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Dr. Who is loved in Croatia, although it is not as widely known as in the UK and Australia. The show was aired on Croatian TV when the country was still part of Yugoslavia and most Croatian fans met the character as played by Tom Baker, because those were the episodes we got to watch. […]
Read More Dr. Who 50th Anniversary TrailerIt is that time of the year – time to start another GUFF race! The 2014 race is northbound, meaning that the winning candidates will be traveling from Australia or New Zealand to Europe. Since the venerable Mr. Worldcon is also traveling to Europe that summer, the GUFF delegate will simply have to skip Satellite […]
Read More FHere we go again: GUFF call for nominations!The fan auction could not function without all the generous people who donate their SF related and unrelated stuff to be sold. I would like to thank Ivana Delac, Vesna Kurilic, Goran Magdic Magi, Mirko Karas & Monika Tresk for their lovely donations for the Rikon GUFF auction. A very special thanks goes to Ozren […]
Read More GUFF auction at Rikon tonight at 21:30The con opened at 18:00 and the program started at 19:00, which I missed because we were late starting from Zagreb. Late because of me and all the papers I was very slow in getting into order – SFera gets some funding from the city of Zagreb and of course the first day of Rikon […]
Read More Rikon 2013 – FridayTonight at Liburnicon, the youngest Croatian SF convention held in Opatija, the winners of the 2013 SF&F Translation Awards were announced and among them Zoran Vlahovic’s “Every Time We Say Goodbye” (translated from the Croatian by Tatjana Jambrišak, Goran Konvicni, and the author) got an Honorable Mention in the short form category. The Association for […]
Read More Croatian Story earns Honorable Mention in 2013 SF&F Translation Awards