Columbia University acquires rare Ballantine Books collection
Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library has announced Betty Ballantine’s gift of a collection of books and papers relating the work of her and [...]
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Chris Marker, film-maker who inspired modern sf, dies
Chris Marker, the French film-maker whose short film La Jetée (The Jetty) inspired several leading science fiction authors and film-makers, has died at the age of 91. His [...]
JournalStone announces forthcoming titles in the US by Allyson Bird, Lisa Morton and Joseph Nassise
In the US, JournalStone Publishing has announced that they have signed three new, prominent, award-winning authors and will have three forthcoming titles to release in 2013. [...]
Tom Hanks’ new animated series Electric City launches globally on Yahoo!
Yahoo! has launched globally Playtone and Reliance Entertainment’s animated series Electric City, created by and starring Tom Hanks. Set in a futuristic society, [...]
Wizard’s Tower Press to publish ebook editions of the AngeLINK series by Lyda Morehouse
Wizard’s Tower Press is pleased to announce that is has acquired the rights to publish ebook English language editions of the AngeLINK series by Lyda Morehouse. The [...]
Submissions sought for anthology of short stories set in impossible spaces
Following the launch of their first anthology, a volume of dark fiction entitled Wolf-Girls: Dark Tales of Teeth, Claws and Lycogyny (seventeen new stories of female [...]
New deal with Tor UK for Peter F. Hamilton
In a press release from Tor UK it has been announced as follows: ‘Bella Pagan, Senior Commissioning Editor at Tor UK, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to two [...]
2012 Campbell and Sturgeon Award winners announced
SFScope have reported that the winners of this year’s Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for best short science fiction story published in 2011) and John W. Campbell [...]
Amazing Stories magazine to relaunch
Steve Davidson will be relaunching Amazing Stories – the world’s first science fiction magazine – on 1 July 2012. It returns with the publication of [...]
Death of US horror / SF actor Richard Lynch
Actor Richard Lynch has died at his home in California at the age of 76. He was a regular horror movie “villain”, appearing in films including Scarecrow (1973), [...]