Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Fanboys vs. Zombies launches at, and defends, Comic Con

Boom! Studios is debuting Fanboys vs. Zombies, in which the zombie apocalypse takes place at San Diego Comic Con, during this weekend's San Diego Comic Con... Read more [...]

Realms of Fantasy temporarily closing to submissions on 31 August

Realms of Fantasy will be closing to submissions, and closing its Post Office box, on 31 August. They'll reopen soon thereafter to electronic submissions... Read more [...]

Katherine MacLean is this year’s Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award honoree

The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award jury has determined that Katherine MacLean is the classic author most deserving of renewed attention this year... Read more [...]

Fourth Annual Shirley Jackson Award Winners

The winners of the fourth annual Shirley Jackson Awards, honoring the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic, are... Read more [...]

2011 Rhysling Award Winners

The winners of the this year's Rhysling Awards for sf poetry were announced this weekend, and corrected on 23 July. Amal El-Mohtar and C.S.E. Cooney took the top prizes... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in July 2011

Other than two new comedies (which couldn't dethrone the mighty morphin' power robots), the film charts were remarkably static this week as US box offices held their collective breath waiting for the eighth coming of Harry Potter... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 10-16 July 2011

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

Asimov’s September 2011 Issue

The September 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Neal Barrett, Jr., Ian Creasey, Carol Emshwiller, Erick Melton, R. Neube, Robert Reed, Allen M. Steele, Alan Wall... Read more [...]

Analog’s October 2011 Issue

The October 2011 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will feature fiction by Carl Frederick, Janet Catherine Johnston, Edward M. Lerner, Alastair Mayer, Jerry Oltion, Brad R. Torgersen... Read more [...]

Number 13 will be the last Sookie Stackhouse book

After twelve years of writing them and seeing them published in many countries selling millions of copies, author Charlaine Harris has announced that the forthcoming 13th Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire novel will be the last in the series... Read more [...]

Books Received: July 2011

Books received for review during the month of July 2011. This page is updated throughout the month. Read more [...]

NASA competition to design Out Of This World T-Shirt

Design a T-shirt commemorating the final space shuttle mission for a chance to win $500 plus a $500 Threadless gift certificate... Read more [...]

Fundraiser for LA Banks later this month in Harlem

Harlem's Hue-Man Bookstore is hosting an auction and book signing as a fundraiser to help LA Banks pay her increasing medical bills... Read more [...]

William C. Dietz’s Legion of the Damned to be an electronic game

Ace Books and Offworld Games are collaborating to turn William C. Dietz's nine-volume Legion of the Damned series into an electronic game available through the iTune App Store... Read more [...]

Arlan Andrews’ first collection of short fiction now available

Scientist and author Arlan Andrews announces the publication of his first collection of short fiction, Other Heads and Other Tales... Read more [...]