Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Animation producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. Dies

Arthur Rankin, Jr. (1924-2014) was one-half of Rankin/Bass Productions, which was responsible for a slew of iconic animated specials, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. He also earned a Hugo nomination for 1978's The Hobbit... Read more [...]

Daily Science Fiction’s February 2014 line-up

February’s offerings from Daily Science Fiction will include stories by G.O. Clark, Ken Liu, Jonathan Vos Post, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley... Read more [...]

Back to the Future coming to the stage

Back to the Future's writer Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis have been in talks with London-based director Jamie Lloyd and producer Colin Ingram to bring the 30-year-old time-traveling film franchise to the stage in London, and are aiming to open next year... Read more [...]

Tor Books hiring a new publicist

Tor Books has a job opening for a book publicist... Read more [...]

Oscars to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz

This year's award ceremony will mark the 75th anniversary of the iconic film. And days ago, Ruth Robinson Duccini died; she was one of the last two surviving actors who played Munchkins in the film... Read more [...]

Japanese rights to Jeff Carlson’s The Frozen Sky sell to Tokyo Sogen

Jeff Carlson's agent sold Japanese rights to his novel The Frozen Sky, which was originally self-published... Read more [...]

Major comics exhibit at the British Library running this summer

The British Library's Comics Unmasked will explore the history of comics from 1825 to the modern day. The exhibit will run concurrently with WorldCon... Read more [...]

Cliff Chiang in the spotlight in TwoMorrows’ latest Modern Masters volume

The artist of DC's breakout hit Wonder Woman shares stories about his work, career and path to comics stardom... Read more [...]

Quercus Books seeks a buyer for the whole company

The British publisher of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and of sf imprint Jo Fletcher Books has announced it is up for sale... Read more [...]

Nowegian author Jon Bing dies

Jon Bing (1944-2014) was instrumental in the founding of organized Norwegian fandom before turning pro with novels, stories, and anthologies... Read more [...]

2013 Academy Award Nominees Announced

Though we may be cleaning up at the box office, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science deems fewer and fewer speculative fiction films worthy of its Oscar nominations... Read more [...]

2013 Razzie Award Nominees Announced

The 34th annual Razzie Award nominations have been announced. Mercifully, there are very few sf/f/h nominees... Read more [...]

Convention weekend

SFScope will be mostly off-line for the next few days, since we'll be at Arisia in Boston. Come join us... Read more [...]

Read an excerpt from Staroamer’s Fate on Amazing, and win a copy of the complete book

Amazing Stories will be posting an excerpt of Chuck Rothman's Staroamer's Fate, and for the week running from Sunday 19 January to Saturday 25 January, commenters will be entered to win a copy of the book... Read more [...]

Imaginer: The Art of Clive Barker, available as a limited edition on Kickstarter

A collection of dynamic artworks from the hand of one of the most influential creative minds of the last fifty years... Read more [...]