File 770

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File 770
Editor Mike Glyer
FrequencyDaily (online)
Format Blog
Founder Mike Glyer
First issue1978;46 years ago (1978)
Country United States
Language English
Website file770.com

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] [lower-alpha 1]

Contents

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. [lower-alpha 2] 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]

Awards

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]

Hugo Award for Best Fanzine: File 770
1980s
YearResult
1980Nominated
1981Nominated
1982Nominated
1983Nominated
1984Won
1985Won
1986—
1987Nominated
1988Nominated
1989Won
1990s
YearResult
1990Nominated
1991Nominated
1992Nominated
1993Nominated
1994Nominated
1995Nominated
1996—
1997Nominated
1998Nominated
1999Nominated
2000s
YearResult
2000Won
2001Won
2002Nominated
2003Nominated
2004Nominated
2005—
2006Nominated
2007—
2008Won
2009Nominated
2010s
YearResult
2010Nominated
2011Nominated
2012Nominated
2013—
2014—
2015—
2016Won
2017—
2018Won

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]

Notes

  1. ↑ This is a joint record shared with Locus Magazine. [2]
  2. ↑ Harry Warner, Jr. writes: [3] "This was a St. Charles Hotel room registered to fans Max Keasler, Roger Sims, Rich Elsberry and Ed Kuss at the 9th Worldcon -- nicknamed NOLacon -- held in New Orleans in 1951. Frank Dietz had been hosting a room party which was asked to quiet down by a hotel detective, and Dietz resolved the matter by taking everyone to room 770 circa 11:00 PM Saturday night, whereupon a massive party developed which lasted till 11:00 AM the next morning. [...] Time has transformed the room 770 party into an iconic fannish emblem, but the truth is it did have a pervasive impact on fandom right from the beginning, it was an instant legend in the making. [...] Room 770 played a part in the philosophy and orientation of a substantial part of fandom for years thereafter". So much so that Mike Glyer chose it as the title for his newszine, presumably because it strikes the right note of fannish fun."

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  2. ↑ "Hugo Awards Winners By Category". Science Fiction Awards Database . Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ Cameron, Richard Graeme. "R: Room 770". The Canadian Fancyclopedia. British Columbia Science Fiction Association. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Is Your Club Dead Yet?". File 770. No. 127. November 1998. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "About File770.com". Mike Glyer. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "1984 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. July 26, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ "1985 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. July 26, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ "1989 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. July 26, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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  11. ↑ "2008 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 13, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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  13. ↑ "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. March 15, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Mike Glyer Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database . Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  15. ↑ 2018 Hugo Awards Ceremony (YouTube). San Jose, California: 76th World Science Fiction Convention. August 19, 2018. Event occurs at 51:00.
  16. ↑ "2019 Hugo Results" (PDF). The Hugo Awards . World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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