Mihaela Marija Perković's Blog: Rantalica, page 2
November 15, 2019
Famous Fan: Regina Wang Kanyu
I met Regina at Worldcon 75, and I honestly do not remember exactly when. By the time I was traveling to Helsinki at the beginning of August 2017 for the con itself, she was already one of my favourite people there. The first thing we did, on that Tuesday when we landed, was to leave […]
November 13, 2019
Accountability Continues to Suck, But I No Longer Care
It is hard to hold oneself accountable while traveling. And I did travel a lot in October. The month started with a 3-day trip to Rijeka for Rikon, and ended with me in China for the China National SF Convention in Beijing. In between, I took a few days for a short trip to the […]
November 7, 2019
About Croatian SF in File 770!
There are times when I wonder why I keep this blog. As I have almost zero time for it and I am behind on all of my plans for it and I particularly do not feel like writing an accountability post (like the past few days). Sometimes it just seems so pointless. Yet, I cannot […]
October 23, 2019
Books To Binge: Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
There is just something so awesome about space opera, and about trilogies and about the intricate worldbuilding they inherently contain that pushes my buttons. It might well be the Balkans in me, viewing worlds built from words falling apart and feeling them being stitched back again. Or maybe I just really like books I can […]
October 18, 2019
Volunteering at a WorldCon
If I want to add something interesting when introducing myself, I say “…and for fun, I run science fiction conventions.” Around the time I got recruited to be Hospitality Division Head at Worldcon 75, I was just starting a new job. I had left the old one because I was not left alone during my […]
October 16, 2019
Cyberpunk Rules! Workshop @ Rikon 2019
This year’s Rikon was dedicated to cyberpunk, which I adored in high school. It fits into my love of film noir, and science fiction and police procedurals with a twist as well as into my overall moodiness. I proposed a two-part cyberpunk workshop to Rikon programming sometime in the middle of September, possibly at a […]
October 14, 2019
Rikon 2019
Some SF cons are great, some are so-so, but Rikon is always awesome. It might be a great job the organizers are doing, or it might be just me, never having any expectations or having just the ones that are always met: to see and chat with people I love while at the same time […]
October 11, 2019
Accountability: September 2019
September came before I thought it would, and was way warmer than I like it. Maybe I was a bit tired, maybe it was just the heat, but I was in a bit of a funk in the first week of the month. And last. And the two in between.
October 2, 2019
Famous Fan: David Lally
Dave Lally was SFeraKon Guest of Honour in 2011 but I met him at the 2008 Eurocon in Fiuggi, Italy as this boisterous Irishman with a passion for SF fandom all over Europe, who immediately pushed and prodded me to include more Croatian fans in the European scene. (One of the consequences of that was […]
September 13, 2019
Fiction Friday: The Merqueen Who Loved Trees
Green was the colour of magic, she was sure. To see the green flutter in the wind, that was the height of her day. Green leaves dancing on the wind. She had thought it the most beautiful sight in the world, even before it meant her love was near, riding the green. Blue was the […]
