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The Croatian science fiction scene is lively and diverse, as I have been proudly telling Australian fans at cons and club meetings. Despite the seven annual cons and two specialized festivals, there are no SF writers in Croatia who make a living writing fiction. This is less weird in Australia than I thought it would […]
Read More Free Croatian SF fiction online: EridanOne 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 AustraliaCroatian fandom is young. Not meaning we did not have one 20 years ago, because we did. Croatian fans are young: the average age of a Croatian con member is 23. Which tends to come as a bit of a surprise to American and British fans.
Read More Swancon: GenerationsCroatian SF conventions are many and varied. They can be small, 100 to 350 people, and they can be large, like last year’s Kontakt with 1300 people. But none of them are held in hotels.
Read More Cons at hotelsBeing a freak in real life myself and having a very annoying talent in *not* getting paid for the work I do, this speech really shook me up. Not only because recently – again! – I did some work that ended up being unpaid (living in Croatia sucks!) but also because the nature of my […]
Read More Amanda Palmer’s “The Art of Asking” at TED