Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Renovation discounting membership rates for this weekend

Renovation, this year's WorldCon, is cutting the price of adult and family attending memberships purchased online this Monday, or in person this weekend... Read more [...]

State of Decay wins the Compton Crook

James Knapp's State of Decay is the winner of this year's Compton Crook Award, sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society... Read more [...]

This Friday’s Philadelphia Fantastic author reading with L.A. Banks has been canceled

This Friday's Philadelphia Fantastic author reading with L.A. Banks has been canceled. She is hospitalized and unable to attend... Read more [...]

Prime Books’ new web site

Prime Books' new web site includes a blog, free fiction, features, and more... Read more [...]

Analog and Asimov’s readers’ award winners

The winners of the reader-chosen awards at Analog and Asimov's are... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in May 2011

Not a lot of movement in the genre pictures on the charts, other than little slips down, while Mjolnir and his wielder show some strength... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 15-21 May 2011

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

2010 Nebula Award Winners Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America handed out this year's Nebula Awards in a ceremony in Washington, DC. The winners are... Read more [...]

Eye candy, mind popcorn—Thor

Visually stunning, but intellectually thin... Read more [...]

2011 Mythopoeic Award Finalists Announced

The nominees for the 2011 Mythopoeic Awards for fantastical literature and studies thereof are... Read more [...]

Nebula Award ceremony to stream live on the internet tonight

You can watch this evening's Nebula Awards ceremony from the comfort of your own computer screen... Read more [...]

WorldCon releases 2011 Hugo Voter Packet

This year's Hugo Voter Packet contains most of the written works on this year's Hugo Award ballot, as well as samples of works by nominees in other categories, and is available to members... Read more [...]

Droemer buys German rights to Chris Beckett’s The Holy Machine

Droemer bought German language rights to Chris Beckett's debut novel, The Holy Machine... Read more [...]

2010 Writers and Illustrators of the Future prizes awarded

The 27th Writers of the Future and 22nd Illustrators of the Future grand prize winners were named: Richard P.L. Johnson and Irvin Rodriguez... Read more [...]

Larry Ashmead Award to further young editors’ education

Named for editor Larry Ashmead, who died last year, the Ashmead Award will fund a young editor's attendance at a publishing educational venue, this year at Yale University... Read more [...]