Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Rachel Caine is celebrating by giving away a PC, Kindle, and more

Author Rachel Caine is celebrating the publication of her seventh Morganvilla Vampires novel and a full-page publisher ad in People with wonderful goodies for her readers... Read more [...]

Foriegn rights sales for Chloe Neill, Rachel Caine, and Faith Hunter

Agent Lucienne Diver sold foreign rights to Chloe Neill's Dark Elite series in the UK, to Rachel Caine's Glass Houses in Thailand, and to Faith Hunter's Skinwalker in Russia... Read more [...]

Joe Haldeman on the road to recovery

Joe Haldeman's recovery continues apace, and apparently his sense of humor is completely unimpaired... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of October 2009

Even with a new release in the #1 spot, it was a very bad week for sf/f/h films at the box office... Read more [...]

Most Popular Articles: 18-24 October 2009

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

Dark Desserts seeks delicious logo

Help design the logo for Dark Desserts, and win a prize package of, well, dark desserts... Read more [...]

Book launch/reading for Lovecraft Unbound on 27 October

The NYRSF Reading Series is hosting a book launch/reading for Ellen Datlow's newest anthology, Lovecraft Unbound, and at the same time opening the brand new SoHo Gallery for Digital Art... Read more [...]

Small Beer Press’s Working Writer’s Daily Planner slightly delayed

Small Beer Press's Working Writer's Daily Planner 2010 has been slightly delayed, but the publisher is offering a sample chapter (the month of March) for free... Read more [...]

Agent Evan Goldfried open to submissions from potential clients

Agent Evan Goldfried, the new agent at Jill Grinberg Literary Management, follows up his first six-figure sale with a call for new clients... Read more [...]

Nickelodeon pays $60 million to become the new home of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Nickelodeon has paid $60 million for all rights to The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and is already planning a new television series, as well as a new feature film with its corporate partner Paramount. Co-creator Peter A. Laird said... Read more [...]

Dorchester Publishing reveals its next six months’ worth of titles

Dorchester Publishing will be releasing two horror novels a month for the next six months, along with a nice selection of paranormal romances, and a few... Read more [...]

Bookseller Barry R. Levin starts film production company

Rare sf bookseller Barry R. Levin is moving into the film production realm, as he announces the launch of Science Fiction Fantasy Films Inc... Read more [...]

New agent sells new author’s fantasy trilogy for six figures

Newish agent Evan Goldfried sold new author Kevin Hearne's "American Druid" series (right now, a trilogy) to Del Rey at auction for six figures... Read more [...]

Gary A. Braunbeck sells two books to Apex Publications

Gary A. Braunbeck sold Apex Publications a novel in his Cedar Hill Cycle, and a non-fiction book on writing horror... Read more [...]

Dorchester giving away a DVD copy of Jack Ketchum’s Offspring

Dorchester Publications is giving away a copy of the new DVD release of Jack Ketchum's Offspring for new subscribers to their Horror Newsletter (those already subscribing can also enter)... Read more [...]