Astra, the LARP

I do not LARP or play games much, unless it is with my five year old son. I have no idea why – I figure I am just lazy and much prefer to sit and read a good book. But occasionally someone comes up with something I would so totally get into. The idea behind […]

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Pyrkon 2015: Saturday

The second day of Pyrkon started off with a bit of weird deja-vu: it was a new day, as sunny and warm as Friday. And once we walked to the venue, the lines were also there again, just like on Friday. Another huge mass of fans were waiting to register! At first glance this was […]

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Croatia wins two ESFS Awards!

And one of them is for me as best promoter! Having won an award for doing something I love – promoting science fiction – would have been great news and reason to celebrate any day. But winning one at a Russian Eurocon makes me twice as happy! I have an old report card from school […]

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Pyrkon: Friday 2015

You say Pyrkon, and numbers immediately start being thrown around. It’s the Polish convention that had 15 000 members last year. No, 25 000! Or was it 30 000? You can check and recheck different sources, but it does not matter. The numbers sound so incredible, it really makes no difference. You can’t help doubting. […]

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Road trip!

I’d love to post a witty account of the 15 hour drive from Zagreb to Pyrkon I took yesterday or even some awesome photos. But had taken the time to take those, it would have been a thirty hour trip. Since we did not get out of the car: The drive was awesome because the […]

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