Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock
McGraw-Hill publishing Rob Salkowitz’s non-fiction look at the growth of Comic-Con
Rob Salkowitz's Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture: What the World's Wildest Trade Show Can Tell Us About the Future of Entertainment will appear this June from McGraw-Hill...
Read more [...] The Testament of Jessie Lamb wins Clarke Award
Jane Rogers won this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel The Testament of Jessie Lamb...
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Composer Joel Goldsmith Dies
Composer Joel Goldsmith (1957-2012) worked with his father Jerry Goldsmith on some projects, but won three Emmy nominations himself for his work on the Stargate franchises...
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Apex Magazine’s May 2012 issue
Apex Magazine's May 2012 issue includes fiction by Rahul Kanakia, Nnedi Okorafor, and Rachel Swirsky...
Read more [...] Lightspeed Magazine’s May 2012 issue
The May 2012 issue of Lightspeed Magazine will feature fiction by Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, C.C. Finlay, Jeffrey Ford, Nicola Griffith, David Langford, Linda Nagata, Melanie Rawn, Kim Stanley Robinson, Catherynne M. Valente...
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Sarah Zettel starts new series with a trilogy sale to Hougton Mifflin
Sarah Zettel sold the first three books in The Palace Intrigue Diaries to Houghton Mifflin...
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Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in April 2012
After four weeks at the top of the charts, a comedy and a drama push The Hunger Games out of the number one spot. But are they just clearing the path for The Avengers?...
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Most Popular and Updated Articles: 22-28 April 2012
The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated...
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Enterprise is coming to town
In which SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock takes the morning off to greet the arrival of Space Shuttle Test Vehicle Enterprise in New York City...
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Author/Environmentalist Ernest “Chick” Callenbach Dies
Author/environmentalist Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) was best known for his 1975 novel Ecotopia...
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Radio Theatre presents H.P. Lovecraft and more horrors
New York City's Radio Theatre, an interactive theatrical event featuring classical story-telling techniques, is running overlapping showings of classic H.P. Lovecraft stories...
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Daily Science Fiction’s May 2012 line-up
May's offerings from Daily Science Fiction will include stories by Lou Antonelli, Ken Liu, Lavie Tidhar...
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Why live in the present? Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris
Not a full review of this interesting film, but a discussion-leading question of one key point...
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Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in April 2012
Three new films this week include the less-than-blockbusting Cabin in the Woods and Lockout, while The Hunger Games maintains its death grip on the top of the charts...
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