Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Vera Nazarian mashes-up Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park

Vera Nazarian's mash-up of Jane Austen's Masnfield Park brings in mummies, ancient Egyptian pharaohs, curses, and more... Read more [...]

Jaine Fenn sells two new novels to Gollancz, changes her name

Jaine Fenn, whose first novel appeared last year, has sold her fourth and fifth to Gollancz. They'll be appearing under her new name, J.N. Fenn... Read more [...]

Eric Brown sells new sf novel to Solaris

Eric Brown's Guardians of the Phoenix will appear in the UK and the US in late 2010... Read more [...]

Arkham Tales #5 now available; last issue

The fifth, and final, issue of free pdf weird fiction zine Arkham Tales is now available with eight short stories... Read more [...]

Sarah Monette sells new novel to Tor Books

Sarah Monette sold The Emperor of Elfland to Tor Books, to be published under the pseudonym "Katherine Addison"... Read more [...]

Doug Hulick sells first three novels to Ace

New author Doug Hulick sold three novels to Ace Books... Read more [...]

Dragon Moon Press open for novel submissions

Editor-in-Charge Gabrielle Harbowy is looking at submissions fantasy, science fiction, and "gentle horror" novel submissions for the month of December... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of November 2009

A pretty good week for sf/f/h movies, but the theatres are even more eager for next week, when the new Stephenie Meyer vampire film New Moon should pummel the competition... Read more [...]

Most Popular Articles: 15-21 November 2009

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

Sam Worthington options The Last Days of American Crime

Sam Worthington has optioned Rick Remender's The Last Days of American Crime comic book series, and plans to produce and star in it... Read more [...]

ChiZine Publications to publish multiple versions simultaneously, and take unsolicited submissions

ChiZine Publications will now be issuing all versions of their books (signed hardcover, trade paperback, and e-book) simultaneously, and also accepting unsolicited submissions... Read more [...]

Mandalay Pictures options Unthinkable

Mandalay Pictures optioned Mark Sable's five-issue comic book series Unthinkable, in which a think tank predicting terrorist scenarios is targeted when they start happening... Read more [...]

OSC’s Intergalactic Medicine Show publishes issue #15

The fifteenth issue of Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show features fiction by Bradley P. Beaulieu, Orson Scott Card, Geoffrey W. Cole, Ian Creasey, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tom Pendergrass... Read more [...]

Eric Shapiro sells collection to Permuted Press

Eric Shapiro's Stories for the End of the World will collect three short novels and seven short stories featuring zombies, flooding, a suicidal robot... Read more [...]

500 C2E2 VIP packages on sale 19 November

The first Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will be offering only 500 VIP packages (at $200 each) starting 19 November 2010... Read more [...]