Ansible Cafe In Chengdu By Ersatz Culture: Back in June, File 770 reported on 2023 Hugo winner RiverFlow handing over his Hugo trophy for display in an SF-themed coffee shop in Chengdu.  Until now, I failed to […]

Grok Around The Clock: The First Musical Hugo Nomination Written by RL Thornton of Freakflag Once upon a time, the most important science fiction convention of 1971 (Noreascon I) considered an unlikely slate of candidates for […]

Pixel Scroll 10/18/25 Pixel Troopers, Now Playing At The Nearest Scroll (0) Definitely feeling under the weather today, so we’ll see how much of a Scroll I can put together! Update: Sorry about that, but […]

Michaele Jordan Review: The Ministry of Time By Michaele Jordan: The first thing I thought when I saw the title of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley was, “Oh, Lordy, not ANOTHER time travel story.” My […]

2025 Lambda Literary Awards The winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards were announced on October 4. The “Lammys” garner national visibility for LGBTQ books. The winner of the sff category is listed below, as is […]

Where Should I Buy Your Book? By Ian Randal Strock: I’ve had several people ask how they should purchase my new book, which way is best for me, and I’m extremely gratified by those questions. […]

Download Jerry Kaufman’s 1983 Australian Trip Report from TAFF Library Kaufman Coast to Coast, Jerry Kaufman’s 1983 Down Under Fan Fund trip report, is the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads.  As the […]

Pixel Scroll 9/13/25 May Your Pixel Live In Scrolling Times (1) VALENTE TARGET OF KIRK DEATH BACKLASH. Catherynne M. Valente told her newsletter readers about the death and other threats she’s received after being targeted […]

Pixel Scroll 9/6/25 We’re Looking For Pixel Inspectors. If Interested, Call 555-MISTERPIXEL (1) DO YOU KNOW HISTORICAL SF WHEN YOU SEE IT? [Item by Steven French.] Brenda Clough presents a taxonomy of science fiction stories […]

Pixel Scroll 8/30/25 File The Pixels, Lest They Squeak Or Scroll (1) WE INTERRUPT THIS MANUSCRIPT. “Why did books start being divided into chapters? Joshua Barnes reviews Nicholas Dames’ history of literary segmentation, a study […]

When Bill Mallardi Met Buddy Holly INTRODUCTION. Ohio fan Bill Mallardi co-edited the fanzine Double:Bill with Bill Bowers in the Sixties. Double:Bill was published from 1962-1969. It was a Best Fanzine Hugo finalist twice, in […]

2025 Nommo Awards Finalists The African Speculative Fiction Society has released the 2025 shortlist for the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction. The African Speculative Fiction Society, composed of professional and semiprofessional African writers, editors, publishers, graphic […]

2025 Munsey Award John DeWalt has been named the winner of the 2025 Munsey Award. The award was presented at PulpFest in Pittsburgh on August 9. He was selected by a committee made up of […]

Classics of Science Fiction at the 2025 Worldcon By John Hertz: This year’s World Science Fiction Convention World Science Fiction Convention (the 83rd Worldcon, gosh) will be held August 13-17 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel […]

Classics of Science Fiction at the 2025 Worldcon By John Hertz: This year’s World Science Fiction Convention World Science Fiction Convention (the 83rd Worldcon, gosh) will be held August 13-17 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel […]

2025 Colorado Book Awards The winners of the 2025 Colorado Book Awards were announced on July 26. Awards are presented in 16 categories by Colorado Humanities to celebrate the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and […]

2024 Shirley Jackson Awards The 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented at Readercon 34 on July 19. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The […]

Pixel Scroll 7/12/25 You Are In A File, Scrolling Some Pixels. A Bearded Kzhin Approaches You. What Do You Do? (1) ABOUT WORLDCONS. Abigail Nussbaum has a long thread on Bluesky about Worldcon running which […]

2025 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists Finalists have been announced for the 2025 Silver Falchion award given by the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, Tennessee. The Silver Falchion award categories cover the spectrum of popular […]

2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award Shortlist The shortlist for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy revealed June 27 by the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation. The 12 titles are: The winner(s) will be […]

2025 Locus Awards Winners The 2025 Locus Awards were announced June 21 in a ceremony during Locus Awards Weekend in Oakland, CA. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL FANTASY NOVEL HORROR NOVEL YOUNG ADULT NOVEL FIRST NOVEL NOVELLA […]

Crime Fiction Awards News for Father’s Day 2025 The latest info on the CWA Awards of Excellence, the Shamus Awards, and Sisters in Crime Australia’s Davitt Awards. THE CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE The […]

Marvel United: A Pride Special #1 Is Coming Next Week Marvel Comics’ annual Pride Month comic book one-shot is back in Marvel United: A Pride Special #1 hits stands on June 11 and will feature […]

Top 10 Stories for May 2025 Seattle Worldcon 2025’s use of ChatGPT as part of the screening process for program participants was publicly acknowledged by Chair Kathy Bond at the end of April. Bond initially […]

Mark Lawrence Announces Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off Champions’ League Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off sponsor Mark Lawrence, immediately after announcing the winner of SPFBO 10, turned right around and declared that all ten winners will compete against each […]

The Launch of Fan SF/F Awards By Dave Doering: While reviewing old fanzines of our early convention era, I note some curious parallels between the launch of the British “International Fantasy Award” (IFA) and the […]

Attention Faneds! Classic Fanzine Art Available By Dave Rowe: Bill Mallardi has released 78 illos and cartoons that would have appeared in Double:Bill (and maybe some of them did), which makes them over 55 years old […]

Pixel Scroll 5/3/25 Glorious Pixelcolor, Breathtaking Cinema Scroll, And Godstalkophonic Sound (0) Scroll lite today because I will be attending a dinner to celebrate my daughter’s graduation with a Master’s in Social Work. Congratulations Sierra! […]

Jennifer Stevenson Review: One Level Down By Jennifer Stevenson: This I also swallowed at a sitting. It’s about women, it ends well, and it is science fiction, I guess, if stories about multiverses created by […]

Pixel Scroll 4/19/25 Pixel Your Shelves With Your Books On A Flivver With Tatooine Seas And Frazetta Skies (1) CLUTCH HITS. To mark the weekend, Guardian critics present their favorite cinematic Easter eggs – “Pink […]