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All nations have their national myths. Without exception, those myths are humongous collections of lies, deceits, propaganda, in short, an impressive pile of bullshit. The real truth is, the main characters of those national myths are murderers, butchers, tyrants, thieves who used various human-loving methods such as armed conquest, pillaging, purges and genocide to increase […]
Read More Dalibor Perkovic: Why I admire and envy AustraliansOne of the things I wanted to do with this blog is to present European SF authors to all the Australians I thought would stop by here after meeting me at a con or a club meeting. I figured people would be most interested in how I see Australia and Australian fandom, but I also […]
Read More How others see AustraliaI love Dr Who but have not been a very faithful viewer these past few years. Number one, I am still not over David Tennant. Number two, having a child makes time fly and unwatched episodes, seasons even tend to pile up. Now that I am in Australia, every fan home I stayed at had […]
Read More Sydney, day twoI know: it’s autumn in Australia. This means the swimming season is over. I got that. I even believed it when I got to the beach in Perth too late to take a dip in the Indian ocean.
Read More A day at the beachThe Tin Duck Awards are the science fiction achievement awards annually awarded in the Australian state of Western Australia. They are tied to the WA convention Swancon, which was the first stop in my GUFF trip.
Read More Tin Duck Awards 2013