Rollacrit Revives, Updates ThinkGeek Messenger Bag of Holding By Daniel P. Dern: If your bag of choice to, ahem, hold your stuff in was the original ThinkGeek Messenger Bag Of Holding (“R/MBoH”) and yours has […]

Pixel Scroll 11/9/24 Tea In Hand, I’ve Been Watching Pixels Playing In The Autumn Leaves (1) FRONT LINE GAMERS. The ChrisO_wiki on X.com has a long thread about the popularity of Warhammer 40,000 imagery among […]

Warner Holme Review: Dragonbane Game Tomad Härenstam’s Dragonbane (Free League, 2023) By Warner Holme: Tomad Härenstam’s Dragonbane is the latest iteration of Sweden’s first roleplaying game. This publication comes in the form of a boxed set from […]

Author Erin Cairns Charges Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki with “Unethical Practices” Erin Cairns, a South African-born white woman who moved to the U.S. with her parents when she was young, has published a 78-page memo charging […]

Which Is Better For Your Health – Video Games Or Exercise? By Jonathan Cowie: This is not a trivial question for SF fans as common perception (be it correct or not) has it that a […]

Pursuing the Ghost of Literary Fantasy By RL Thornton: In a previous article on Evangeline Walton’s Mabinogion series, I celebrated the term of “literary fantasy.” In my mind, we who explore the realm of speculative […]

Dublin 2029 Worldcon Bid Site Visit By James Bacon: The Dublin 2029 bid co-chairs Margeurite Smith and Brian Nisbet organized a site visit of the venues where they hope to host the Worldcon in 2029.   […]

Pixel Scroll 9/28/24 Owner Of A Pixel Scroll (1) COURT STRIKES DOWN MARVEL, DC ‘SUPER HERO’ TRADEMARK. Bleeding Cool tells how it happened: “US Court States Marvel And DC Have Lost Their Super Hero Trademark”. […]

Celebrating Frank Capra’s “Wonderful Life,” And Ethereal “Lost Horizons” By Steve Vertlieb: During a particularly sad and lonely Christmas for my friend and hero, I wrote the brilliant motion picture director Frank Capra a few […]

Top 10 Stories for August 2024 The mainstream media picked up two File 770 news articles in August, recognizing the work we do here. File 770’s announcement of the 2024 Hugo Award winners – destined […]

Pixel Scroll 8/24/24 I Scroll Of Pixels (1) NOW IN HIS MEMORY GREEN. Ian Mond has been catching up with his TBR pile at The Hysterical Hamster: “Books Read: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight […]

Pixel Scroll 8/17/24 Stand By Your Slan In The High Castle On Zanzibar (1) A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEMORY HOLE. [Item by Mike Kennedy.] <Hammer bangs> Sold! That’s €1,275,000 for lot number 487, Mona Lisa’s […]

LAcon V Wins 2026 Site Selection Vote The 84th Worldcon will be held in Anaheim, California from August 27-31, 2026 in the Anaheim Convention Center, the Hilton Anaheim and Anaheim Marriott. The convention will be […]

Crime Fiction Awards Bulletin FINGERPRINT AWARDS Capital Crime, a crime fiction con in London, announced the winners of The Fingerprint Awards 2024 on May 30. OVERALL CRIME THRILLER HISTORICAL GENRE-BUSTING DEBUT TRUE CRIME AUDIO-BOOK THALIA PROCTER LIFETIME […]

Toy review: M.I.B. Neuralyzer By Iain Delaney: Men in Black (1997) is an action-comedy-sci-fi movie based on the Malibu Comics series of the same name. It starred Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as agents ’K’ […]

Warner Holme Review: Firsts & Lasts Review by Warner Holme: Laura Silverman’s Firsts & Lasts is a themed anthology with a rather wide scope. While at first glance the concept is of covering important final […]

Interview With He Xi, 2024 Hugo Finalist INTRODUCTION: Eight Light Minutes(8LM) Culture of Chengdu has given permission for File 770 to reprint the series of interviews with Chinese science fiction writers which they have been running this week […]

Be the Change: For the Future of the Hugos by Paul Weimer EDITOR’S NOTE: In this sixth reprint from Journey Planet’s “Be the Change” issue, Paul Weimer urges future Worldcons to pledge that the persons […]

Get Hansen’s New Volume of British SF Convention History Rob Hansen’s saga of early sf conventions in the UK continues with the release of British SF Conventions Volume 2: 1952-1957 on July 1. The 101,000-word […]

2024 Locus Awards Winners The Locus Science Fiction Foundation today announced winners of the 2024 Locus Awards during an in-person Locus Awards Ceremony in Oakland, California.   The winners are: SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL FANTASY NOVEL HORROR NOVEL YOUNG ADULT […]

Disney vs. The Echhs-Men By Tim Marion: This one has left me so unsatisfied that I feel obligated to spoil it.  Oh yes, there will be spoilers! The X-Men cartoon in the early 90s was […]

Lis Carey Review: Mammoths at the Gates  Review by Lis Carey: Cleric Chih travels widely, gathering stories, with a talking hoopoe bird. The hoopoe, Almost Brilliant, has perfect recall and serves as Chih’s neixin, ensuring […]

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 […]

Do You Want To Own the First Hugo Award Ever Given? On June 7 the Hugo Award given to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon will be up for auction – […]

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2024  Alain Bergeron has won the Prix Jacques-Brossard, a juried award for French sff worth C$3,000 given to an author who has distinguished himself with a work or production published during the year. […]

Camille Alexa Review: Folkmanis Sea Serpent Puppet Review by Camille Alexa: Folkmanis has gained an excellent reputation in recent decades for its overwhelming array of puppets. The plushies range from eerily lifelike to utterly fantastical. Right […]

Cats Sleep on SFF: Becoming Terran Mark Roth-Whitworth introduces us to his cat of many names: This is my Lord & Master, after a hard morning, relaxing with a good book (my new one). Everyone […]

Robert Tilendis Review: Bissinger’s Carmelized Blood Orange Chocolate Candy Review by Robert Tilendis: Founded in France in the 17th century, Bissinger’s chocolates were favored by the luminaries of 18th and 19th century Europe, such as […]

2024 CWA Dagger Awards Longlists The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) of the United Kingdom announced the longlists for the 2024 Dagger Awards on April 20. The Daggers were first given in 1955, however, for the first five years […]

Pixel Scroll 4/13/24 A Penchant For Multisyllabic Words (1) MURDERBOT THEMES. Martha Wells has posted the text of the “Jack Williamson Lecture 2024” she delivered on April 12 in Portales, NM. Here are the opening […]