Editor | Mike Glyer |
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Frequency | Daily (online) |
Format | Blog |
Founder | Mike Glyer |
First issue | 1978 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Website |
file770 |
File 770 is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published and administered by Mike Glyer. It has been published every year since 1978, and has won a record eight Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine, with the first win in 1984 and the latest in 2018. [1] [a]
File 770 is named after a legendary room party held in Room 770 at Nolacon, the 9th World Science Fiction Convention, in New Orleans in 1951. [b] Glyer started File 770 in 1978 as a mimeographed print fanzine to report on fan clubs, conventions, fannish projects, fans, fanzines and SF awards. [1] [4] In the 1990s, Glyer moved production of the fanzine to computer desktop publishing, and on January 15, 2008, he began publishing File 770 as a blog on the internet. [5]
A print version of File 770 was produced until 2016. eFanzines.com began hosting PDF versions of the paper issues in 2005. [5]
File 770 has won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine eight times, in 1984, [6] 1985, [7] 1989, [8] 2000, [9] 2001, [10] 2008, [11] 2016, [12] and 2018. [13] It has received a total of thirty-one nominations over four decades. [14] Glyer himself has also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer four times for his work on File 770. [14] Writing in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Rob Hansen and David Langford described the zine as evoking a strong feeling of community. [1]
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In his 2018 Hugo acceptance speech, Glyer recused himself and File 770 from future nominations. [15] The next year, File 770 received enough votes to qualify for the Hugo ballot; it was not listed due to the recusal. [16]
Editor | Mike Glyer |
---|---|
Frequency | Daily (online) |
Format | Blog |
Founder | Mike Glyer |
First issue | 1978 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Website |
file770 |
File 770 is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published and administered by Mike Glyer. It has been published every year since 1978, and has won a record eight Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine, with the first win in 1984 and the latest in 2018. [1] [a]
File 770 is named after a legendary room party held in Room 770 at Nolacon, the 9th World Science Fiction Convention, in New Orleans in 1951. [b] Glyer started File 770 in 1978 as a mimeographed print fanzine to report on fan clubs, conventions, fannish projects, fans, fanzines and SF awards. [1] [4] In the 1990s, Glyer moved production of the fanzine to computer desktop publishing, and on January 15, 2008, he began publishing File 770 as a blog on the internet. [5]
A print version of File 770 was produced until 2016. eFanzines.com began hosting PDF versions of the paper issues in 2005. [5]
File 770 has won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine eight times, in 1984, [6] 1985, [7] 1989, [8] 2000, [9] 2001, [10] 2008, [11] 2016, [12] and 2018. [13] It has received a total of thirty-one nominations over four decades. [14] Glyer himself has also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer four times for his work on File 770. [14] Writing in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Rob Hansen and David Langford described the zine as evoking a strong feeling of community. [1]
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In his 2018 Hugo acceptance speech, Glyer recused himself and File 770 from future nominations. [15] The next year, File 770 received enough votes to qualify for the Hugo ballot; it was not listed due to the recusal. [16]