Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Stephen King’s “Colorado Kid” to be Canadian television production

Stephen King has taken "The Colorado Kid" to Canada's E1 to retain more control over the series to be known as Haven... Read more [...]

Jacq Cohen is Fantagraphics’ new Director of Publicity

Fantagraphics Books has hired Jacq Cohen as their new Director of Publicity. Eric Reynolds, who formerly held that title, is not leaving the company... Read more [...]

Norilana’s Under the Rose features “cutting-edge” sf

Norilana's newest original anthology includes stories by Lou Anders, John Grant, Ken Rand, Uncle River, Ekaterina Sedia, William John Watkins, Ian Whates... Read more [...]

Steampunk Tales publishes third downloadable e-issue

The third issue of Steampunk Tales has fiction by G.D. Falksen, John Leavitt, Michael Stutz, George S. Walker... Read more [...]

Nebula Award (prose) winners, by number of wins

Nebula Award (prose) winners, by number of wins Read more [...]

Cory Doctorow’s Norwegian Little Brother available as free pdf

Norwegian publisher Samlaget has released the pdf version of its translation of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother as a freely downloadable file... Read more [...]

The last doomsday was a fizzle? How about this one?

How many impending doomsdays can they predict for a thinking populace before we say: "The heck with it; we're going to survive."? Read more [...]

BOOM! Studios signs with by Haven Distributors for second printings

BOOM! Studios, which seems to make a habit of selling out of first printings of their comics, has signed a deal with Haven Distributors to make second printings available to retailers... Read more [...]

PS sale on Ramsey Campbell, pre-orders for Joe Hill, and poetry

PS Publishing is offering a sale on Ramsey Campbell's books in October, 25-30%. They'll start taking pre-orders on the new Joe Hill book this weekend. And they'll be launching a new poetry imprint... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s October 2009 Issue

The October 2009 issue of Apex Magazine is now available in a variety of formats. It includes fiction by Peter M. Ball, Paul Jessup, Alethea Kontis, and Jason Sizemore, along with nonfiction... Read more [...]

Tor republishing Richard Matheson’s collection The Box

Richard Matheson's collection The Box includes his story "Button, Button", upon which the upcoming film The Box is based... Read more [...]

Update your Amazon wish list to see Twilight: New Moon

Amazon.com is offering ten weeks of big prizes to celebrate ten years of their wish list feature. This week's prizes focus on The Twilight Saga: New Moon film premiere... Read more [...]

Jon Wood promoted at Orion

Jon Wood, has been promoted to deputy group publisher at Orion. In the new role, he'll be reporting to Malcolm Edwards. Wood will also keep his portfolio as publishing director of Orion Fiction and Gollancz, and still reporting to Lisa Milton in those roles. Read more [...]

German Publisher Reinhard Mohn Dies

Reinhard Mohn, Bertelsmann, Random House, Bantam Double Dell, Ballantine, Bantam, Del Rey, Delacorte, Doubleday, Spectra Read more [...]

Antipodean SF’s October 2009 Issue

Antipodean SF has posted its October 2009 issue. The online 'zine focuses on Australian short-short sf, and includes a competition to win copies... Read more [...]

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