Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Books Received: January 2012

Books received for review during the month of January 2012. This page is updated throughout the month. Read more [...]

World Fantasy Awards 2012 Judges Named

The judges for the 2012 World Fantasy Awards (for works published in 2011) have been empanelled, and are receiving material for consideration for the awards... Read more [...]

Asimov’s web site updated, Readers Award ballot available

The Asimov's Science Fiction web site now has content from the February 2012 issue, as well as the Readers Award ballot... Read more [...]

2011 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award, for best science fiction novel published in paperback original in the US, have been announced... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in January 2012

In a week when no new films open, sf/f/h movies hold on to some strong positions on the charts... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 1-7 January 2012

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

Lightspeed Magazine’s January 2012 issue

The January 2012 issue of Lightspeed Magazine will feature fiction by Megan Arkenberg, Aimee Bender, Nancy Kress, Marissa Lingen, Ken Liu, Paul McAuley, Anne McCaffrey, Sarah Monette, and M. Rickert... Read more [...]

Alien Cathouse brothel to feature girls from another world

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on plans for a new science-fictional themed brothel... Read more [...]

San Diego ComicCon founder Richard Alf dies

59-year-old Richard Alf was the youngster with the money at the founding of the San Diego ComicCon forty years ago... Read more [...]

Fan Rusty Hevelin Dies

Rusty Hevelin (1922-2011) published fanzines, co-founded PulpCon, and was a perpetual presence in fandom for seven decades... Read more [...]

SF/F/H films own the US box office in 2011

The top three movies, as well as 8 of the top 10 and 20 of the top 25 grossing movies of 2011 were science fiction, fantasy, or horror... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third and Fourth Weeks in December 2011

The last work week of the year was a focus on sf/f/h movies; the last week of the year was a focus on going to the movies... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: month of December, and the entire year of 2011

Welcome to 2012! SFScope is back on the air (so to speak). Here are the most popular articles during the last month and the last year... Read more [...]

Year-end vacation

No new SFScope posts until the new year... Read more [...]

He’s big, he’s back, he’s Taft… in 2012

Jason Heller's Taft 2012 brings a former President with a great message into a modern Presidential campaign, and wonders why we don't have such qualified candidates today... Read more [...]