Laser weapons: coming soon to a naval vessel near you?
The US Navy has successfully tested a high energy laser weapon at sea...
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Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock
Asimov’s April/May 2011 Issue
The April/May 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Christopher Barzak, Esther M. Friesner, Alexander Jablokov, Nick Mamatas, William Preston, Tom Purdom, Mike Resnick, Rudy Rucker, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jack Skillingstead, Michael Swanwick...
Read more [...] WFC soliciting nominations for World Fantasy Awards. WFC membership cap reached
Nominations are open for the 2011 World Fantasy Awards. The two nominees chosen by the members of this year's World Fantasy Convention will join the three (or more) judges' choices in each of nine categories. In other news, the membership cap has been reached...
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Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in April 2011
Genre movies maintain their lock on the top of the charts, holding spots 1 through 4 and 8 through 10...
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Most Popular and Updated Articles: 3-9 April 2011
The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated...
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2011 Eisner Comic Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for this year's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. Voting opens to the community soon, and the winners will be announced at this summer's San Diego Comic-Con...
Read more [...] Honoring Derryl Murphy’s novel and mathematician John Napier with a contest
Honoring the 394th anniversary of the death of mathematician John Napier, and the current publication of Derryl Murphy's Napier's Bones, ChiZine Publications is running contest, offering books for math...
Read more [...] Funny once: the gall of turning bad publicity news into good
When a reviewer sells your galley on eBay, you can grumble, or you can turn it into a publicity opportunity (well, not anymore, because this publisher did)...
Read more [...] Yoda trains the Terminator, and then this 17-year-old badass goes to town in Hanna
A haunting portrayal of a girl finding her way in an alien world turns into a kick-ass action flick...
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Famous Monsters of Filmland presents Imagi-Movies Film Festival this weekend in Beverly Hills, California
The Famous Monsters of Filmland's Imagi-Movies Film Festival will feature a tribute to Vincent Price and Dracula, little-seen films of the past, panels...
Read more [...] Pseudonymous author Nathan Hawke sells fantasy trilogy to Gollancz
Agent John Jarrold has sold a fantasy trilogy to Gollancz. The books, written by the pseudonymous Nathan Hawke, deal with a flawed-but-true hero...
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William King signs to write new Warhammer trilogy for Black Library
William King's new Warhammer 40K trilogy will be based within the Imperial Guard...
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Analog’s May 2011 Issue
The May 2011 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will feature fiction by Ron Collins, Bond Elam, Walter L. Kleine, Ian McHugh, Jerry Oltion, Bud Sparhawk, Rajnar Vajra...
Read more [...] Free NYC Doctor Who screening and Q&A
A special premier screening of this season's two-part Doctor Who premiere is open to the public (but with very limited seating) this Monday in New York City...
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Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas is this month’s Orbital Drop
This month's cheap Orbit book is Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas, the first of his Culture novels...
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