File 770

File 770 is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published/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 most recent in 2018.^[1][a]

File 770

Editor	Mike Glyer
Frequency	Daily (online) Biannually (print)
Format	Print PDF blog
Founder	Mike Glyer
First issue	1978; 45 years ago (1978)
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	file770.com

History

File 770 is named after the legendary room party held in Room 770 at Nolacon, the 9th World Science Fiction Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, that upstaged the other events at the 1951 Worldcon.^[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, with articles written in a "no-nonsense style".^[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 has been produced every year from 1978 to the present. eFanzines.com began hosting PDF versions of the paper issues in 2005.^[5] While File 770 remains a traditional paper fanzine published once or twice a year, much additional news and expanded content is available daily in its online blog site version edited by Glyer.

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, as shown in the following table.^[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 Year Result 1980 Nominated 1981 Nominated 1982 Nominated 1983 Nominated 1984 Won 1985 Won 1986 — 1987 Nominated 1988 Nominated 1989 Won 1990s Year Result 1990 Nominated 1991 Nominated 1992 Nominated 1993 Nominated 1994 Nominated 1995 Nominated 1996 — 1997 Nominated 1998 Nominated 1999 Nominated 2000s Year Result 2000 Won 2001 Won 2002 Nominated 2003 Nominated 2004 Nominated 2005 — 2006 Nominated 2007 — 2008 Won 2009 Nominated 2010s Year Result 2010 Nominated 2011 Nominated 2012 Nominated 2013 — 2014 — 2015 — 2016 Won 2017 — 2018 Won

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."

References

1. Hansen, Rob; Langford, David. "File 770". In Clute, John; et al. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (3rd ed.). Gollancz. from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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. . File 770. No. 127. November 1998. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008.
5. "About File770.com". Mike Glyer. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
6. "1984 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
7. "1985 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
8. "1989 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
9. "2000 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
10. "2001 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
11. "2008 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
12. "2016 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
13. "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
14. "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.

External links

• File 770 at eFanzines