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File770.com is the online version of Mike Glyer's science fiction fan newzine, reporting on fanzines, sf clubs, conventions, fan funds and fanac. File 770 is named for the party in Room 770 at the 1951 Worldcon that upstaged the convention.
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Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1) by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen, 2021) Review by Lis Carey: Tina Mains knows she doesn’t have to worry about being ordinary. She’s known since she was quite young that she’s the clone of ..read more
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Harrogate International Festivals has announced the 18 titles longlisted for the 2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious crime fiction award now in its twentieth year. The prize was created to ..read more
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(1) THE EDITOR’S LIFE. Penmen Review has a two-part transcript of a panel about “The Role of the Editor in Publishing” with editors Ellen Datlow and Joe Monti, and copyeditor Deanna Hoak. Ellen Datlow: Well, I mean, short fiction is ..read more
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The Australasian Horror Writers Association announced the finalists for the Australasian Shadows Awards on March 29. The juried award is given in eight categories for the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australasian within the calendar year ..read more
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The 2024 Ursa Major Awards were presented April 7 at Golden State Fur Con. The awards are given annually for “excellence in the furry arts.” Best Motion PictureLive-action or animated feature-length movies. • Nimona (Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane ..read more
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(1) NAOMI KRITZER Q&A. Hear from Naomi Kritzer in this 2024 Minnesota Book Awards roundup: “Meet the Finalists: GENRE FICTION”. Minnesota Book Award finalist Andrew DeYoung (2023) moderated a discussion between all four 2024 finalists in contention for the Minnesota ..read more
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The Furry Writers’ Guild posted the nominees for the 2023 Cóyotl Awards on April 8. The awards are given for the best anthropomorphic fiction of the past year. Best Novel Best Novella Best Short Story Best Anthology Best Other Work ..read more
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(1) SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS HOF CLASS OF 2024. Muddy Colors announces the Greg Manchess and Yuko Shimizu are among the “2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame” inductees. See examples of all the artists’ work at the link. The Society of ..read more
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Review by Cat Eldridge: Unlike the first film with its very adult Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume II features a much smaller Groot, say about a foot in height. Whereas the adult Groot came across, at least to me, as ..read more
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(1) CLARKE AWARD SUBMISSION LIST. The complete list of eligible books received by Arthur C. Clarke Award judges has been posted in “Carbon-Based Bipeds: Apr 22nd”. This year the judges received 117 eligible titles from 50 UK publishing imprints and ..read more