(1) YOU’RE FROM THE SIXTIES! The Daily Beast’s article “Gay Talese on Resisting His Frank Sinatra Assignment, and What Really Matters in a Marriage” goes into the Sinatra-Ellison confrontation at length. (Which, if you’ve never read the piece, is here,) … Continue reading
Worldcon Wayback Machine Introduction: Thirty years ago this weekend ConFrancisco, the 1993 World Science Fiction Convention, was held in San Francisco, California. I thought it would fun to compile a day-by-day recreation drawing on the report I ran in File 770, … Continue reading
The Big Book of Cyberpunk arrives September 26. Editor Jared Shurin tells File 770, “As with any attempt at a definitive collection, I suspect (and hope) it will provoke conversation!” At over a thousand pages it is the largest anthology of … Continue reading
The 2023 ENnie Awards were presented on August 4 at GenCon. The ENnie Awards are an annual, fan-based juried award system for all tabletop RPGs. The ENnies were created in 2001 as an annual award ceremony, hosted by the leading D&D/d20 system fan … Continue reading
(1) WORLDCON VENUE CONSTRUCTION REPORT. A Weibo user posted a video showing progress at the Chengdu Science and Technology Museum and Science Fiction Museum construction site. Here is a screencap from the video. (2) WHEN FACEBOOK IS OUT OF TUNE. Somtow … Continue reading
(1) BUTLER’S NEW YORK PREMIERE. The New York Times interviews Toshi Reagon, co-creator of an opera based on Parable of the Sower. “Apocalypse Nowish: Singing the Prophetic Warnings of Octavia Butler”. … It was the novel’s urgency, and the need … Continue reading
The 2023 ENnie Nominees and Judges Spotlight Winners are out. The ENnie Awards are an annual, fan-based juried award system for all tabletop RPGs. The ENnies were created in 2001 as an annual award ceremony, hosted by the leading D&D/d20 system fan site, … Continue reading
The Chengdu Worldcon committee today posted the finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards. Astounding Award for Best New Writer * – finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Fan Artist Best Fan … Continue reading
The finalists for the Premio Ignotus 2023 (2023 Ignotus Awards) have been announced by Spain’s Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror. Voting on the finalists will begin August 21. The winners will be announced at Hispacón de Zaragoza on September … Continue reading
Five finalists for the 2023 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming have been announced — a journalist, two roleplaying games, a D&D sourcebook, and a game designer. The award is given to the person, product, company, event or any other thing … Continue reading