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SFerKon 2015 will be held May 15-17, 2015, at FER (that’s the acronym for the Croatian name of the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing that has served as the venue for the largest Croatian con for 15 years now!) and the Guest of Honour will be the American writer Kate Elliott. […]
Read More SFeraKon 2015!Ten years ago, I attended Swancon XXX, a strange and wondrous affair held at the Emerald Hotel Perth (now the Rendezvous Hotel Perth Central). I have many memories of that, my first SF convention, but the one thing that stands out (aside from the fact that the con featured a wedding!) is the kindness and […]
Read More Not Quite a Billion Year Spree: Swancon at 40Sunday is a very relaxed day at Istrakon – one can tell by the fact that everything is running a bit late and items keep appearing and disappearing from the schedule. I somehow missed this year’s Coffee with the Organizers although I have no idea what I was doing at the time. Babysitting probably. My […]
Read More Istrakon 2015: SundayI hate getting to a three-day con on the second day – it always feels like I’ve missed the best part. It’s especially true of Istrakon, which has a special Friday buzz for me. I think it’s because, unlike SFeraKon, they used to have a big to do for an opening ceremony (maybe they still […]
Read More Istrakon 2015: SaturdayI have no idea how Friday went – for the second time in years I could not go straight after work at the end of the week. But I do know one thing did happen, even though I missed it: TranSFerzala. It’s a fun project cooked up by two Croatian SF societies, the Rijeka based […]
Read More Istrakon 2015: Friday