(1) TIME IS FLEETING. The SFWA Silent Auction ends tomorrow at noon. Organizer Jason Sanford says, “In particular you and your File 770 readers might get a kick out of seeing the original Munchkin card in the auction, which I … Continue reading
(1) FLIEGER Q&A. Renowned Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger responds to questions by Cristina Casagrande and Eduardo Boheme for On Fairy-Stories: “Between darkness and the splintered lights of Tolkienian Faery: an interview with Verlyn Flieger”. You have edited many of Tolkien’s … Continue reading
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has selected their 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Jo Fletcher, Nancy Holder, and Koji Suzuki. The awards will be given at this year’s StokerCon, happening in Denver, Colorado in May. HWA presents the Lifetime Achievement … Continue reading
(1) TRIPLE TIP. What he tells you three times is true: “Hand Holding” by Mark Lawrence. This is a blog-post about hand holding. The previous sentence was hand-holding, since the title and the image below make it obvious what the … Continue reading
(1) EVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET. A genre novel, The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, has won the 2021 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. The award ceremony will be held in person December 1 at the … Continue reading
Beginning next month, Mayor Wilson Fisk will have all of Marvel’s heroes in his deadly grip in Devil’s Reign, an upcoming Marvel Comics crossover event spinning out of writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Marco Checchetto’s Eisner-nominated run on Daredevil. The … Continue reading
By James Bacon: The news we’ve been waiting for… The Return of Fletcher Arrowsmith. Astro City, Arrowsmith, Autumnlands and new story Free Agent are announced as Kurt Busiek and a host of fabulous artists work with Image Comics. Exciting news has … Continue reading
(1) THE WAY THEY DO IT DOWNTOWN. Nisi Shawl celebrated a rare moment on Facebook: My name on a book ad in Times Square! I feel like in that Stevie Wonder song: “New York! Just like I pictured it–skyscrapers an … Continue reading
The European Astrobiology Institute and the European Science Foundation are creating Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology Of Sf Stories And Science Essays with many well-known SF writers to promote the understanding of science through summer schools, workshops, and outreach … Continue reading
New heroes rise, Magneto’s Mutant Force assembles, Hyperion’s origin revealed, and more in Jason Aaron and Ed McGuiness’ Heroes Reborn #1. Spinning out of their epic work on Avengers, Heroes Reborn will answer the question of what the Marvel Universe … Continue reading