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Mike Glyer
Personal blog · file770.comculturewriting
Mike Glyer writes File 770, a personal blog at file770.com about culture and writing. Since 2012, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 39 times, most often “Hugo Awards – A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Mike Glyer's File 770 for its detailed, very active coverage of science fiction awards and controversies, including the 2023 Hugo Awards censorship reporting and Baen's Bar forum.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Mike Glyer's news of science fiction fandom
Most-linked posts?
- Hugo Awards – A Report on Censorship and Exclusion4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2024-02-15
- Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-04-02
What Hacker News says?
If you care to read deeper, including comments by many of the principal parties involved, there's no better place than https://file770.com/ (also linked to from this news article). It's hard to follow if you come in fresh, as it's a very active blog, with many pages of insightful comments on each post, but worthwhile. Here's the list of all posts from the last month which are primarily about this. (There are also da…
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on “Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China”Submitted Vernor Vinge has died as a story · 1151 points
HN discussionAlso at https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censors...
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on “Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China”Submitted Greg Bear has died as a story · 311 points
HN discussionAlso for the investigative journalism behind this recent bunch of reports in the news (linked from the article on CBS as well): https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censors... I can recommend that report to anyone interested in digging a little deeper, and reading about the possible solutions entertained to prevent this in the future. And a view from one well-known sci-fi author: https://whatever.sca…
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on “Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China”Submitted Judge Decides Against Internet Archive as a story · 103 points
HN discussionComing on the heels of the 2023 Hugo Awards disaster (certain authors excluded for fear of offending China, see https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censors... ) it's hard to believe the supposed post-Chengdu reforms didn't take into account loopholes like this.
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on “Glasgow 2024 Hugo Awards Statement – 22 July, 2024”Submitted An Auspicious Date in Comics History as a story · 18 points
HN discussionThis was hard to follow without clicking on the links. This linked post contained a sampling of criticism. Most of the criticism seemed to be that it was inappropriate to use LLMs to run a sci-fi writing convention because LLMs have been trained on authors’ content. A minority of criticism was about potential inaccuracies. Just sharing what I found. https://file770.com/responding-to-controversy-seattle-worldc...
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on “Hugo Administrators Resign in Wake of ChatGPT Controversy”Submitted Hugo Awards – A Report on Censorship and Exclusion as a story · 6 points
HN discussionPart 2 at [1] [1] https://file770.com/talking-with-michael-moorcock-about-his-...
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on “Talking with Michael Moorcock About His Music: Part 1”Submitted Hugo Nomination Report Has Unexplained Ineligibility Rulings as a story · 6 points
HN discussionAnd results: Weisskopf Announces Hiatus for Baen’s Bar [ http://file770.com/weisskopf-announces-hiatus-for-baens-bar/ ]
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on “Baen Books Forum Being Used to Advocate for Political Violence”Submitted Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Royal Mail to Issue “Terry Pratchett’s Discworld” Stamps as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Court Rules Star Trek/Seuss Mashup Is Copyright Fair Use as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2021 Hugo Awards Finalists Announced as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted RIP SF author Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo Awards Finalists as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Letter to the SFWA and Community about new AI award rules as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Akira Exhibition in Berlin as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Priscilla Tolkien(1929-2022), daughter of JRR Tolkien as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted J. Michael Straczynski: The Last Dangerous Visions Has Been Finished as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ray Bradbury Windows Unveiled in South Pasadena as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Museum Moves Towards Ray Bradbury Centennial as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ninety Remarkable European Speculative Books from the Last Decade as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Karen Anderson (1932-2018), Wife of Poul Anderson, Mother-In-law of Greg Bear as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Walt Disney’s love of trains as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Richard Adams (1920-2016) Made Me Want to Write as a story · 2 points
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