https://file770.com/feed/
-
![]()
Lis Carey Review: On the Fox RoadsReview by Lis Carey: A Chinese American girl in 1930s America hooks up with two Chinese American bank robbers, Jack and Lai. The girl’s...
-
![]()
Technology and the Silent PandemicIntroduction: A review piece in this week’s Nature provides a sobering picture. As usual, SF² Concatenation’s Jonathan...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 6/5/24 Call Any Pixel, Call It By Name(1) DEPICTING CULTURE. Kanishk Tantia discusses the difference between using set dressing and true engagement in the representations of a culture...
-
![]()
Kurd Laßwitz Preis 2024 WinnersThe Kurd Laßwitz Preis 2024 winners have been announced. The award, named after German author Kurd Laßwitz, is given to works written in...
-
![]()
2024 SFPA Poetry Contest OpensThe 2024 SFPA Speculative Poetry Contest began taking entries on June 1 and will continue through August 31. The contest is open to all poets,...
-
![]()
Lis Carey Review: “One Man’s Treasure”Review by Lis Carey: Aden, Nash, and new crewmate Renny are city trash collectors in a world where magic is just a fact of life, and bulk trash day...
-
![]()
Classics of SF at Westercon 76By John Hertz: We’ll discuss three Classics of Science Fiction at Westercon 76 in Salt Lake City, one discussion each. Come to as many...
-
![]()
2024 Seiun AwardsThe winners of the 55th Seiun Awards, the Japanese speculative fiction award honoring the best works of the previous calendar year, have been...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 6/4/24 Cats And Pixels Like Snuggling Together(1) RACHAEL K. JONES Q&A. Oregon Public Broadcasting interviewed awards nominee Rachael K. Jones: “Beaverton author is announced as finalist...
-
![]()
Glasgow 2024 Membership Rate Changes as of July 1Glasgow 2024 has announced changes to its membership rates to take effect from July 1, 2024. These rates will apply until the convention and on the...
-
![]()
Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Seventeenth[Introduction: Melanie Stormm continues her humorous series of posts about the misdirected emails she’s been getting. Stormm is a multiracial...
-
![]()
Lis Carey Review: Ivy, Angelica, BayReview by Lis Carey: Miss l’Abielle –Theresa Anne l’Abelle, but only for people outside the community is she anything but Miss...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 6/3/24 Rikki Don’t Lose That Pixel, You Don’t Want To Scroll Nobody Else(1) THE NO BODY PROBLEM. The other day File 770 linked to a report with the good news that Netflix confirmed 3 Body Problem will have a second and...
-
![]()
WSFS Mark Protection Committee Draft AmendmentsThe WSFS Mark Protection Committee, chaired by Donald E. Eastlake III, is circulating drafts of amendments to the WSFS Constitution that they are...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 6/2/24 Take Me Down To The Scroll Tonight, I Want To See The Pixels(1) MAKING IT UP. Sarah Gailey interviews the authors and editors of The Worst Ronin in “Middle Finger To the Sky: The Worst Ronin by Maggie...
-
![]()
2024 Mythopoeic Awards FinalistsThe Mythopoeic Society revealed the shortlists for the 2024 Mythopoeic Awards on May 28. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at...
-
![]()
Lis Carey Review: How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub (Uncanny, February 2023)Review by Lis Carey: Trevor Hemley is an ambitious young man in 19th-century London. The precise period isn’t clear, but to me it feels more...
-
![]()
2023 Bram Stoker AwardsThe 2023 Bram Stoker Award winners were announced on June 1 during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet at StokerCon™ 2024 in San Diego. THE 2023...
-
![]()
2024 ITW Thriller AwardsThe International Thriller Writers announced the 2024 Thriller Awards at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 1 in New York City. BEST HARDCOVER...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 6/1/24 If You Like My File And You Think I’m Pixely, Come On Baby Let Me Scroll(1) $UPPORT THE BID. The Worldcon Heritage Organization, which maintains several fixed exhibits to be shown at Worldcons, including a collection of...
-
![]()
Top 10 Stories for May 2024Last month’s most-read post was Ersatz Culture’s report revealing that “The local government of the area where the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon took place...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 5/31/24 Scroll Dol! Pixel Dol! File A Dong Dillo!(1) ARISTOTLE! In 2017 The New Yorker considered “Fantastic Beasts and How to Rank Them” Aristotle isn’t the only one who had an opinion. Consider...
-
![]()
The Orwell Prizes 2024 FinalistsThe Orwell Prize shortlists were announced May 25. Four prizes are awarded each year for writing and reporting that meets the spirit of George...
-
![]()
Pixel Scroll 5/30/24 Scrollfiler Park Is Melting In The Dark, All The Sweet, Green Pixels Flowing Down(1) THE STEPS LEADING TO RWA’S CHAPTER 11. Her Hands, My Hands today published a thorough roundup about the causes of Romance Writers of America’s...
-
![]()
SFPA Announces Generative AI PolicyThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) membership has voted a complete ban against using AI-produced work in their publications,...
