbell, David Louis Edelman, Jim C. Hines, Tanya Huff, and Brandon Sanderson in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, and Spain... Read more [...]

Jon Sprunk’s Shadow’s Son sells in Spain

JABberwocky's's Eddie Schneider reports the sale of Spanish rights to Jon Sprunk's Shadow's Son, to Alianza. Read more [...]

ChiZine Publications e-books now widely available

ChiZine Publications has increased the distribution of their e-books, signing with several on-line retailers, including Amazon... Read more [...]

Paula Guran’s Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror to debut this October

Contents of the first volume of Paula Guran's new "year's best" series, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, will include... Read more [...]

Sookie Stackhouse sales, True Blood news, and more from the world of Charlaine Harris

The third seas of True Blood debuts 13 June, agent Joshua Bilmes reports foreign rights sales in Czech, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Taiwan, the UK, and news of Charlaine Harris's other works... Read more [...]

Erin Hoffman sells debut novel to Pyr

Erin Hoffman sold her debut novel to Editorial Director Lou Anders at Pyr. The book, to be titles Sword of Fire and Sea, is the first book in Hoffman's "The Chaos Knight" series. Anders offers this brief description of the story: "Think Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion meets Avatar: The Last Airbender." Read more [...]

SFBC hiring new editorial assistant

Senior Editor Rome Quezada is in the market for a new editorial assistant for the Science Fiction Book Club... Read more [...]

John Goldmisth/AIP Entertainment option Randall Garrett’s “Lord Darcy” novels

Agent Joshua Bilmes sold a film option on Randall Garrett's "Lord Darcy" novels to Australian producers AIP Entertainment and British screenwriter John Goldsmith... Read more [...]

Marty Halpern is posting the contents of Is Anybody Out There? for free

Marty Halpern's new anthology explores why we haven't heard from ET. Presaging its publication, Halpern is posting stories from it online... Read more [...]

Night Shade Books launching Pugilist Press

Night Shade Books is launching Pugilist Press, a new imprint focusing on contemporary literary fiction with an edge, edited by Juliet Ulman... Read more [...]