Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Destinies to focus on Greenberg, Green Lantern, and Gollum (well, The Hobbit)

Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature programs on Glenn Greenberg discussing DC/Marvel Crossover, Frederik Wiedemann about the Green Lantern soundtrack, and the new Hobbit movie (and its forebears)... Read more [...]

Trent Zelazny and Warren Lapine raising funds and reading stories for Shadows and Reflections: a Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology

The planned anthology will allow lesser known writers who were influenced by Roger Zelazny to participate, writing in Zelazny's universes... Read more [...]

New (and used) horror book store opens in Colchester, Connecticut

Books and Boos will have an author reading at its grand opening on December 8th in Colchester, Connecticut... Read more [...]

Daily Science Fiction’s December 2012 line-up

December's offerings from Daily Science Fiction will include stories by Alex Shvartsman and Lavie Tidhar... Read more [...]

Sometimes you have to travel to the Moon to grow up

Allen Steele's YA sf novel Apollo's Outcasts is a great updating of Heinlein's juveniles to modern sensibilities and modern science, with excellent world-building and gripping story-telling... Read more [...]

Actor Larry Hagman Dies

Actor Larry Hagman (1931-2012) was J.R. Ewing on Dallas, and Major Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers – Third Week in November 2012

The newest Twilight movie opened. Are you surprised it's at the top of the charts (taking in more money than all the other movies combined)?... Read more [...]

Haikasoru delivers an apocalyptic glimpse of Earth’s future with the release of the new sci-fi thriller Virus

Acclaimed novel by Japanese author Sakyo Komatsu published in English for the first time ever... Read more [...]

Giveaway: Win a copy of the Star Trek: Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual

SFScope is giving away a copy of the owners' workshop manual for one of Star Trek's most enduring vessels... Read more [...]

Russian author Boris Strugatsky dies

Russian author Boris Strugatsky (1933-2012) was known for his philosophical science fiction novels co-written with brother Arkady during the years of the Soviet Union, as well as for his political activism... Read more [...]

UFO Publishing Launches Anthology of Speculative Humor

UFO Publishing's original humorous sf anthology, Unidentified Funny Objects, includes stories by Ken Liu, Jody Lynn Nye, Jennifer Pelland, Mike Resnick, Chuck Rothman, Don Sakers, Lavie Tidhar... Read more [...]

Fictionwise is going offline on December 4th

Electronic short fiction store Fictionwise -- which was purchased by Barnes and Noble in 2009 -- is shuttering its electronic storefront on December 4th... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: second week in November 2012

It's Bond, James Bond, over all and then some... Read more [...]

2013 People’s Choice Award nominees

The nominees for the 2013 People's Choice Awards have been announced. As always, voting is open to the public. And as usual, the nominees are definitely showing the genre love... Read more [...]

Sony Pictures buys rights to Joe Haldeman’s Seasons; producer, director, and writer already named

Joe Haldeman's 1985 novella Seasons has been picked up by Sony Pictures for what is expected to be a completely CGI feature film... Read more [...]