Captain America auction at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

Hollywood auction house Profiles in History will be running a special Captain America: The First Avenger auction during this year's Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, featuring one-of-a-kind items from the movie and others... Read more [...]

ComiXology tops 50 million downloads

Electronic comics retailer comiXology has sold 50 million downloads in its first five years... Read more [...]

Composer Robert Sherman Dies

Composer Robert Sherman (1925-2012) was half of a brotherly songwriting duo responsible for It's a Small World, two Academy Awards, and a Grammy, as well as a slew of Disney films... Read more [...]

Stephen King to narrate the audio edition of The Wind Through the Keyhole

For the first time in a decade, Stephen King will narrate an entire audio novel, his upcoming The Wind Through the Keyhole, newest in his Dark Tower series... Read more [...]

Gareth L. Powell signs with JJLA

Author Gareth L. Powell is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency... Read more [...]

Fan and former bookseller Dick Spelman is gravely ill dies

Former convention bookseller Dick Spelman is in hospice care. Update: Spelman passed away on March 6th... Read more [...]

Writer Paul Haines Dies

Writer Paul Haines (1970-2012) was born in New Zealand and lived in Australia. His brief career earned him multiple Aurealis and Ditmar awards, and resulted in three collections... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in February 2012

The genre films at the top of the charts show some strength, but it's not a remarkable week any which way at the box offices... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 26 February-3 March, and month of February 2012

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

Artist Ralph McQuarrie Dies

Artist Ralph McQuarrie (1929-2012) was instrumental in the look of the Star Wars films, and won an Academy Award... Read more [...]

38th Annual Saturn Award Nominees

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films has announced the nominees for its 38th Annual Saturn Awards (in more than 30 categories)... Read more [...]

Hampton and Tinnell present Riven: classic werewolf terror

Bo Hampton and Robert Tinnell are writing Riven, a brand-new, scary, werewolf comic... Read more [...]

F+W Media announces the launch of Prologue Books

F+W's Prologue Books will be publishing hundreds of out-of-print pulp novels from the 1940s-'70s as e-books... Read more [...]

WorldCon 2012 membership rates to increase on April 1st

Attending membership rates for this year's World Science Fiction Convention will increase 10% on April 1st... Read more [...]

Target: Hitler! Exclusive game tie-in ebook announced

Abaddon is publishing a book tying in to the upcoming video game Sniper Elite, asking what you'd do if you had one bullet and Adolf Hitler in your sights?... Read more [...]