Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Second Annual Toronto SpecFic Colloquium to Feature Guest of Honour Mike Carey

The Second annual Toronto SpecFic Colloquium will be 15 October, and will feature author Mike Carey along with many more talking about 'Modern Mythologies'... Read more [...]

2010 Bram Stoker Award Final Ballot

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for this year's Stoker Awards, from which the winners will be chosen. The nominees are... Read more [...]

Destinies March Memorials

Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will memorialize composer, John Barry, writer Dwayne McDuffie, and actor Nicholas Courtney... Read more [...]

Mythic Delirium is now open to submissions

Mythic Delirium's two-month reading period for the Summer/Fall issue is now open, but editor Mike Allen is only taking electronic submissions... Read more [...]

Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop returning, with new funding; applications due in March

Applications for the 2011 Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for writers will be accepted during the month of March... Read more [...]

World Fantasy Awards 2011 Judges Named

The judges for the 2011 World Fantasy Awards (for works published in 2010) have been empanelled, and are receiving material for consideration for the awards... Read more [...]

FoxAcre to reprint two Edward M. Lerner novels: Probe and Moonstruck

FoxAcre Press is republishing Edward M. Lerner's first two novels, Probe and Moonstruck... Read more [...]

K.G. McAbee and Cynthia D. Witherspoon sell steampunk series to Carina

K.G. McAbee and Cynthia D. Witherspoon, writing as Cynthia Gael, have just sold a steampunk series, The Brass Chronicles, to Carina Press, Harlequin's "digital-first imprint". Read more [...]

California bookstore Mysterious Galaxy is expanding

Mysterious Galaxy, located in San Diego since 1993, is opening another location in Redondo Beach this summer... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in February 2011

Other than the Academy Awards, it was a slow news week in terms of films, specifically genre pics at the box office... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 20-26 February 2011

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

Classic sf photographs now available

Andrew I. Porter has posted a slew of classic sf and fan photos dating back to the 1920s... Read more [...]

Danielle L. Parker sells four books to Mercury Retrograde Press

Danielle L. Parker sells four books in two different series to Mercury Retrograde Press... Read more [...]

Jeff Carlson sells Plague Year trilogy and another novel in Russia

Russian rights to Jeff Carlson Plague Year trilogy and forthcoming Interrupt sold to AST/Astrel... Read more [...]

2011 Audie Awards nominees

The Audio Publishers Association's 16th annual Audie Awards will be given out in May. The nominees in 28 categories include several of interest... Read more [...]