Jonathan Cowie Review: Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds Halcyon Years (2025) Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz, £25 / US$38, hrdbk, 326pp, ISBN 978-1-399-61176-3 By Jonathan Cowie: To cut to the chase for Reynolds’ fans, the man is […]
DCFCW Reports Status of Other 2023 Hugo Trophies Colette H. Fozard, President of the Development Center for Chengdu Worldcon, Inc. (DCFCW), the U.S. nonprofit corporation created to handle the Chengdu Worldcon’s western financial affairs, has […]
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community Hi Friends, After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File […]
Pixel Scroll 12/20/25 Scrollhide! (1) IT’S ABOUT TIME. Big Finish is bringing back Time Tunnel as an audio drama: “Beloved ’60s sci-fi returning with new adventures as iconic actress cast” reports Radio Times. The Time […]
Pixel Scroll 12/20/25 Scrollhide! (1) IT’S ABOUT TIME. Big Finish is bringing back Time Tunnel as an audio drama: “Beloved ’60s sci-fi returning with new adventures as iconic actress cast” reports Radio Times. The Time […]
Pixel Scroll 12/13/25 And Dr Strange At Ectoplasm The Trees (1) ARTIST’S AFROFUTURISM EXHIBIT BECOMES FLASHPOINT OVER AI. A YouTuber challenged the “Women of Afrofuturism” exhibition at the San Franciso airport as “not using real […]
Bidders for Future Worldcons and Smofcons Heard from in Smofcon 42 Q&A Session By Vincent Docherty: Summary: In more detail: The traditional Q&A was held at SMOFcon 42 on Saturday 6th December 2025 in the Dieselverkstaden Culture House in Stockholm, Sweden. […]
A File 770 Special Convention Report: Starbase Indy 2025, Part One By Chris M. Barkley: For the most part, many sff fans spend their Thanksgiving weekend with their families. There are others who may spend the […]
British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958-1965 Is New TAFF Release. In Rob Hansen’s British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958-1965, the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads, he promises — Among the burning questions of the […]
Pixel Scroll 11/15/25 No, I Am Your Pixel (1) BOOKSELLER’S ARTICLE ABOUT TOP 50 SFF BOOKS IN UK SO FAR IN 2025. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] Although The Bookseller’s article “Bestsellers – Romantastic: Romantic Fantasy […]
Pixel Scroll 11/8/25 Nothing That Needs A Monkey Wrench Done To It (1) HELP DECIDE THE DIAGRAM PRIZE. The shortlist for The Bookseller Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year 2025 was released October 24, and […]
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 […]
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