How the Colonial Universe Came To Be

Or how it went down when I published my first novel Prolaz za divljac (The Wildlife Crossing). In the time that preceded publishing my first novel, my dear editor Mihaela played a game with me. It was a game called “let’s see what you can write and just how fast you can deliver a finished […]

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The SFera Book Club: Terry Pratchett

The best part of a convention is often the discovery of other people enamoured with the same books, characters and worlds. But I came to the world of fandom late and made friends with those who had similar reading interests regardless of where I met them. Petra Bulic, who ran SFera and the was Head […]

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Shippers everywhere

Watching Avengers: Age of Ultron made me think that shipping has gone mainstream. Shippers have become so vigorously unashamed of their ships (not to say proud) that they have become visible to the point where is impossible to ignore them. Shipping as a term originated from Original Star Trek where ship was often referred as […]

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Unintended Consequences & Literary Awards

The Hugos, voting systems and supporting memberships are a hot topic in SF fandom these days. I have a lot to say about it, but running a con while working full-time hours as a freelancer will severely limit one’s free time (translation: I have 3 different Hugo-related articles pending that might or might not ever […]

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Scenaristika i domaci film na SFeraKonu 2015

Filmski program na SFeraKonu svake je godine bogat i neobican, a vec i svi vrapci na grani znaju koliko smo slabi na domaca SF izdanja sedme umjetnosti. U petak cemo predstaviti novi SFerin s filmom povezani projekt – SFerin scenaristicki inkubator.  SFera je 2013. godine prijavila, a HAVC u 2014. podržao, scenaristicku radionicu koju je […]

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