Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 2-8 January 2011

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

Realms of Fantasy buys from VCarr, LGoldstein, EHarvey, RHenderson, SMock, and PSamphire

Realms of Fantasy's newest purchases include stories by Von Carr, Lisa Goldstein, Euan Harvey (two), Randy Henderson, Sharon Mock, and Patrick Samphire... Read more [...]

Comics expert Jerry Weist dies

Comics expert Jerry Weist died of cancer. He opened one of the first comics shops in the US, and published The Comic Art Price Guide, Bradbury: An Illustrated Life... Read more [...]

Fan Ruth Kyle Dies

Ruth Kyle (1930-2011) was David A. Kyle's wife and the secretary of the 1956 WorldCon... Read more [...]

CHarris & TLPKelner, JCampbell, and EMoon all turn in manuscripts

Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner turned in Home Improvement: Undead Edition; Jack Campbell (John Hemry) turned in Phoenix Stars: Knight; and Elizabeth Moon turned in the next Paksenarrion novel... Read more [...]

The new characters are young and in Starfleet Academy, but The Delta Anomaly doesn’t get resolved

Very evocative of the new film franchise, but (as with that movie), not a very satisfying story... Read more [...]

Free workshop on Reading Your Work Aloud

The Garden State Horror Writers will host a free workshop for writers on Reading Your Work Aloud on 8 January... Read more [...]

British children’s author Dick King-Smith dies

British children's author Dick King-Smith (1922-2011) starting writing in his fifties, and created Babe... Read more [...]

Ellen Datlow reading for Best Horror of the Year 2011

Editor Ellen Datlow is now reading stories published during calendar year 2011 for possible inclusion in her Best Horror of the Year anthology... Read more [...]

E.C. Myers sells first novel to Pyr

Pyr will publish E.C. Myers' first novel, the YA Fair Coin... Read more [...]

Axel Alonso replaces Joe Quesada as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics

After ten years at Marvel, Axel Alonso is succeeding Joe Quesada as Editor-In-Chief of the publishing division, while Quesada moves on to larger projects within the company... Read more [...]

Apex’s Dark Faith horror anthology on sale cheap

Celebrating the fact that Dark Faith was Apex Books' best-selling book of 2010, they're offering the electronic version for $1.99... Read more [...]

Erin Underwood’s Free Fiction Sampler offers 38 books by 27 authors

Erin Underwood has posted a Free Fiction Sampler, containing samples of 38 books from 27 different authors... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine available to subscribers FIRST

Apex Magazine is no longer giving away free content concurrent with subscribers receiving their paid issues... Read more [...]

Natalie Portman’s Black Swan is a wonderfully dark and uncomfortable pas de deux

An allegory of Swan Lake remarkably frames a young dancer's growth into the role and descent into madness... Read more [...]