Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Winner of the Blow the Top of Scott Edelman’s Head Off Really Cool Zombie Filmmaking Competition is announced

Author Scott Edelman has announced the winner of his short-film competition... Read more [...]

Children’s author Florence Parry Heide dies

Children's author Florence Parry Heide (1919-2011) was the author of the Treehorn trilogy, and about 100 other titles... Read more [...]

2011 World Fantasy Award Winners

The winners of this year's World Fantasy Awards are... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in October 2011

It's Halloween, so a horror movie tops the charts. Beyond that, some unremarkable openings, and a slew of genre films slip out of the top 25... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 23-29 October 2011

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

George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards coming to big screen

Syfy Films options George R.R. Martin's long-running shared universe series Wild Cards, and already has co-creator Melinda Snodgrass working on a screenplay... Read more [...]

Daily Science Fiction’s November 2011 line-up

November's offerings from Daily Science Fiction will include stories by Jay Caselberg, Ken Liu, Eric James Stone... Read more [...]

Marvel Comics lays off 11

Marvel Comics laid off 11 people last week, including three editors... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in October 2011

Not a lot of movement on the charts this week leaves the top slot to last week's fighting robots... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 16-22 October 2011

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

Sex and Violence in Zero-G

Allen Steele's Sex and Violence in Zero-G will collect all of his Near Space stories in one handsome volume... Read more [...]

The Shattered Vine, a satisfying end to the Vineart War, arrives with an elegant launch party

Laura Anne Gilman brings a satisfying conclusion to her Vineart War trilogy, with wine generating magic and mysteries generating conflicts... Read more [...]

Rod Rees’ Demi-Monde sells in Turkey

Rod Rees' Demi-Monde series, which debuted earlier this year, has now sold to Inkilap in Turkey... Read more [...]

Destinies to feature Patrick Thomas and Voltaire

Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature author Patrick Thomas and performer Voltaire... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in October 2011

With only two new films opening this week (including one genre flick), it's a good weeks for sf/f/h at the box office, with several actually climbing the charts... Read more [...]