Mihaela Marija Perković's Blog: Rantalica, page 6
April 25, 2019
The 2019 GUFF Delegate is Simon Litten!
New Zealand fan Simon Litten will be the GUFF delegate at the Irish Worldcon this summer in Dublin, representing Australian and New Zealand SF fandom. Litten won against Australian writer and Conflux organizer, Nicole Murphy, and fellow New Zealander and con-runner, Lynelle Howel, in a hard fought race. “It was a very nail biting race. […]
April 23, 2019
SFeraKon 2019
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, […]
SferaKon 2019
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, […]
April 19, 2019
FAMOUS FAN: NICOLE MURPHY
I 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 […]
April 17, 2019
Books to Binge: The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
I 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 […]
John Scalzi: The Dispatcher
I 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 […]
April 15, 2019
Calls for Fiction: A Short Roundup
It 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 […]
April 12, 2019
Upcoming SF Conventions in April
I 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 […]
April 10, 2019
Books to Binge: Green Man’s Heir by Juliet E. McKenna
I fell in love with the layered plots, vivid characters and complex worlds of Juliet E. McKenna more than a decade ago, when she was a Guest of Honour at Istrakon in Croatia. I had very little patience for series and even less for fantasy one, but that strange need to give a chance to […]
Juliet E. McKenna: Green Man’s Heir
I fell in love with the layered plots, vivid characters and complex worlds of Juliet E. McKenna more than a decade ago, when she was a Guest of Honour at Istrakon in Croatia. I had very little patience for series and even less for fantasy one, but that strange need to give a chance to […]
