Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Robert J. Sawyer predicted this year’s Nobel Prize winners

Robert J. Sawyer's 1999 novel FlashForward wasn't supposed to be prescient, but several of his predictions have recently come true... Read more [...]

Antipodean SF’s October 2011 Issue

Antipodean SF has posted its October 2011 issue. The online 'zine focuses on Australian short-short sf... Read more [...]

Clarkesworld Magazine’s October 2011 issue

The October issue of Clarkesworld Magazine has fiction by Ken Liu, Erik Amundsen, and Catherynne M. Valente, and non-fiction by Mark Cole, Jeremy L.C. Jones, and Neil Clarke... Read more [...]

Temporary SFScope e-mail rerouting

Don't use the Contact Us link right now; we're having e-mail trouble. Instead... Read more [...]

Penguin acquires US rights to Curtis Jobling’s third and fourth Wereworld books

Penguin bought US rights to the third and fourth Wereworld books by Curtis Jobling... Read more [...]

Lightspeed Magazine’s October 2011 issue

The October 2011 issue of Lightspeed Magazine will feature fiction by Adam-Troy Castro, Cassandra Clare, David Farland, and Justina Robson... Read more [...]

Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest open for submissions

The sixth annual Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest is now open for submissions. Deadline is 1 February 2012... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in September 2011

Four non-genre films open near the top of the charts, though they can't overtake the teenaged lion. But otherwise, a poor showing for sf/f/h films this week... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 25 September-1 October, and month of September 2011

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

Author Sara Douglass Dies

Australian author Sara Douglass (1957-2011) won three Aurealis Awards, and was nominated for ten more... Read more [...]

Fantasy Fantasy League 2011 now open

Author Michael J. Martineck's Fantasy Fantasy League 2011 aims to win back the title from the sports enthusiasts for the fantasy enthusiasts... Read more [...]

Stillking Films options Adam L.G. Nevill’s horror novel The Ritual

Stillking Films, which has produced films such as Casino Royale and The Illusionist, has optioned Adam L.G. Nevill's horror novel The Ritual... Read more [...]

F&SF’s November/December 2011 Issue

The November/December issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will feature fiction by James L. Cambias, Albert E. Cowdrey, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Matthew Hughes, Michaela Roessner, Tim Sullivan, and Evangeline Walton... Read more [...]

Del Rey Editor-in-Chief Betsy Mitchell to Retire

Betsy Mitchell, who has been the editor-in-chief of Del Rey Books since 2002, has announced she'll be taking early retirement in December... Read more [...]

Lawrence Person reviews the Jerry Weist auction, putting prices in context

The recent auction of Jerry Weist's collection realized some interesting prices, and reset the market. Lawrence Person reviews it... Read more [...]