Diversity again
By John Hertz: Where I live it’s the first day of spring. For Bruce Gillespie, the New Zealand for 2020 Worldcon bid, and like that, it’s fall. Diversity again. Easier said than done, but worthy of both. I like to … Continue reading
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Worldcon Wayback Machine: Saturday at MagiCon (1992) Day Three
INTRODUCTION: Twenty-five years ago MagiCon was held in Orlando, Florida. A great con, and I thought it would be fun to reprint the report I ran in File 770. Here is the third of five daily installments. The Worldcon was … Continue reading
Eaton Collection Puts Jay Kay Klein Photos Online
Nearly 6,000 photos taken by Jay Kay Klein at eight Worldcons in the Sixties were made available for viewing online today by the UC Riverside Library. The digitization of these photos was covered by Inside UCR on August 10 — … Continue reading
The 1980 Timewarp Finalists
By Nicholas Whyte and Colette Fozard: Over the last two weeks of October 2016, Worldcon 75 organised the 1980 Timewarp Project to test the new systems we have been developing for the new Hugo rules.We asked people to revisit of the sf … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 9/15 Scroll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — scroll!
(1) On this day in history — September 15, 1949: The Lone Ranger TV series debuted with American Clayton Moore and Canadian Jay Silverheels. (2) It’s a small world. How small? Ann Leckie, while plugging David Steffen’s Long List Anthology … Continue reading
My Failed Attempt To Influence The Hugos
By 1981, File 770 had accumulated two nominations for Best Fanzine and I’d been shortlisted twice for Best Fanwriter. I felt I should use that power for good. Having enjoyed the book tremendously, I tried to get everyone cranked up about nominating … Continue reading
File 770 #164 Available
Ring out the year 2014 with the new issue of File 770! Featuring: My Short Career as a Chess Non-Prodigy by Rich Lynch A Switch In Time: Mr. Peabody and Sherman by Taral Wayne World Fantasy Convention 2014 report by … Continue reading
Worldcon Wayback Machine: Saturday at Noreascon 3 (1989)
Saturday at Noreascon Three. Third installment of my reminiscences about a once-in-a-generation convention that took place 25 years ago this week. Lights, Camera, Inaction! Fire marshals threw a large monkey wrench into plans for opening the Art Show when they … Continue reading
File 770 #161, #162 Available
The dual October and November 2012 issues of File 770 are now available in PDF from eFanzines. File 770 #161 is 44 pages, highlighted by “Throw of the Dice,” Taral Wayne’s epic 26-page Renovation and California/Nevada trip report. File 770 … Continue reading
File 770 Issue #159: Anatomy of a Fanzine
Cover by Alan White for File 770 #159 The April 2011 issue of File 770 is now available in PDF. Alan White’s cover leads off Issue #159, a dramatic color tribute to Weird Tales. The art inside is by Taral, Alexis Gilliland, … Continue reading