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 […]

Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #85 A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: A FEW THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE 2024 HUGO AWARD FINALISTS By Chris M. Barkley: I, like many of you reading this, were absolutely […]

Speculative Sounds: Sonic Discoveries from “John The Balladeer” By RL Thornton: One of the great rediscoveries of this year has been the stories of World Fantasy Award-winner Manly Wade Wellman. In particular, his magical stories […]

Pixel Scroll 3/23/24 Please Be Aware That The Closest Pixel Might Be Behind You (0) The Saturday Scroll will be a short one. I am on my way to celebrate my sister-in-law’s birthday — which […]

So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #84: A Column of Unsolicited Opinions Unburdening Myself of Unfinished Business By Chris M. Barkley:  ITEM ONE: As we emerge from the cold and cloudless days of January and February, […]

World Builders: Women Shaping SF and Fantasy: Guest Post by Sondi Warner Sondi Warner is an author with a flair for the paranormal. Her debut novel, Lead Me Astray, was selected as an Amazon Editor’s […]

Self-Published Science Fiction Competition 3 Semifinalists The third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition’s 18 semifinalists have been announced. They have been selected by the nine remaining judging teams. (The original Team EPIC was dissolved in […]

Warner Holme Review: Heather Webber’s At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber (Forge, 2023) Review by Warner Holme: Heather Webber’s At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities is the latest […]

Cheryl Morgan, Dave McCarty Resign from WSFS’ Hugo Award Marketing Committee WSFS’ Hugo Awards Marketing Committee (“HAMC”) members Cheryl Morgan and chair Dave McCarty have resigned. New chair Linda Deneroff says, “We are currently in […]