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*''All-Pro, The'' (2011), currently airing.
*''All-Pro, The'' (2011), currently airing.


===Theatrical adaptations===
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In May, 2007 the novel ''[[Infected (novel)|Infected]]'' was [[optioned]] by [[Rogue Pictures]] and [[Random House]] Films,<ref>{{cite web | last = Borys | first = Kit | title = Rogue, Random book 'Infested' | publisher = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date = 2007-05-31
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| url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibdf0b7dd533b3de6307eb35ae359edd4 | accessdate = 2007-09-18 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070930230419/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibdf0b7dd533b3de6307eb35ae359edd4<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-30}}</ref> however the option lapsed in April 2010. <ref>http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100616165859AAS0lY1</ref> The short story ''Sacred Cow'' was made into an online only mini-film by [[Stranger Things (podcast)|StrangerThings.tv]] and was Stranger Things debut episode.<ref>{{cite web | last = Newton | first = Earl | title = Episode 01: Sacred Cow | publisher = [[Stranger Things (podcast)|StrangerThings.tv]] | date = 2007-03-02 | url = http://www.strangerthings.tv/?p=34 | accessdate = 2007-09-18}}</ref> "Cheating Bastard", a short film about a couple in love with football and their obsession with it, was created by Brent Weichsel and released via Sigler's RSS feed.


===Short stories===
===Short stories===
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*''The Crypt'' is a novel set in space aboard the classified warship, the P.U.V. ''James Keeling'', nicknamed ''The Crypt'', because of the high fatality rate.
*''The Crypt'' is a novel set in space aboard the classified warship, the P.U.V. ''James Keeling'', nicknamed ''The Crypt'', because of the high fatality rate.
*''The MVP'' is the as-yet-unpublished fourth book in the ''GFL'' series and is scheduled for publication on September 4, 2012.
*''The MVP'' is the as-yet-unpublished fourth book in the ''GFL'' series and is scheduled for publication on September 4, 2012.

==Adaptations==
===Film===
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In May, 2007 the novel ''[[Infected (novel)|Infected]]'' was [[optioned]] by [[Rogue Pictures]] and [[Random House]] Films,<ref>{{cite web | last = Borys | first = Kit | title = Rogue, Random book 'Infested' | publisher = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date = 2007-05-31
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| url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibdf0b7dd533b3de6307eb35ae359edd4 | accessdate = 2007-09-18 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070930230419/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibdf0b7dd533b3de6307eb35ae359edd4<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-30}}</ref> however the option lapsed in April 2010. <ref>http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100616165859AAS0lY1</ref> The short story ''Sacred Cow'' was made into an online only mini-film by [[Stranger Things (podcast)|StrangerThings.tv]] and was Stranger Things debut episode.<ref>{{cite web | last = Newton | first = Earl | title = Episode 01: Sacred Cow | publisher = [[Stranger Things (podcast)|StrangerThings.tv]] | date = 2007-03-02 | url = http://www.strangerthings.tv/?p=34 | accessdate = 2007-09-18}}</ref> "Cheating Bastard", a short film about a couple in love with football and their obsession with it, was created by Brent Weichsel and released via Sigler's RSS feed.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 08:04, 9 April 2012

Scott Sigler
BornScott Carl Sigler
Cheboygan, MI, USA
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction/Horror
Literary movementThe Podiobook (Podcast Novel)
Website
http://scottsigler.com/

Scott Carl Sigler is a contemporary American author of science fiction and horror as well as an avid podcaster. Originally from Michigan he now resides in San Francisco, California with his wife and their dog, Emma.

Biography

Raised in Cheboygan, Michigan Sigler's father passed his love of classic monster films along to his son. His mother, a school teacher, encouraged his reading offering him any book he wanted.[1] Sigler wrote his first monster story, "Tentacles", at the age of eight.[2] Sigler didn't travel far for college having attended Olivet College (Olivet, MI) and Cleary College (Ann Arbor, MI) where he earned a BA in Journalism and a BS in Marketing. Scott has had a varied career path having worked fast food, picking fruit, shoveling horse manure, a sports reporter, director of marketing for a software company, software startup founder, marketing consultant, guitar salesman, bum in a rock band,[3] and currently as a social media strategist.

Use of technology

EarthCore was originally published in 2001 by iPublish, an AOL/Time Warner imprint.[4] With the novel doing well as a promotional ebook, Time Warner was planning on publishing the novel. With the economic slump following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Time Warner did away with the imprint in 2004. Scott then decided to start podcasting his novel in March, 2005 as the world's first podcast-only novel[5] to build hype and garner an audience for his work. Sigler considered it a "no brainer" to offer the book as a free audio download. Having searched for podcast novels and finding none, Sigler decided to be the first.[6][7] Sigler was able to get EarthCore offered as a paid download on iTunes in 2006.[8] After EarthCore's success (EarthCore had over 10,000 subscribers[9]), Sigler released Ancestor, Infected, The Rookie, Nocturnal, and Contagious via podcast.[10]

Pushing boundaries, Sigler released an Adobe PDF version of Ancestor on Monday 19 March 2007 through Sigler's own podcast as well as others. Ancestor was released on April 1, 2007 to much internet hype and, despite having been released two weeks earlier as a free ebook, reached #7 on Amazon.com's best-seller list and #1 on Sci-Fi, Horror and Genre-Fiction on the day of release.[11] Sigler is leveraging new media to keep in-touch with his fans, regularly talking with them using social networking sites, via email, and IM. Scott Sigler was featured in a New York Times article on March 1, 2007 by Andrew Adam Newman, which was covering authors using podcasting innovations to garner a broader audience.[12]

Awards

Sigler has been a runner up in both the 2006 and 2007 Parsec Awards. In 2006 Sigler was a runner up for his short story Hero in the Best Fiction (Short) category and for Infected in the Best Fiction (Long) category. In 2007 Sigler was a runner up for The Rookie in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel Form) category. In 2008 Sigler's Contagious, the sequel to Infected was listed at 33 on the New York Times best sellers list.

In 2008 Sigler broke through and won the Parsec Award for Red Man in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) category. He followed up with another win in 2009 for Eusocial Networking in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) category. 2010 saw him continue to bring in the hardware in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) category with his podcast, "The Tank".

Influences

Sigler calls Stephen King a "'master craftsman', who writes from the 'regular guy' strata from which he hails. His older stuff had no pretense, no 'higher message,' no 'I’m extremely important' attitude, just rock-solid storytelling and character development. He also would whack any character at any time, and that’s what hooked you in – when characters got into trouble, you didn’t know if they’d live, unlike 99% of the books out there that are trying to develop franchise characters." According to Sigler, Jack London's "The Sea Wolf totally changed my views on life". Sigler saw King Kong (1976 version) when he was a little kid. He said it, "Scared the crap out of me. I hid behind my dad’s shoulder and begged to leave the theatre. As soon as we were out, I asked when we could see it again – that was the moment I knew I wanted to tell monster stories. I wanted to have that same impact on other people."

Bibliography

Books in print

  • Scott Sigler, Phil Masters, Dean Edgell, Dana Edgell (1991) Champions Presents #1 ISBN 1-55806-123-1 Hero Games
  • Scott Sigler (1998) Asp Technocracy (Silent Death, the Next Millennium) Iron Crown Enterprises
  • Scott Sigler (1993) Shadows of the City ISBN 1-55806-181-9
  • Scott Sigler (1997) Silent Death House Sigurd Archdiocese ISBN 1-55806-295-5 Iron Crown Enterprises
  • Scott Sigler, Don Dennis (1997) Sigurd Archdiocese: Forces Book ISBN 1-55806-295-5
  • Scott Sigler (2005), EarthCore, ISBN 978-1-896944-32-6 Dragon Moon Press
  • Scott Sigler (2007), Ancestor, ISBN 978-1-896944-73-9 Dragon Moon Press
  • Scott Sigler (2008), Infected, ISBN 978-0-307-40610-1 Crown Publishing
  • Scott Sigler (2008), Contagious, ISBN 978-0-307-40631-6 Crown Publishing
  • Scott Sigler (2009), The Rookie, ISBN 978-0-615-28744-7 Dark Overlord Press
  • Scott Sigler (2010), Ancestor, ISBN 978-0-307-40633-0 Crown Publishing
  • Scott Sigler (2010), The Starter, ISBN 978-0-615-36542-8 Dark Overlord Press
  • Scott Sigler (2011), The All-Pro, ISBN 978-0-9831963-3-4 Dark Overlord Press
  • Scott Sigler (2012), Nocturnal, Crown Publishing
  • Scott Sigler (2012), The MVP, ISBN 978-0-9831963-5-8 Dark Overlord Press

eBooks in print

  • Scott Sigler (2009), "The Rookie"
  • Scott Sigler (2010), "The Starter"
  • Scott Sigler (2011), "Blood is Red"
  • Scott Sigler (2011), "The All-Pro"

Podcast novels

  • EarthCore (2005)
  • Ancestor (2006)[13]
  • Infection (now 'Infected') (2006)
  • Rookie, The (2007) , originally aired from September 25, 2006 to April 24, 2007.
  • Nocturnal (2007), originally aired from Oct. 10, 2007 to December 18, 2008.
  • Contagious (2008), now concluded.
  • Ancestor (2010), originally aired from June 6, 2010 to February 13, 2011.
  • Starter, The (2010), now concluded.
  • All-Pro, The (2011), currently airing.


Short stories

  • "Seigeshire" "White Wolf Magazine" Issue 21
  • "Kumite" (1994) "Adventurer's Club Magazine" Issue 24
  • "Number One With a Bullet" (1997) "Monsters from Memphis" anthology (ISBN 978-1-880964-21-7) , and "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Chuckles Mulrooney, Attorney for the Damned", (2006) Episode 57, Escape Pod podcast
  • "Hero" (2006) Episode 35, Escape Pod podcast
  • "Bag Man" (2006) Episode 1, Pseudopod podcast and "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Splashing Contest" Flesh & Blood magazine, and "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Sacred Cow" (2007) "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Great Snipe Hunt, The" (2007) "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Kissyman" (2007) "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Iowa Typhoon" (2007) "Bloodcast" feed
  • "Passenger" (2007) "Bloodcast" feed

Future stories

  • Earthcore II: Mt. Fitzroy was officially announced at the September 2006 Portable Media Expo (now renamed "The Podcast & New Media Expo") in Ontario, California. The podcast sequel to Earthcore follows a heavily-armed team led by the surviving Patrick O'Doyle as they head off to the other known Rocktopi site at Mt. Fitzroy, Argentina. While no official release date has been announced, the author stated it would be out approximately one year from the date of the 2006 Expo, which will now be pushed back due to Nocturnal's release.
  • Pandemic is the as-yet-unpublished third and final book in the Infected series.
  • Descendant is the sequel to the smash hit Ancestor. Sigler has hinted towards the topic of the book on the Genada Webpage. The suggested topic is bioinformatics.
  • The Crypt is a novel set in space aboard the classified warship, the P.U.V. James Keeling, nicknamed The Crypt, because of the high fatality rate.
  • The MVP is the as-yet-unpublished fourth book in the GFL series and is scheduled for publication on September 4, 2012.

Adaptations

Film

In May, 2007 the novel Infected was optioned by Rogue Pictures and Random House Films,[14] however the option lapsed in April 2010. [15] The short story Sacred Cow was made into an online only mini-film by StrangerThings.tv and was Stranger Things debut episode.[16] "Cheating Bastard", a short film about a couple in love with football and their obsession with it, was created by Brent Weichsel and released via Sigler's RSS feed.

References

  1. ^ Detrich, Allan (2007-04-01). "Podcasts are a novel idea for Scott Sigler". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2007-09-18. [dead link]
  2. ^ Newman, Heather (2001-12-04). "Detroit Free Press Home Computing Column". Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  3. ^ "iPublish.com at Time Warner Books unveils third round of authors discovered through online writer community". Ingram Investment Ltd. 2001-11-07. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  4. ^ Weinberg, Anna (2005-08-26). "A Novel Approach to Podcasting". The Book Standard. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  5. ^ Angell, LC (2005-03-24). "Fiction author releases 'Podcast-only' novel". iLounge.com. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  6. ^ Kerley, Christina (2006-08-26). "Access to Supply Powers Demand--and First Sci-Fi Podcast Novel. (Q&A with Scott Sigler)". CK's Blog. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  7. ^ "From Podcast to Paidcast". PRNewswire. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  8. ^ "Earthcore Podcast Now Pay to Play". Podcasting News. 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  9. ^ Mehta, Devanshu (2006-02-23). "From Podcast to Paidcast". Apple Matters. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  10. ^ Newman, Andrew Adam (2007-03-01). "Authors Find Their Voice, and Audience, in Podcasts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
  11. ^ "Scott Sigler's Ancestor Skyrockets to Top 10 of Amazon Best-Seller List on First Day of Release". PodShow.com. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  12. ^ Ploutz, Morgan (2010-10-22). "Scott Sigler Talks Ancestor and Hard Science Horror Writing". Dread Central. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  13. ^ Enter Scott Sigler's Video Contest for His Upcoming Novel Ancestor
  14. ^ Borys, Kit (2007-05-31). "Rogue, Random book 'Infested'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  15. ^ http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100616165859AAS0lY1
  16. ^ Newton, Earl (2007-03-02). "Episode 01: Sacred Cow". StrangerThings.tv. Retrieved 2007-09-18.

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