Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

2011 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Finalists

The finalists for this year's John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for best science fiction novel of 2010) and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for best short science fiction story of 2010) have been announced. They are... Read more [...]

King Freedom considers freedom as a goal to be actively pursued

Uncle River's new novel, King Freedom, tells the story of people rising up against tyrannical governmental and religious institutions, trying to live... Read more [...]

Three slices of steampunk for 99 cents: Jonathan Green’s Ulysses Quicksilver Short Story Collection

Jonathan Green's The Ulysses Quicksilver Short Story Collection is a brief electronic introduction to his multi-volume Pax Britannia world in which Queen Victoria enters her sixteenth decade on the throne... Read more [...]

Analog’s September 2011 Issue

The September 2011 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will feature fiction by Craig DeLancey, Carl Frederick, Edward M. Lerner, Emily Mah, Gray Rinehart, Brad R. Torgersen... Read more [...]

Asimov’s August 2011 Issue

The August 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Philip Brewer, Lisa Goldstein, Zachary Jernigan, Will Ludwigsen, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Melanie Tem... Read more [...]

Renovation Announces At-Con Membership and Day Admission Rates

Renovation, this year's WorldCon, has announced the at-the-door membership rates, which will take effect on 18 July... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s June 2011 issue

Apex Magazine's June 2011 issue includes fiction by Chesya Burke, Anaea Lay, Shira Lipkin, Seana Mcguire, Kathryn Weaver... Read more [...]

Realms of Fantasy’s readers’ award winners

The winners of the reader-chosen awards in Realms of Fantasy are... Read more [...]

The Journal of Unlikely Entomology launches with seven buggie stories

The Journal of Unlikely Entomology is a new literary market for fiction that delves into the world of things that creep and crawl and explores the limits of what it means to be human... Read more [...]

John Langan’s How the Day Runs Down to be New York stage play

John Langan adapted his own F&SF story into the stage play How the Day Runs Down, which New York City's Nicu's Spoon Theatre Company will be performing in July... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Fifth Week in May 2011

The chart toppers are strong, but there's a lot of movement farther down the charts, and sf/f/h films are still taking their share of the box offices... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 29 May-4 June 2011

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

Realms of Fantasy turns 100, and will soon enter the world of electronic submissions

As part of the 100th issue celebrations, Realms of Fantasy's Fiction Editor Shawna McCarthy has announced that she'll soon be reading electronic submissions, as well as poetry submissions... Read more [...]

Nonstop Press asking for cover design help

Nonstop Press' forthcoming real/fantastic anthology Why New Yorkers Smoke needs a new cover, and the publishers are asking for help in choosing... Read more [...]

Author Joel Rosenberg Dies

Author and Second Amendment advocate Joel Rosenberg (1954-2011) died in the wake of recent legal action stemming from his advocacy. He was a Campbell Award nominee... Read more [...]