Michael Cobley sells stand-alone Humanity’s Fire universe novel to Orbit

Michael Cobley's Warcage will be a stand-alone hig-action space adventure set in his Humanity's Fire universe... Read more [...]

Now available: photos from the first sf convention: 1937 in Leeds

Rob Hansen has unearthed and posted photos and reports of what may have been the first sf convention, in Leeds, UK, in 1937. He's also posted Forry Ackerman's 1957 WorldCon report... Read more [...]

Karen Lansdale to receive The Richard Laymon President’s Award from Horror Writers Association

Karen Lansdale, who was instrumental in the founding of the organization a quarter century ago, will receive the HWA's Richard Laymon President's Award for Service at this year's Bram Stoker Awards Banquet... Read more [...]

NASA issues call for visionary advanced technology concepts

NASA's Space Technology Program is looking for far-out ideas, and is open to proposals from anyone and everyone... Read more [...]

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame to honor Gene Wolfe with first Fuller Award

A gala evening celeration in March honoring Gene Wolfe will feature Gary K. Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, Luis Urrea, Michael Swanwick, Audrey Niffenegger, Jody Lynn Nye, and Patrick O'Leary... Read more [...]

Rick Hautala and Joe R. Lansdale are HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners

The Horror Writers Association has announced that Rick Hautala and Joe R. Lansdale will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards at the World Horror Convention in March... Read more [...]

Subversive Reading

Authority—many different types of authority—are subverted in this hit-and-miss anthology of mostly short stories... Read more [...]

NYRSF Readings Promote Subversion

Subversion and reversing it was the theme of the night as Barbara Krasnoff, Kay T. Holt, and Daniel José Older read from anthology Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in January 2012

In a week when no new films open, sf/f/h movies hold on to some strong positions on the charts... Read more [...]

Most Popular and Updated Articles: 1-7 January 2012

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

Hugo Award Nomination Period is Open

Nominations for this year's Hugo Awards are now open. Deadline to nominate is early March... Read more [...]

Eric Brown sells sf novel to Solaris

Eric Brown sold alternative alien invasion novel Serene Invasion to Jonathan Oliver at Solaris Books... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s January 2012 issue

Apex Magazine's January 2012 issue includes fiction by Sarah Dalton, Gregory Frost, Cat Rambo... Read more [...]

Jeremy Wagner announced as Sponsor of the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award

Writer Jeremy Wagner is sponsoring the Horror Writers Association's special Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award... Read more [...]

Lightspeed Magazine’s January 2012 issue

The January 2012 issue of Lightspeed Magazine will feature fiction by Megan Arkenberg, Aimee Bender, Nancy Kress, Marissa Lingen, Ken Liu, Paul McAuley, Anne McCaffrey, Sarah Monette, and M. Rickert... Read more [...]