Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

64th Annual Emmy Award Nominees—the sf/f/h nominees

The 64th Annual Prime Time Emmy Award nominations include a better showing by genre productions (though most of them are in technical categories), including 17 nominations for American Horror Story... Read more [...]

Adventuring in dungeons and real life provides a wonderfully moving evening

Cameron McNary's Of Dice & Men presents six people who'd be at home in any sf setting experiencing real world joys and sorrows in a very familiar, entertaining environment... Read more [...]

Actor Morgan Paull Dies

Actor Morgan Paull (1944-2012) was another blade runner, Holden, in Ridley Scott's classic Blade Runner with Harrison Ford... Read more [...]

John Scalzi’s The Human Division to debut as a serial

Tor Books is publishing John Scalzi's newest Old Man's War novel, The Human Division, first as a serial this winter, and then as a traditional novel... Read more [...]

SF author Edward Willett’s Circle the Crops to celebrate city centennial

Former resident Edward Willett has written a science fiction-comedy play, Circle the Crops, which will be performed next summer to celebrate the centennial of the city of Weyburn, Saskatchewan... Read more [...]

TV Director Bill Asher Dies

Television director and producer William "Bill" Asher (1921-2012) won an Emmy for his work on Bewitched... Read more [...]

Fifth Annual Shirley Jackson Award Winners

The winners of the fifth annual Shirley Jackson Awards, honoring the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic, are... Read more [...]

2012 Scribe Award Winners

The winnners of this year's Scibe Awards, for media tie-in writers, have been announced. The winners are... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in July 2012

It's the hot-time of summer, and after the excitement of the July 4th week, we get a break from new excitement at the box office, as the genre films slip down the charts... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 8-14 July 2012

The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated... Read more [...]

Fredric Brown is this year’s Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award honoree

The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award jury has determined that Fredric Brown is the classic author most deserving of renewed attention this year... Read more [...]

Neil Gaiman sells five new books to HarperCollins

Neil Gaiman's new deal with HarperCollins includes two children's picture books and three middle-grade novels, including a sequel to Odd and the Frost Giants... Read more [...]

Arlan Andrews to talk about SIGMA and the Paranormal

SIGMA founder Dr. Arlan Andrews, Sr., will be speaking at Duke University's Rhine Center on SIGMA, government officials, and areas related to Psi and the Paranormal, this Friday... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s July 2012 issue

Apex Magazine's July 2012 issue includes fiction by Alec Austin, Kij Johnson, Ken Liu, Sarah Monette... Read more [...]

F&SF’s September/October 2012 Issue

The September/October 2012 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will feature fiction by Michael Alexander, Chet Arthur, Richard Butner, Albert E. Cowdrey, Grania Davis, Peter Dickinson, Andy Duncan, Rand B. Lee, Ken Liu, Richard A. Lupoff, Lydia E. Rucker... Read more [...]