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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
File 770 30th Anniversary Issue
File 770’s 30th Anniversary issue is now available at eFanzines.com. Thanks to the indefatigable Bill Burns for taking time out from his Eastercon trip to post it. Here you can read John Hertz chronicling the Nippon 2007 Worldcon. There’s a classic photo … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 4/11/24 One Scroll, Furnished In Early Pixelry
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(1) IT PAYS TO BE A GENIUS OF COURSE. The Steampunk Explorer updates fans about the Girl Genius Kickstarter: Call it mad science or just good storytelling, but Phil and Kaja Foglio are blazing through Kickstarter with their latest Girl Genius … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 4/7/24 Pixels En Scrollgalia
(1) HOLMES & WATSON. At Brandon O’Brien’s Afternoon Tea the author takes up the Elementary series: “Lapsang Souchong: Two People Who ‘Love’ Each Other”. I’ve been thinking about this topic idly in my skull for quite some time, and since … Continue reading
David Langford Wins Doc Weir Award
The Doc Weir Award for service to fandom was voted to David Langford during Levitation, Eastercon 2024, this past weekend. eFanzine’s complete history of the Doc Weir Award begins: The Doc Weir Award was set up in 1963 in memory of fan Arthur Rose (Doc) … Continue reading
Top 10 Stories for March 2024
Vernor Vinge died this month and was widely mourned — eloquently, too, by David Brin whose tribute is excerpted in File 770’s coverage, a post that went viral. Even the announcement of the Hugo finalists, always a news item of … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 3/31/24 I Shall Name This Clever WordPlay After Myself, Said Tom Eponymously
(1) WHY BARDON DECLINED A 2024 HUGO NOMINATION. Natasha Bardon has posted on Instagram her reasons for declining her Best Editor, Long Form Hugo nomination: Learn more about Bardon in this interview from 2020 – “An Interview With… Natasha Bardon” … Continue reading
BSFA Awards 2023
The British Science Fiction Association announced the winners of the 2023 BSFA Awards at Eastercon on March 30. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s Eastercon, the national science … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 3/28/24 Did You Ever Dance With The Pixel In The Pale Scroll Light?
(1) JAMES A. MOORE (1965-2024). [Item by Anne Marble.]Horror and fantasy author James A. Moore died March 27. Christopher Golden made the announcement in a concise obituary on Facebook. Celebrated horror and fantasy author James A. Moore passed away this … Continue reading