The Seiun Award nominees for works in translation from 2011 have been announced. The title of the work is followed by the names of the author and the translator(s). TRANSLATED LONG STORY The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi, tr. Kazue Tanaka & … Continue reading
Reflected glory isn’t enough – maybe it was never enough. Now some writers are demanding an explicit share of the glory when anthologies win awards. Nuzo Onoh, a Nigerian-British writer of Igbo descent popularly known as the “Queen of African … Continue reading
In last week’s poll (“Which of These Are the Top 5 Awards in SFF?”) I invited File 770 readers to tell me which of the field’s awards mean the most to them. Ninety-two participants here and on Facebook picked up … Continue reading
A question occurred to me when I compared my Gene Wolfe obituary to those by other writers. None of us wanted to name every one of the many awards he’d received, only the ones that were important enough to mention. … Continue reading
The winners of the 2017 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced by Worldcon 75 on August 11. Best Novel The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books) Best Novella Every Heart a Doorway, … Continue reading
Weary of reading about the Hugos? Next week’s Worldcon in Montreal will present nine other sets of awards. They includethe Chesley Award, Prometheus Award, Sidewise Awards, and the Prix Boréal. The full press release appears after the jump.
(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON ROUNDUP. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] New articles on the Chengdu Worldcon website, but only in Chinese There have been several news articles published on the official website since the convention ended on the 22nd, but only in … Continue reading
(1) MEDICAL UPDATE. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki told Facebook readers he had a health emergency this week: Was very sick day before yesterday. Had a health emergency, was fighting for my life all the previous night and that morning after … 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
(1) INDY 5. The Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny official trailer has dropped. (2) YOLEN TO MISS BALTICON. Balticon 57, being held May 26-29 in Baltimore, has announced a change in guests of honor. Due to personal reasons, … Continue reading