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Conflux is a science fiction convention held in Canberra since 2004. I have been repeatedly warned it is of a more writerly bent. It seems to mean that is more similar to SFeraKon and Istrakon than Swancon was in terms of writers’ presence and numerous writing workshops. Am looking forward to finding out. My schedule, […]
Read More Conflux ScheduleIt takes me approximately three hours to get from Zagreb to Zadar, the small town in Dalmatia. A 10 minute ferry ride takes me to the island of Ugljan and a 10 minute ride later I will have arrived at the place where I have been spending summers in the last ten years. This trip […]
Read More Cognitive distanceAll 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 two