Photon Tide is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 society from Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. They held a first ever Star Trek

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

 convention

Science fiction convention

Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of various forms of speculative fiction including science fiction and fantasy. Historically, science fiction conventions had focused primarily on literature, but the purview of many extends to such other avenues of expression as movies and...

 in Serbia, featured in a documentary film

Film

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 "Trekkies 2

Trekkies 2

Trekkies 2 is the sequel to the 1997 documentary film Trekkies.In 2003, a sequel to Trekkies was launched, titled Trekkies 2. This documentary film travels throughout the world, mainly in Europe, to show fans of Star Trek, commonly known as Trekkies, who do not live in the United States...

".

History

Formed in 1997 as a small informal Trekkie

Trekkie

A Trekkie or Trekker is a fan of the Star Trek franchise, or of specific television series or films within that franchise.-History:In 1967, science fiction editor Arthur W...

 club, steadily growing in numbers, which warranted its chartering as a NGO in 2002. In 2003, the filming crew of "Trekkies 2" documentary visited Serbia to film Star Trek fans. Fans from several Balkan states converged to Novi Sad to attend the first-ever Star Trek convention in this part of the world, "TREK>NS", organized by Photon Tide. Denise Crosby

Denise Crosby

Denise Michelle Crosby is an American actress best known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation...

 of ST:TNG

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...

 fame, star and narrator of "Trekkies 2", was the special guest of this convention.

In 2006, Photon Tide was included in the program of the Exit music festival, co-hosting the special "Supernova" stage with "Lazar Komarcic" fiction fan club from Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Serbia. The stage program was devoted to science fiction
in Serbia. Photon Tide also took part in the final tournament of World Cyber Games

World Cyber Games

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 2006 in Belgrade, holding a stand along with several other Serbian science fiction societies.

Activities

The society publishes its fanzine

Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...

 "Nova" as an insert to the monthly
science magazine "Astronomija" (Astronomy), reaching readers in Serbia and
other former Yugoslav

Yugoslavia

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 republics. The Photon Tide website (in Serbian) is a
source of science fiction news in Serbian, and its bulletins are being
syndicated by several news aggregator websites. A science fiction workshop is in development,
aimed to provide means for creative teamwork of talented people, creating
their own science-fiction-themed comics, animations, amateur movies, short
stories and radio drama

Radio drama

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s.

There are also somewhat regular get-togethers and outdoor activities, either
open-attendance or organized exclusively for the Photon Tide members, which
take place all over Serbia. Aside from online communication, open fan
meetings are the most persistent form of organized effort, taking place
since the society's inception in 1997. They are most frequent in Novi Sad
and Belgrade, where the majority of members are located.