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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: February 4, 2024

Cat Eldridge Review: Marvel Femme Fatales Spider-Gwen Statue Review by Cat Eldridge: I’ve needed to write to this up for quite some time and since the second animated Spider-Verse film is recently out, it’s good time to write this up. And yes, I purchased Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, so I’ll be … Continue reading → The post Cat Eldridge Review: Marvel Femme Fatales Spider-Gwen Statue…

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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: November 26, 2023

Meeting Piltdown By Lee Weinstein: When I was a child, my father gave me a set of the illustrated New World Family Encyclopedia, published in 1954. One illustration that burned itself into my brain was composed of photographs of three sculptured busts … Continue reading → The post Meeting Piltdown first appeared on File 770. Winter Is Here: 2023 Crime Fiction Awards Update IRISH INDEPENDENT…

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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 28, 2023

Jim Shull Rediscovered By Gary Farber: Holy mother of Ghu-Ghu, Foo-Foo, and Roscoe! I sent Jim Shull a Friend Request a few years ago after noticing him on Facebook and realizing that he must be the great fan artist of the 1970s, whose … Continue reading → Get Your First Look at This Year’s Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1, the annual one-shot that celebrates LGBTQIA+…

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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 21, 2023

Cider Reviews Sockeye Salmon Dog Treats Introduction: Did you know that dogs can’t eat tuna? Well they can’t but they certainly can eat salmon. (No, I don’t know why one fish is good and one isn’t.) And that brings us to Cider’s review of Max and … Continue reading → SciFidea Writing Center Hosts Dyson Sphere-Themed Story Contest The SciFidea Writing Center of Singapore is accepting entries in…

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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: April 2, 2023

Tolkien Society Awards 2023 The Tolkien Society Awards 2023 winners were announced April 1. BEST ARTWORK Other finalists BEST ARTICLE Other finalists BEST BOOK Other finalists BEST ONLINE CONTENT Other finalists OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Pixel Scroll 4/1/23 Shhh. Be Vewy Quiet, I’m A Pixel and I’m Hunting Filers (1) VOTING OPENS IN SFWA ELECTION AND REFERENDUMS. Full SFWA members have until…

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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: March 12, 2023

Pixel Scroll 3/10/23 Those Who Scroll Away From Pixelas (1) AMAZON BAILS. Amazon notified subscribers they are leaving the digital and print magazine subscriptions business, apparently. Several Filers sent me a copy of their notice regarding digital subscriptions, and I received one myself for a print magazine. Here is … Continue reading → Cats Sleep on SFF: The Incredibles Craig Miller shows…

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Now, I was a teacher’s kid – a child at the same school my mother taught at. Teachers’ kids tend to meet other teachers’ kids. I’ve never heard any one of them have this experienced any differently...

Two guys sympathetic to the liberal/leftist side of the science fiction and fantasy (SFF) community gained access to Hugo voting data, which #hugoawards administrators had refused to release. At least, they refused to give it to conservative SFF members. It looks like left-leaning, anti-#sadpuppies have privileged information that can be used to further and agenda of #hugoaward voting restrictions. Read this.The left only wants “fairness” when that fairness favors them.

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Why Are Some File770 Readers so Miserable?

Why Are Some File770 Readers so Miserable?

Seriously. What is wrong with some of them? They presumably like science fiction. I thought the point of fandom was to share what you like. But some File770 readers like SF so much that they enjoy reading about the writing of science fiction, organizing events, giving lectures to other people, trolling websites, calling people rude names if they disagree with them…

Hopefully you see my point…

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