A new exhibit on Rob Hansen’s Fan Stuff site tells the history of Loncon II, the 1965 Worldcon, in the words of fanwriters Ron Bennett, Terry Carr, Ted White, Ethel Lindsay, Pete Graham and Frank Dietz. Innumerable photos of fans … Continue reading
Former Russian cosmonaut Anatolii Pavlovich Artsebarskii will speak at Loncon 3 on August 17. Artsebarskii commanded the Soyuz TM-12 mission in 1991, flying to the Mir space station with crew Sergei Krikalev and British astronaut Helen Sharman. He spent 144 days in space, … Continue reading
MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 Worldcon, is posting its Progress Reports and other publications as free reads online. Currently available: The Possum Trot Le Zombie-Picayune, also known as Progress Report Zed, announcing the GoH’s and cost of membership (4 pages) The … Continue reading
The following non-Hugo awards also were presented during today’s Retro Hugo ceremony. Special Committee Award: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, in recognition of the first published appearance of Superman. The Forrest J Ackerman Big Heart Award: Vincent Docherty. First Fandom Hall of … Continue reading
With 9,596 members through today, Loncon 3 has topped the mark of 9,282 set by L.A.con II in 1984. Although it won’t open the doors for another two weeks, the 2014 Worldcon already has more members than any previous Worldcon. When Loncon 3’s total … Continue reading
Worth mentioning for the record — Loncon 3 hit 8,518 total memberships at the end of June. That’s the most members any Worldcon has ever had — surpassing L.A.con II’s 30-year-old mark of 8,365. At that time London had 5,457 attending and 2,768 … Continue reading
You can learn all about the con and the kerfuffles in Rob Hansen’s 1965: The Second UK Worldcon, the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads. The 61,500-word book, compiled from contemporaneous participants’ own words, is available in multiple electronic formats … Continue reading
(1) IT WON A HUGO; DOES THAT HELP? What does James Davis Nicoll’s Young People Read Old SFF panel think of C.J. Cherryh’s “Cassandra”? July 2022’s entry in Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists is C. J. Cherryh’s 1979 “Cassandra”. C. J. … Continue reading
(1) VERTLIEB MEDICAL UPDATE. Please keep File 770 contributor Steve Vertlieb in mind on Monday, April 25 when he will be having major heart surgery. He explained to Facebook friends: …With the impending replacement of not one, but both heart … Continue reading
(1) SCRIPT DOCTOR. “Ditch the Tardis! Seven ways Russell T Davies could revive Doctor Who” according to the Guardian. Here’s one of the ideas on their list: A ‘Doctor of the week’ every week What if there was no one … Continue reading