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SFeraKon is the oldest and (still!) the largest SF convention in Croatia. Started 41 years ago, it has hosted Eurocon twice as well as many great writers of science fiction. This year it is happening from May 10th – 12th, at FER (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing ) in Zagreb. If you’ve never been, […]
Read More SFeraKon 2019I met Australian author Nicole Murphy during my GUFF trip in 2013. She was one of the people running Conflux, and since it was the 52 Naton that year, I was there as GUFF delegate. Today, she is not only an author in two genres, but also running for GUFF and I am one of […]
Read More FAMOUS FAN: NICOLE MURPHYI actually do not like writing reviews, I realized today. I find them easy to write for magazines, because magazine have their audiences, and certain expectations, and also word count limits. No obligation to be deep. That can be so daunting. And then there is the thing when I have no idea what to write […]
Read More Books to Binge: The Dispatcher by John ScalziIt was very rainy and rather cold in Zagreb for the weekend, and I spent most of it outside. Because I am contrary by nature, because there’s just something about dreary April weather that speaks to my soul and because the sunny, warm days can really, truly get me down – April is the cruelest […]
Read More Calls for Fiction: A Short RoundupI used to dream of going to Worldcon, and now I plan my vacations around SF conventions. Science fiction has become mainstream, and cons are popping up everywhere. Too many to count, way too many to visit, but I plan to have so much fun giving it a good go. Even though right now it […]
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