(1) VINTAGE. New art from Star Trek: Picard. What should we call this episode? “The Grapes of Wrath of Khan”? The big reveal on the story and characters of the new show will be at San Diego Comic-Con next week. … Continue reading
(1) ORIGIN STORY. Rudy Rucker posted drafts of two presentations he’s giving at the IOHK Summit in Miami Beach on April 18. The first is — “Cyberpunk Use Cases”. …My best-known novel is Software, written in 1980. It was one … Continue reading
Readercon’s Board of Directors posted an apology to Facebook for the letter sent to some of its past program participants informing them they would not be invited back this year. The full text of the apology is below. A number … Continue reading
(1) MANAGEMENT CHANGES AT TOR. Today Tor.com announced “Fritz Foy Named President and Publisher of Tor and Forge Books”. Tom Doherty, who will become Chairman, wrote: Fritz Foy, Senior Vice President of Strategic Technology at Macmillan and Publisher of Tor.com, … Continue reading
The short month of February was barely long enough to hold all the news. Jon Del Arroz’ campaign to fund a lawsuit against the Worldcon has been continually discussed, with 198 comments in 10 days. Filers also have had a … Continue reading
An airliner unexpectedly comes in for a landing 20 years in the passengers’ future. What is life like in the year 2037? What technologies and innovations are driving the changes that have happened? Leading sf authors have written point-of-view stories … Continue reading
(1) HARTWELL LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. Kathryn Cramer posted the speech she prepared for Gordon Van Gelder to deliver accepting David G. Hartwell’s posthumous World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. First of all, to the board, we are sorry David missed the … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: In exclusive for File 770, to celebrate the publication of Not So Much, Said the Cat, which came out this summer, Michael Swanwick gives us the inside story on his collections. (The Dog Said Bow Wow. Hello, … Continue reading
“Few SF/fantasy writers generate a buzz through short fiction alone, but Jason Sanford is an exception. Over the past few years, he’s created a growing fan base through his brand of modern speculative fiction, something he called ‘SF Strange.” – … Continue reading
(1) BIOPSY REPORT. Some good Kathryn Cramer health news. She posted to her Facebook page, after her Monday brain surgery. “Tumor biopsied: it is benign.” (2) MARYLAND WINNER. Andy Duncan is a recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council 2016 … Continue reading