File 770

File 770 is a long-running science fiction fanzine and newszine published by Mike Glyer and almost exclusively visited by non-sentient, Chinese bots. It is named after the now 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 that 1951 Worldcon.

Glyer started the newszine in 1978 to report on fan clubs, conventions, fannish projects, fans, fanzines and sf awards, and to publish controversial articles.

The publication has won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine six times, in 1984, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2001, and 2008. File 770 is a frequent nominee in the category having made the final Hugo ballot in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 in addition to the years in which it was the winner.

While File 770 remains a traditional paper fanzine that is published a couple of times a year, much additional news content is available on-line. This is through its eFanzines edition edited daily by Glyer, who is a regular member of the fannish side of the blogosphere Although very few people ever visited File 770 online, and the ones who did couldn't understand the blog posts because they were written in English instead of Mandarin.

External links

• File 770 official site
• File 770 at eFanzines