The Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild, owing a staggering attrition penalty after failing to meet the hotel room block commitment for Costume-Con 40 in 2022, has announced they will dissolve. Jamie Peddicord, the group’s representative on the International Costumers’ Guild … Continue reading
Fantasy: Realms of ImaginationThe British Library Exhibition 27th October 2023 – 25th February 2024St Pancras, London, Great Britain By Jonathan Cowie: This new exhibition at the British Library explores the evolution of Fantasy. From ancient folk tales and fairy stories, gothic horror and … Continue reading
By Chris M. Barkley: Soon after I received my surprise invitation to attend the Chengdu Worldcon in person last summer, I also received a request soon after from their Programming Division to participate in and suggest panel ideas for the convention. … Continue reading
The World Fantasy Awards Association announced this year’s awards at WFC in Kansas City on October 29. 2023 WORLD FANTASY AWARDS NOVEL NOVELLA SHORT FICTION ANTHOLOGY COLLECTION ARTIST SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The British Library’s Fantasy: Realms of Imagination exhibition opens today and runs through February 25, 2024. The exhibition explores the evolution of Fantasy from ancient folk tales and fairy stories, gothic horror and weird fiction, to live action role-playing games … Continue reading
By SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie: While many in the world’s science fiction community had eyes on from afar this year’s somewhat controversial Worldcon in Chengdu – as many were not there – a far smaller event was taking place in … Continue reading
Two first-time fan Hugo winners honored at the Chengdu Worldcon have permanently recused themselves from future consideration. Best Fancast winner Hugo, Girl! told readers: And Chris M. Barkley said in his Best Fan Writer acceptance speech: For more examples of … Continue reading
[Introduction: Congratulations to Chris Barkley for winning the Best Fan Writer Hugo at the Chengdu Worldcon! He provided File 770 with the text of his acceptance remarks to be published if he had the good fortune to win.] Chengdu Worldcon … Continue reading
By Ahrvid Engholm: I have never known anyone with so much energy as author-publisher-reporter-translator-sf-expert-etc Bertil Falk. Now after a long time’s illness this hurricane of a force is no longer with us. It may be of slight consolation that he … Continue reading
Introduction: I’m going to open discussion of some of the proposed WSFS rules changes in the Chengdu Worldcon’s Business Meeting agenda by setting the table in a series of topical posts. (Download the English-language version here and the Chinese-language version … Continue reading