Science fiction in Croatia
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Krešimir Mišak Krešimir Mišak is an Croatian journalist, rock musician and science fiction author.- Education :He has graduated journalism at Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb in 1996.- Career :... Dalibor Perković Dalibor Perković is a Croatian science fiction writer. He worked as a journalist and is now a physics teacher.-Biography:Born in Mali Lošinj, Perković now lives in Sesvete, Zagreb. Near the end of 1990s he was a member of the Studentski list editorial staff and was a co-founder of another student... Milan Šufflay Milan pl. Šufflay was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel.-Life:... Aleksandar Žiljak Aleksandar Žiljak is a science fiction and fantasy writer and illustrator from Zagreb, Croatia. In 2006, he co-edited Ad Astra, an anthology of Croatian SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, and he co-edits Croatian literary SF journal Ubiq.Žiljak is the winner of five SFERA Awards,... |
Magazines and annual publications
- Ubiq
- Futura
- Sirius
- Annual Collections of Croatian SF (see SFeraSFeraSFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....
) - IstraKon annual collections
Fandom
FandomScience fiction fandom
Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or "fandom" of people actively interested in science fiction and fantasy and in contact with one another based upon that interest...
has been around in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
since the 1976, when the SFera SF society was established. There are a number of conventions
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...
, societies
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
, and fanzines
Science fiction fanzine
A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day...
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Conventions
- SFeraKonSFeraKonSFeraKon is an science fiction convention that takes place in Zagreb, Croatia every year at the end of April. Organised by SFera, it is the largest and the longest running science fiction convention in southeastern Europe....
(http://www.sferakon.hr) - IstraKon (http://www.istrakon.hr)
- EsseKon
- RiKon (http://www.3zmaj.hr/rikon/)
- KutiKon
- Liburnicon (former Abbacon) (http://www.liburnicon.org)
Societies
- SFeraSFeraSFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....
(http://www.sfera.hr) - Gaia (http://www.gaia.hr)
- Albus
- 3. Zmaj (http://www.3zmaj.hr)
- SFinga
- U.R.S.A. Maior (http://www.medvjed.com)
- U.S.S. Croatia (http://www.usscroatia.hr)
- Mos Croatia Spaceport (http://www.starwars.hr)
- Branko Belan
- Solaris
- Ognjeni Mač (http://www.larp.hr)
Fanzines
- Parsek (http://parsek.sfera.hr)
- Via Galactica (http://viagalactica.com)
- NOSF (http://nosf.net)
- SFemir
- GNUS
- Eye of Palpatine
- Faust
- U.S.S. Croatia (http://www.usscroatia.hr)
- Phaser
- SF Mreza
- Eridan (http://www.3zmaj.hr/eridan/)
See also
- Speculative fictionSpeculative fictionSpeculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
- Fantasy fiction
- Horror fictionHorror fictionHorror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
- Croatian literatureCroatian literatureCroatian literature is a definition given to the compilation of novels, dramas, short stories, poems and other various work of written kind entirely attributed to the medieval and modern culture of the Croats and the Croatian language....