Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Ian Whates sells German rights to The Noise Within

German rights to Ian Whates' debut novel, The Noise Within, have been bought by Heyne... Read more [...]

70,000 readers vote for their favorite Harry Potter characters, ending with a surprise winner

An open poll, voted on by more than 70,000 readers, determined the 40 favorite characters from the Harry Potter series. Number one may not be the one you expected... Read more [...]

Fan Richard A. Hoen Dies

Richard A. Hoen famously predicted the November 1949 issue of Astounding in 1948, and convinced John W. Campbell to create it... Read more [...]

William H. Patterson undergoes foot amputation

Author and biographer William H. Patterson, Jr., was ill during the recently concluded WorldCon, and upon returning home, had a partial foot amputation following a diabetic attack... Read more [...]

Wildside jumps into audiobook publishing

John Betancourt's Wildside Press is moving into publishing audio books (available through Audible.com), with five available and another 50 already in production. Authors include Damien Broderick, Lin Carter, B.A. Chepaitis, Avram Davidson, Keith Roberts, Brian M. Stableford... Read more [...]

Live reading/recording of Ellen Kusner’s Swordspoint

Ellen Kushner will be recording the audiobook version of her novel Swordspoint, and invites fans to attend the session on Long Island... Read more [...]

Daily Science Fiction’s September 2011 line-up

Daily Science Fiction celebrates its first birthday with August's offerings, which will include stories by Eugie Foster, Nina Kirki Hoffman, Robert Reed... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in August 2011

Summer doldrums bring new genre, non-blockbuster films. Then again, total box office take seems to be slacking off, too... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 21-27 August 2011

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

Fantastic Books’ Hurricane Irene Sale

Hurricane Irene is keeping Fantastic Books away from Pi-Con, but prompting the publisher to offer a sale on all its titles this weekend only... Read more [...]

Analog’s November 2011 Issue

The November 2011 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will feature fiction by Adam-Troy Castro, Don D'Ammassa, Bill Johnson, Paul Levinson, Jack McDevitt, Alec Nevala-Lee, Jerry Oltion... Read more [...]

Asimov’s October/November 2011 Issue

The October/November 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Eleanor Arnason, Jason K. Chapman, Kij Johnson, Nancy Kress, Derek Kunsken, Eugene Mirabelli, Dominica Phetteplace, Kit Reed, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jack Skillingstead... Read more [...]

Abaddon Books’ “Summer of Steampunk”

Abaddon Books is celebrating their Summer of Steampunk with book giveaways, competitions, online chats, and more... Read more [...]

Marvin Kaye buys Weird Tales; will edit it himself

Editor and author Marvin Kaye is buying Weird Tales from John Betancourt's Wildside Press, which has owned and edited the magazine for seven years... Read more [...]

Jar Jar Binks Must Die, and Daniel M. Kimmel must be read

Fantastic Books has changed the ISBN and cover of its best-selling Jar Jar Binks Must Die… by Daniel M. Kimmel, which is garnering rave reviews... Read more [...]