True Review #88 now online
The April issue of Andrew Andrews’ review ‘zine is now available, with feature reviews of 12 books, including… Read more [...]
Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock
Tachyon publishing The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2
F&SF editor Gordon Van Gelder and Tachyon Publications are teaming up for the second volume of the best of the magazine, with stories dating from 1952 to 2011... Read more [...]
Books Received: April 2014
Books received for review during the month of April 2014… Read more [...]
Open Road Media to Publish Uncovered Stories from Award-Winning Fiction Author Octavia E. Butler
Two new stories discovered years after death of groundbreaking author; Walter Mosley to write introduction... Read more [...]
Daily Science Fiction’s May 2014 line-up
May’s offerings from Daily Science Fiction will include stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Patricia Russo, and a new series by Nicky Drayden... Read more [...]
HarperCollins to re-release Richard Kadrey’s Metrophage in a signed, limited edition
Richard Kadrey's early cyberpunk novel Metrophage, long available electronically, returns to print as a signed, collectible hardcover edition this November... Read more [...]
Analog’s July/August 2014 Issue
The July/August double issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will contain fiction by Eric Choi, Timons Esaias, Michael F. Flynn, Daniel Hatch, James K. Isaac, Bill Johnson, Paula S. Jordan, Andrew Reid, Rajnar Vajra, Juliette Wade, R. Garrett Wilson, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro... Read more [...]
Asimov’s July 2014 Issue
The July 2014 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction will contain fiction by M. Bennardo, Karl Bunker, Evan Fuller, Alexander Jablokov, Sandra McDonald, Robert Reed, Allen M. Steele... Read more [...]
Chuck Gannon wins Compton Crook Award
Chuck Gannon's first novel, Fire With Fire, is the winner of this year's Compton Crook Award for best first sf novel... Read more [...]
Science Fiction Trails #11 now available
The eleventh issue of Science Fiction Trails includes fiction by Sam Knight, C. J. Killmer, J. A. Campbell, Lyn McConchie, Henrik Ramsager, R. A. Conine, and Jackson Kuhl... Read more [...]
2013 BSFA Awards winners
The winners of the 2013 BSFA Awards were announced, including a tie in the Best Novel category... Read more [...]
Destinies to focus on twisted fairy tales, special readings, and Spider-Man 2
Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature programs on twisted versions of fairy tales, a 31st anniversary episode of special readings, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2... Read more [...]
Before Game of Thrones, no one named babies “Khaleesi.” In 2012, it beat the name “Betsy.”
Shared without comment. Thanks, SFScope friend Andrew Porter.
http://www.vox.com/2014/4/9/5590250/game-of-thrones-has-changed-the-way-we-name-babies
Help save Tatooine
A fund-raising campaign seeks additional funding to save the Tunisian set on which several pivotal scenes in the Star Wars movies were filmed. The set is being covered by the desert... Read more [...]
Frederik Pohl memorial planned for August in Illinois
Elizabeth Ann Hull is making plans for a celebration in memory of Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) on August 2, 2014, in Palatine, Illinois... Read more [...]