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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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17h ago
Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for Our Futures, has posted Progress Report #1 online as a downloadable PDF publication here. On the front of PR#1 is Guest of Honor Chris “Fangorn” Baker’s cover art titled “Wuthering.” Other guests of honor have ..read more
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17h ago
Due to personal circumstances, Mary Anne Mohanraj has stepped down from acting as a World Fantasy Awards judge Peter Dennis Pautz of the World Fantasy Awards Administration announced today. Information on a new judge will be published as soon as ..read more
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1d ago
Alma Alexander answered our call for critter photos with this magnificent gallery. I am sending you several pictures of my newest addition, a retired international grand champion Maine Coon queen named Avalanche (she goes by Ava). She is now the ..read more
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2d ago
(1) REVISED 2025 WORLDCON BID DEADLINE. The Chengdu Worldcon has recalculated the deadline for 2025 Worldcon bids to file in order to appear on the printed ballot. They tweeted: According to Section 4.6.3 of the WSFS Constitution, the new deadline ..read more
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2d ago
The 2023 Writers Guild Awards screenplay nominations were announced January 25. Nominees of genre interest include the original screenplays for Everything Everywhere All At Once written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert and Nope written by Jordan Peele, and the adapted screenplay ..read more
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2d ago
The flash nomination phase for the 2022 Clarkesworld Reader’s Poll began today and continues until January 27 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. The top five go onto the final round in February. Editor Neil Clarke invites readers to celebrate their favorite Clarkesworld cover art and stories, all ..read more
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2d ago
(1) CANADA READS SFF. Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic is a finalist in the 2023 CBC Canada Reads competition. She told her newsletter readers today: Canada Reads is a literary battle, with panelists championing five books. Each day, they vote to eliminate one book ..read more
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3d ago
Doctor Silas Coade is the Assistant Surgeon, i.e., the ship’s doctor, on a sailing ship in the 1800s, on an exploratory expedition to a previously inaccessible inlet in Norway, where there is believed to be an Edifice of remarkable character ..read more
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3d ago
Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi and Arthur Liu join Chris Garcia and James Bacon to co-edit an issue of Journey Planet dedicated to Chinese science, science fiction, space and fandom, with over 20 articles and interviews, all both in Chinese ..read more
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3d ago
The 43rd Razzie nominations are out and three genre works are contenders in several categories. The first two are named in the press release: The year’s most ridiculed movie, Morbius (with Worst Actor nominee Jared Leto in the title role) collected five ..read more