Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in September
Not a lot of movement on the charts this week, with genre films still holding onto many of lower spots... Read more [...]
Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock
Books Received: first half of September 2012
Books received for review during the first half of September 2012... Read more [...]
Huffington Post’s Maureen Ryan provides 70-minute interview with George R.R. Martin, recorded at WorldCon
Mo Ryan had a seventy-minute interview with Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and radio personality Peter Sagal at the recently concluded WorldCon. She's excerpted that interview into a print article, and posted the entirety of the audio file... Read more [...]
My view of Chicon 7
The excerpt goes here, but seriously, I had enough of a struggle boiling down the five days of WorldCon to the full-length review. Chopping that down to an excerpt is nigh unto impossible. Just click the link and read the article. (Includes some photos.) Read more [...]
SFWA’s Estates Liaison is again searching for contacts for a list of writers’ estates
SFWA’s Estates Liaison Bud Webster has a new list of estates for which contact information may facilitate publication of the authors’ stories… Read more [...]
Call for Papers: “A Game of Thrones and History” (essay collection)
History professor Janice Liedl is putting together a collection of essays comparing George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones to real-world historical parallels... Read more [...]
Rare first edition of Frankenstein, inscribed to Lord Byron, on display and for sale
A copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which she inscribed to Lord Byron, has been discovered in a family library, and will be offered for sale... Read more [...]
HWA announces Second Annual Halloween Haunts online blog event
The Horror Writers Association will once again be blogging about horror every day in October, and giving away some books and other prizes during the event... Read more [...]
WSFA Small Press Award – 2012 Nominees
The nominees for this year's WSFA Small Press Award have been announced... Read more [...]
Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in September
After last week's back-to-school drought at the box office, several genre films felt renewed interest this week... Read more [...]
Apex Magazine’s September 2012 issue
Apex Magazine's September 2012 issue includes fiction by Elizabeth Bear, Adam-Troy Castro, Katharine E.K. Duckett, and Jennifer Pelland... Read more [...]
Daily Science Fiction’s September 2012 line-up
September’s offerings from Daily Science Fiction will include stories by Ken Liu and Robert Reed Read more [...]
Lionel Fenn’s Blood River Down now available as an audio book
Charles L. Grant, writing as Lionel Fenn, published the first volume of his Quest of the White Duck trilogy in 1986. Now it's available as an audio book... Read more [...]
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan Dies
Michael Clarke Duncan (1957-2012) won a Saturn Award for his role in The Green Mile, co-starred in Armageddon and Daredevil... Read more [...]
London wins bid to host 2014 WorldCon
London has won the right to host the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention, the third time the 75-year-old con will be held in that city... Read more [...]