Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Toronto Public Library’s Writer-in-Residence Karl Schroeder in live chat

SF author Karl Schroeder is the Toronto Public Library's Writer-in-Residence. On 24 March, he'll be leading a live on-line chat... Read more [...]

2010 Scribe Award nominees announced

The Scribe Awards honor media tie-in writing. In their third year, the awards will be presented during the San Diego Comic-Con, and will include Grand Master honoree William Johnston. Other nominees include... Read more [...]

Fantastic Books publishes Sarah Totton’s Animythical Tales

Animythical Tales explore the full kaleidoscope of the human heart and peel it back, one layer at a time... Read more [...]

Haffner publishing huge collections of Brackett, Hamilton, and Kuttner

Haffner Press will be publishing collections of Leight Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, and Henry Kuttner stories as part of their ongoing line of multi-volume complete retrospectives... Read more [...]

Lauren Oliver sells middle-grade trilogy to Harper

Lauren Oliver's The Story of Liesl & Po was pitched as the story of a girl, a ghost, two boxes, som ashes, some magic dust, and a magician's apprentice... Read more [...]

Jennifer Bresser to be new publisher of Putnam’s BfYR

Disney executive editor Jennifer Besser (who is responsible for Percy Jackson & the Olympians, among others) has been hired as the new vice president and publisher of G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers... Read more [...]

Ben Greenberg promoted to senior editor at Grand Central

Grand Central's Ben Greenberg has been promoted to senior editor at a time when he has two books on the New York Times bestseller lists... Read more [...]

Fantasic Books publishes Scott William Carter’s The Dinosaur Diaries

Scott William Carter's first print collection contains eighteen of his stories... Read more [...]

Apex Publications turns five, offers discount

Celebrating its fifth birthday, Apex Publications is offering a special birthday coupon good on purchases this week... Read more [...]

22nd annual Lambda Award nominees announced

The 23 categories of awards include one for Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror, and the winners will be announced... Read more [...]

2009 Tiptree Award Winners

The Tiptree Award honors works of speculative fiction that explore and expand gender roles. This year's winners are Cloud & Ashes by Greer Gilman, and the first two volumes of Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga... Read more [...]

Writers and Illustrators of the Future quarterly winners, and advice from the judges

The fourth quarterly winners of the 26th and 21st years of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests have been announced, and judges Larry Niven and K.D. Wentworth offer some advice to future entrants... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in March 2010

A new blockbuster tops the charts, as Lewis Carroll goes Tim Burton in 3-D. Other than that, there's some strength in sf/f/h films at the mid-range in the charts... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 7-13 March 2010

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

JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Bilmes, Brett, Campbell, Castro, Hines, and Huff

JABberwocky Literary Agency's latest batch of foreign rights sales includes books by Peter V. Brett, Jack Campbell, Adam-Troy Castro, Jim C. Hines, and Tanya Huff in France, Japan, Poland, Russia, and Turkey... Read more [...]