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Slovenian SF&F book cover gallery.
Slovenian and foreign SF&F video content.
High-quality clips and those unavailable on YT.
Readercon
"Readercon is an annual conference or convention devoted to 'imaginative literature' – literary science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the unclassifiable works often called 'slipstream.'"
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
"The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) is the world's first museum devoted to the thought-provoking ideas and experiences of science fiction. SFM's exhibitions promote awareness and appreciation of science fiction literature and media while encouraging visitors to envision new futures for humanity. In the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, the museum pays homage to the most respected of science fiction practitioners; writers, artists, publishers and filmmakers."
The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards
A list of SF awards, their history, awarded authors, sorted by year, etc.
Science Fiction Awards Watch
This blog reports on award ceremonies and the process behind them.
The Hugo Awards
WSFS, The World Science Fiction Society, annualy sponsors Worldcon and, since 1955, the Hugo Awards, science fiction's most prestigious award.
The Nebula Awards
These awards for the best SF&F texts are presented annualy by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America since 1965. SFWA also presents the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement (since 1975, renamed in 2002), Andre Norton Award for best YA SF and Fantasy (since 2006), Bradbury Award for best dramatic presentation, Solstice Award for significance to the SF field (since 2008), and honors senior writers as Authors Emeriti (since 1995).
Arthur C. Clarke Award
The chief British award for science fiction literature.
Animateka
The international animated film festival, every December in Ljubljana (Kinodvor and Kinoteka) and then in Maribor.
European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
Grossman Fantastic Film & Wine Festival
Ljutomer, Slovenia; July
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
The Netherlands, April
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Belgium, April
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
Switzerland, July
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
Finland, August
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
France, September
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival
Sweden, September – October
International Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
Spain, October
International Science Fiction Festival, Trieste
Italy, November
Leeds International Film Festival
United Kingdom, November
Riga International Fantasy Film Festival
Latvia, February – March
FANCINE: The Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Málaga
Spain, November
Utopiales – the Nantes International Science-Fiction Festival
France, November
Fantasia International Film Festival
Canada, July
PiFan: Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
South Korea, July
Fantastic Fest, Austin
USA, September
FILM4 FrightFest – the UK's Leading fantasy & horror film festival, London
United Kingdom, August
Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, San Sebastian
Spain, October – November
Glossary of Science Fiction Ideas and Inventions
The database currently holds 1904 ideas from the year 1880 onward.
FanSpeak Dictionary
The dictionary of SF fans' jargon.
Uchronia: The Alternate History List
"What if?" Researching alternate history, different results of actions and events which would have led to different consequences.
How to destroy the Earth
... And why the usual threats by criminals in action movies are bogus.
The Time Traveller Convention – May 7, 2005
There was only supposed to be one, since time travellers from all eras can meet at a specific time and place at a specific moment and return as many times as they wish. No time travellers were identified at the convention, but according to the organisers this does not exclude the possibility of observers from other eras.
Retro Future
Retro Future explores futuristic concepts and SF inventions which should have profoundly changed our lives by the year 2000, but they never became a reality.
Space Food Sticks and Astronaut Food
Sweet snacks, inspired by real astronaut food, were a huge hit in the era of first space travels. After twenty years they are again available, over the internet.
EPIC 2014
A projection of near media future according to present trends...
SETI@home: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at home
SETI Classic
Download a free programme for radio telescopic data analysis and join the SETI project. If you are sceptical you at least got a fancy screensaver :)
Mars Unearthed
Mars Unearthed offers photographs, comparisons, animations, stereoscopic presentations etc., based on the recordings of the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard Mars Global Surveryor, as well as Spirit and Opportunity.
NASA
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) informs us about the corners of the universe which we cannot (yet?) reach.
HubbleSite Gallery
Video from Hubble's journeys. Some clips are so unbelievable they seem photoshopped.
Update: 26th July 2011
The chronology now makes it possible to compare SFF related activity in Slovenia and across the world. The emphasis is, of course, on the first, but important international milestones are listed for orientation. Organisational activity is separated from SFF literary edition by colour. Details on Slovenian artistic and analytic content can be found on other pages of The Guide. Much is still missing, so overlooked important information and corrections are welcome; write to vodnik.zf (at) gmail.com.
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| 1818: Literature: one of the earliest, if not the first SF novel Frankenstein (Mary Shelley). | |
| 1845: Literature: the narrative poem with supernatural elements, The Raven (Krokar) (Edgar Allan Poe). | |
| SLOVENIAN SF (until the 1920s): according to Bajt, classical utopian works are prevalent in this era, sometimes with dystopian motifs, often mixed with satire and fantasy. | WORLD SF (late 19th century): the European branch of real SF emerges as scientific romance, and in the last decades, American proto-SF. |
| 1851: Literature: the first Slovenian utopian and SF work Mikromega (Simon Jenko) is published in the school paper Slavija . | |
| 1864: Literature: Voyage au centre de la Terre (Potovanje v sredino Zemlje) (Jules Verne). | |
| 1865: Literature: De la Terre à la Lune (Potovanje na Luno) (Jules Verne). | |
| 1869: Literature: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (20.000 milj pod morjem) (Jules Verne). | |
| 1871: Literature: the first Slovenian printed SF/utopian book Dijak v Luni: satirična noveleta (H. G. or Andrej Volkar). | |
| 1872: Literature: Erewhon (Samuel Butler). | |
| 1878: Literature: the early utopian Deveta dežela (Josip Stritar). | |
| 1884: Literature: the dystopic Indija Komandija (Anton Mahnič) in response to Stritar's Deveta dežela. | |
| 1888: Literature: the utopian Razodetje (Janez Trdina). | 1888: Literature: the utopian Looking Backward (Edward Bellamy). |
| 1891: Literature: 4000: času primerna povest iz prihodnjih dob: po vzorih dr. Ničmaha napisal dr. Nevesekdo (Ivan Tavčar), a parody of Mahnič's Indija Komandija. | |
| 1892: Literature: Arheološko predavanje leta 5000 (Ivan Toporiš). | |
| 1893: Literature: the utopian Pantheon (Josip Jaklič) and Pogubni malik sveta (Simon Šubic). 1893: Literature: the utopian Abadon (Janez Mencinger). |
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| 1895: Literature: The Time Machine (Časovni stroj) (H. G. Wells). | |
| 1897: Literature: The Invisible Man (Nevidni človek) (H. G. Wells). | |
| 1898: Literature: The War of the Worlds (Vojna svetov) (H. G. Wells). | |
20th century |
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In the vicinity and around the world |
| 1905: Literature: the first feminist SF story Sultana's Dream (Roquia Sakhawat Hussain). | |
| 1914: Literature: Pertinčarjevo pomlajenje: sanjska povest (Etbin Kristan). | |
| SLOVENIAN SF (1920s and 1930s): according to Bajt, the popular science novel in the style of Jules Verne is prevalent in this era. | WORLD SF (1920s and 1930s): European modernism: non-SF authors explore time, space, technology, and alienation. The dystopian novel also emerges. American SF develops as an independent genre through pulp fiction. |
| 1920: Literature: the dystopian We (Mi) (Yevgeny Zamyatin). | |
| 1921: Theatre: the premiere of the Czech SF play, R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots (Karel Čapek), which introduces the term "robot". | |
| 1923: Hugo Gernsback starts publishing Amazing Stories, the first magazine, dedicated solely to SF. | |
| 1926: Literature: Pasja dlaka! (Damir Feigel). | 1926: J. C. Henneberger starts to publish the monthly Weird Tales, dedicated to fantasy. |
| 1927: Film: the expresionist SF film Metropolis (Fritz Lang). | |
1929: Literature: Na skrivnostnih tleh and Faraon v fraku (Damir Feigel). |
1926: Hugo Gernsback starts publishing Wonder Stories, after he loses control over his first magazine Amazing Stories. |
| 1930: Literature: Čudežno oko (Damir Feigel). | 1930: the first issue of Astounding Stories is published. The magazine is eventually renamed to Analog Science Fiction and Fact and continues to be the longest running SF magazine. |
| 1931: Literature: Brezen (Damir Feigel), Poslednji dnevi človeka (Angelo Cerkvenik), Potovanje po zvezdi Večernici (Radivoj Rehar). |
1931: Film: Frankenstein based on the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein (James Whale). |
| 1932: according to Bajt, Vladimir Bartol is the first Slovenian to use the term "znanstvena fantastika" (science fiction) in an article on Edgar Allan Poe. 1932: Literature: Kolumb (Damir Feigel. |
1932: Literature: Brave New World (Krasni novi svet) (Aldous Huxley). |
| 1933: Literature: Čarovnik brez dovoljenja (Damir Feigel). | |
| 1934: Literature: Dejanje (Vladimir Levstik). | |
| 1935: Literature: Al Araf (Vladimir Bartol), Okoli sveta/8 (Damir Feigel), Temna zvezda (Pavel Brežnik). | |
| 1935: Literature: Marsove skrivnosti (P. Ripson or Pavel Brežnik). | |
| 1937: Literature: the young adult fantasy The Hobbit (Hobit) (J. R. R. Tolkien). | |
| 1938: Literature: Alamut (Vladimir Bartol), Izum (Metod Jenko and Viktor Hassl). | 1938: Radio: the radio drama The War of the Worlds (Vojna svetov) (Orson Welles based on the novel by H. G. Wells) is performed on CBS Radio and causes general public panic. |
| 1939: Literature: Supervitalin (Damir Feigel), Nadčlovek Anton Novačan). | |
| WORLD SF (1940s and 1950s): the golden age of science fiction, during which SF gains the status of serious literature. It is influenced by the beatniks' modernist deconstruction and dadaism. New literary works, technological advances and a public desire for fictionalisation pave the way for SF film and television development in the 1950s. | |
| 1942: Literature: in Astounding Magazine, the first story in the Foundation series is published. The stories will grow into one of the most important modern SF works of the same name (Isaac Asimov). | |
| 1949: Literature: the dystopian 1984 (George Orwell). | |
| 1950: Literature: the short story collection I, Robot (Jaz,robot) (Isaac Asimov). | |
| 1951: Film: The Day the Earth Stood Still based on Bates' short story Farewell to the Master (Robert Wise). | |
| 1953: according to Bajt, Vasja Predan is the first after the war to use the term izraz "znanstvena fantastika". | 1953: Literature: the dystopian Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke). |
| 1954: Literature: the comic Pot v vesolje (Miki Muster). | 1954: Literature: the first two books of the epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (Gospodar prstanov), The Fellowship of the Ring (Bratovščina prstana) and The Two Towers (Stolpa) (J. R. R. Tolkien). |
| 1955: Literature: Vesolje v akvariju (Matej Bor). | 1955: Literature: the third book of the epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (Gospodar prstanov), The Return of the King (Kraljeva vrnitev) (J. R. R. Tolkien). |
| 1956: Literature: the comic Čudežni otok (Miki Muster), Potovanje v tisočera mesta (Vitomil Zupan). | |
| 1959: Theatre: Zvezdica zaspanka: pravljična igra za marionete (Frane Milčinski – Ježek). 1959: Literature: the comic Na Luno (Miki Muster), the poetry collection Mozaiki (Gregor Strniša). |
1959: Literature: the short story Flowers for Algernon (Rože za Algernona) (Daniel Keyes), The Sirens of Titan (Sirene s Titana) (Kurt Vonnegut), the military SF Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein). |
| SLOVENIAN SF (from the late 1950s onward): according to Bajt, modern SF with elements of space opera develops in this era. | WORLD SF (from the 1960s onward): the new wave (British, but also American) introduces experimentation into SF; surrealism, sexuality, psychological drama, anthropological, political and ecological themes; so called soft SF. |
| 1961: Radio: the radio play Trije v raketi (Leopold Suhodolčan). Literature: the young adult novel Drejček in trije marsovčki (Vid Pečjak). | 1961: Literature: Stranger in a Strange Land (Tujec v tuji deželi) (Robert A. Heinlein), Solaris (Stanisław Lem). |
| 1962: Literature: the young adule Drama v vesolju (Branka Damjanić). | 1962: Literature: The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick). |
| 1963: Literature:the poetry collection Odisej (Gregor Strniša). | 1963: Literature: Cat's Cradle (Mačja zibka) (Kurt Vonnegut), La planète des singes (Planet opic) (Pierre Boulle). |
| 1964: Literature: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie in tovarna čokolade) (Roald Dahl), The Word of Unbinding, the story which begins the Earthsea (Zemljemorje) series (Ursula K. Le Guin). | |
| 1965: Literature: the poetry collection Zvezde (Gregor Strniša). | 1965: Literature: Dune (Peščeni planet) (Frank Herbert), ...And Call Me Conrad (Roger Zelazny). |
| 1966: Literature:The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Tujec v tuji deželi) (Robert A. Heinlein). | |
| 1967: Literature:Pobegli robot (Vid Pečjak), Natančno tri dni zamude (Branimir Žganjer). | 1967: Literature: The Master and Margarita (Mojster in Margarita) (Mikhail Bulgakov), Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny). |
| 1968: Literature: Pregnani iz raja (Franc Puncer). | 1968: Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey based on the concurrently developed novel of Arthur C. Clarke (Stanley Kubrick); |
| 1969: Literature: the feminist The Left Hand of Darkness (Leva roka teme) (Ursula K. Le Guin), Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (Klavnica pet ali Otroška križarska vojna: dolžnostni ples s smrtjo) (Kurt Vonnegut), Ubik (Philip K. Dick). | |
| 1970: Film: the fantastic Oxygen, script by Dimitrij Rupel (Matjaž Klopčič). Literature: Vojna tajna: znanstveno fantastična komedija (Boris Grabnar), Trije konji (Vitomil Zupan). | 1970: Literature: Ringworld (Larry Niven). |
| 1971: Literature: the comics Obisk iz vesolja / V vesolje, Skok v prihodnost (Miki Muster). | 1971: Film: A Clockwork Orange, based on the novel by Anthony Burgess (Stanley Kubrick). |
| 1972: Literature: Adam in Eva na planetu starcev (Vid Pečjak), Želod (Gregor Strniša). | 1972: 1st Eurocon (Trieste, Italia). A visitor remembers. 1972: the first science fiction fair is organised in Zagreb. 1972: Film: Solaris, based on Lem's novel (Andrej Tarkovski). Literature: SF novella Piknik na obočine (Piknik na robu mesta) (Arkady and Boris Strugatsky), the novel Rendezvous with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke). |
| 1973: Radio: the radio play Mavrična krila (Gregor Strniša). Literature: Štiglica (Marjan Tomšič). | 1973: Literature: Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday (Zajtrk prvakov ali Zbogom plavi ponedeljek) (Kurt Vonnegut). |
| 1974: Radio: the radio play Steklenica vode (Gregor Strniša). Literature: Roboti so med nami (Vid Pečjak), Kosovirja na leteči žlici (Svetlana Makarovič), Veliki čarovnik Ujtata (Vida Brest), Oko: oris transcedentalne logike (Gregor Strniša), Čas v njej rabelj hudi ali kako strašno kaznujejo slovenske pisatelje (Dimitrij Rupel). | 1974: 2nd Eurocon (Grenoble, France). 1974: Literature: the utopian The Dispossessed (Mož praznih rok) (Ursula K. Le Guin). |
| 1975: Radio: the radio play Hrup osončja (Tomaž Kralj). Literature: Kam pa kam, kosovirja? (Svetlana Makarovič), Jajce: slikanica o laži, Škarje: zgodba o času (Gregor Strniša), Avtomoto mravlje (Jože Snoj). | 1975: Literature: the feminist The Female Man (Joanna Russ). |
| 1976: on the student campus in Rožna dolina, Sekcija za spekulativno umetnost (the section for speculative art), lead by Matjaž Šinkovec, is born. 1976: Radio: the young adult radio play V ozvezdju Postelje (Boris A. Novak). Literature: Leteči krožnik (Smiljan Rozman). |
4 February 1976: Astronautički i raketni klub Zagreb established Sekcija za SF, the first real SF club in Yugoslavia, which soon gains independence as Klub prijatelja ZBiF SFera. 1976: in Zagreb the first Yugoslav SF magazine Sirius starts to come out. 1976: in Belgrade the short-lived almanah Andromeda is first published. 1976: 3rd Eurocon (Poznań, Poland). |
| 1977: in Celje, Sekcija za znanstveno fantastiko Konstelacija is established; it operates from Mladinski klub. 1977: Sekcija za spekulativno umetnost publishes the first of the six issues of Občasnika. 1977: Literature: Čas (Branko Gradišnik), Votlina ali noč med novoslovenskimi polharji (Miha Remec), Stopinje po zraku in kako sta jih odkrila Naočnik in Očalnik, mojstra med detektivi (Leopold Suhodolčan). |
1977: in Zagreb, the second science fiction fair and the first Yugoslav convention YUcon are organised simultaneously by the SFera club. 1977: Film: the first part of the epic space opera Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Vojna zvezd) (George Lucas). Literature: A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick). |
| January 1978: Nedeljski dnevnik starts publishing the column "Skok v tretje tisočletje" (a jump into the third millenium) with authorial SF, which will introduce many promising young writers (among them Marjan Tomšič, Miroslav Slana, Franci Cerar, Zvone Jirasek, Denis Rakuša, Matjaž Šinkovec, Samo Kuščer and Miran Rotner). 2–6 October 1978: during Elektronski sejem at Ljubljana's Gospodarsko razstavišče, an exhibition titled "Prvine znanstvene fantastike v delih nekaterih slovenskih umetnikov" is opened. 12 painting and graphic artists take part, among them painters Darko Slavec, Samo Kovač, Marjan Remec and Franc Curk, graphic artist Jože Spacal and photographer Stane Jagodič. 1978: Literature: Mavrična krila: izbor slovenskih znanstvenofantastičnih zgodb, Izgubljeni človek (Franc Puncer), Mački v vesolju (Ivan Sivec). |
December 1978: Zagreb's Sirius, with its 35.000 readers, is the fourth most read SF magazine in the world (the leading three are published in English speaking areas). 1978: 4th Eurocon (Brussels, Belgium). |
| 2–14 April 1979: Igor Gedrih organises an exhibition titled »Svet znanstvene fantastike« (the world of SF) in Ljubljana's Pionirska knjižnica. It is dedicated to Slovenian utopia and new SF, to imporant translations, periodicals, literature, bordering on SF, comics (Miki Muster and Ivo Antič), children's SF art and film posters. 28 October 1979: Društvo ljubiteljev ZF Nova is established in Ljubljana. Among the members are Miha Granda (president), Žiga Leskovšek and Miha Remec. 1979: Literature: Vampir z Gorjancev (Mate Dolenc) |
23–26 August 1979: 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), Seacon '79, takes place in Brighton, Great Britain. 2–4 December 1979: the SFera club organises the second YUcon, the Yugoslav SF convention (later renamed to SFeraKon). Representatives of the Slovenian Sekcija za spekulativno umetnost, Nova and Konstelacija also attend. Matjaž Šinkovec, president of Sekcija, presents a paper on the popularisation of SF in Slovenia. Nova representatives, Žiga Leskovšek and Borut Slokan, speak on the topic of club activity and general position of Slovenian SF. 1979: Film: Alien (Ridley Scott). Literature: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Štoparski vodnik po galaksiji), the first of the five book series (Douglas Adams), Kindred (Octavia E. Butler). |
| 1980: Film: the television play Tretje življenje (Vid Pečjak in Boris Grabnar). Literature: Prepoznavanje ali bele vdove črni čas (Miha Remec), Kam je izginila Ema Lauš (Vid Pečjak), Čas, blaznost in blodnje (Boris Čerin), Aldolfa Hitlerja tretja svetovna vojna in kratki kurz vladanja za začetnike (Miloš Mikeln), Dnevnik Jureta Novaka ali Mladi Krpani potujejo na Luno (Brane Dolinar). | WORLD SF (from the 1980s onward): cyberpunk researches the cultural and political impact of new technologies. 1980: 5th Eurocon (Stresa, Italy), during which Zagreb's Sirius is declared best European SF magazine. 1980: Film: Stalker, based on the SF novella Piknik na obočine (Piknik na robu mesta) by Arkadij in Boris Strugacki (Andrej Tarkovski); the second part of the epic space opera Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Vojna zvezd) (Irvin Kershner). Literature: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Restavracija ob koncu vesolja), the second in the five book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Štoparski vodnik po galaksiji) (Douglas Adams). |
| 1981: Sekcija za znanstveno fantastiko Konstelacija is renamed to Društvo za ljubitelje ZF Konstelacija. 1981: Društvo ljubiteljev ZF Nova publishes the first issue of Nova, the first fanzine to be sold in bookstores and newsstands. Seven issues will come out. 1981: Literature: Iksion ali beg iz prikazovalnice (Miha Remec) and Zemlja zemlja zemlja (Branko Gradišnik). |
28 February and 1 March 1981: the SFera club organises YUcon III, the third Yugoslav SF convention, at which the SFERA awards are given to the best stories, published in 1980. Prepoznavanje by Miha Remec is awarded best novel. Žiga Leskovšek participates in the club representatives' debate. |
| 1982: Film: Blade Runner (Ridley Scott); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg). Literature: the essay collection Ljudje, zvezde, svetovi, vesolja (Drago Bajt), Kuga plastionska (Miha Remec). | 27 and 28 February 1982: the fourth YUcon, Yugoslav SF convention, takes place. Representatives of the SSU ŠOLT and Konstelacija are present; Matjaž Šinkovec speaks about potentially forming YUSFO, an informal Yugoslav coordination comittee for all institution and individuals, interested in SF. 1982: 6th Eurocon (Mönchengladbach, West Germany). 1982: Literature: Life, the Universe and Everything (O življenju, vesolju in sploh vsem), the third of the five book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Štoparski vodnik po galaksiji) (Douglas Adams). |
| 1983: Sekcija za speklativno umetnost organises lectures by authors James Gunn and John Brunner, who also takes a look at the site where Eurocon will take place this year. September 1983: In Sirius no. 87, the best three stories of the competition for SF stories of 1982 in Slovenian are published. The competition is organised by Sekcija za spekulativno umetnost, Društvo ljubiteljev Nova and Tehniška založba Slovenije. First place goes to Aura by Denis Rakuša, and the second is split between Človek pred psom by Miha Remec and Rubberneckers by Matjaž Šinkovec. 16–18 September 1983: the 8th Eurocon takes place in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana alongside the SF festival Fantazija, organised by Sekcija za spekulativno umetnost (ŠOLT) and Društvo ljubiteljev ZF Nova. Guests of honour are Brian Aldiss and Vid Pečjak, and the patron is the persident of the culture comittee, dr. Matjaž Kmecl. The schedule of the biggest Yugoslav SF event so far includes 18 films, an extra 35 hours of SF on two video systems, two theatrical pieces, two concerts, an exhibition of paintings, photography and books, a literary evening, lectures, discussions, computer and board games. In Sirius, Darije Dokić mentions some confusion regarding the division of the three organisers' responsibilities, giving preference to Fantazija over Eurocom, modest numbers of visitors from abroad due to weak promotion, unreadiness for the numerous local guests (1200 instead of the anticipated 500), and the prohibition of several film projections due to lack of agreement with the distributor. These problems cause some friction among Slovenian cluba. 1983: Literature: Sabi: splet domišljijskih zgodb (Samo Kuščer), the poetry collection Vesolje (Gregor Strniša)d. |
4 February 1983: the first SFeraKon takes place. The guest of honour is James Gunn. 1983: Film: the third part of the epic space opera Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Vojna zvezd) (Richard Marquand). Literature: The Witches (Čarovnice) (Roald Dahl) and the first novel in the extensive comic fantasy series Discworld, The Colour of Magic (Barva magije) (Terry Pratchett). |
| 21–23 September 1984: »Orwellovo leto 1984«: II. mednarodni festival znanstvene fantastike (Orwell's year 1984: II. international science fiction festival) takes place in Cankarjev dom, alongside the sixth YUkon. The programme includes film projections, presentations, concerts, a theatrical and ballet performance, radio plays and multimedia content. The announced guests are Bob Shaw, Boris Grabnar and Društvo slovenskih pesnikov in pisateljev. Darije Dokić notes in Sirius that part of the diverse programme was not related to SF and that many films were too avant-garde or of inferior quality. The guest of honour, Ian Watson. left a great impression. The low numbers of foreign visitors are, in his opinion, due to projections of films already shown abroad several years earlier. This festival also generates some grudges among the clubs. 1984: Društvo ljubiteljev ZF Nova publishes the last, seventh issue of the fanzine Nova. 1984: Literature: Igra in agonija (Bojan Meserko). |
1984: Sirius is again declared to be the best European SF magazine. Many Slovenian authors have published in Sirius, and Žiga Leskovšek regularly contributed as a critic. 1984: the SFera club gives out the SFERA awards for the fourth time. Among Slovenian nominees are Denis Rakuša (Aura) and Samo Kuščer (Sabi) as well as Brane Dimitrović for his show "Pet minut za znanstveno fantastiko" (five minutes for science fiction) on Radio Ljubljana, who also receives a diploma. 1984: Eurocon (Brighton, United Kingdom). 1984: Film: The Terminator (James Cameron). Literature: Neuromancer (Nevromant) (William Gibson), So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Zbogom in hvala za vse ribe), the fourth of the five book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Štoparski vodnik po galaksiji) (Douglas Adams). |
| 1985: Film: SFF black comedy Brazil (Terry Gilliam). Literature: Kako je bil rešen svet: izbor znanstvenofantastičnih novel (ed. Bajt), Mana – Časovni zapiski časnikarja Jurija Jereba (Miha Remec). | 1985: Film: SFF black comedy Brazil (Terry Gilliam); SF comedy Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis). Literature: in Poland, a collection of Yugoslav SF stories Duhová křídla is published (it contains stories by Gregor Strniša, Veseljko V. Simonovič, Branko Gradišnik and Vid Pečjak). Ender's Game, the first novel in the series of the same name (Orson Scott Card), The Handmaid's Tale (Deklina zgodba) (Margaret Atwood), Contact (Stik) (Carl Sagan) are also published. |
| 1986: Združenje za propagandiranje znanstvene fantastike v vseh izraznih oblikah – Terra is established; its members are Drago Bajt, Žiga Leskovšek, Bojan Meserko and Mitja Zupančič. 1st week of October 1986: in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, a mini SF convention takes place; a biennial event, dedicated to video projections. 1986: Film: the television play Supervitalin (Damir Feigel and Boris Grabnar). |
21–23 February 1986: in Zagreb, SFeraKon 86' and YUkon take place simultaneously. As Hrvoje Prćić writes in Sirius, Sam Lundwall, the guest of honour, unfortunately cancelled attendence. Some competitions and serious content were also missed, but were compensated by the participants' enthusiasm in the unofficial part. He also praises the excellent video programme, both exhibitions and the amateur theatre show. Among the nominated stories for the SFERA award are Opna and Govoreči stebri by our Miha Remec, as well as his Mana in the novel category. Despite their slowed down activity, representatives of the Ljubljana clubs attend the convention. 1986: Eurocon (Zagreb, Yugoslavia). |
| 1987: Literature: Lovec in Nečista hči (Miha Remec). | 1987: the SFera club gives out the SFERA awards for the seventh time. Among the winners is Miha Remec for the story Pomnik za Evridiko. Žiga Leskovšek, as an excellent theoretician of the visual and the literary, receives a diploma for a special achievement in popularising SF. 1987: Eurocon (Montpellier, France). 1987: Literature: Dawn, the first part of the trilogy Lilith's Brood (Octavia E. Butler). |
| 27–30 September 1988: in Cankarjev dom, the festival Fantastika 88 – pregled znanstvenofantastičnih in fantastičnih filmov (a review of SFF films) takes place. According to different estimates, around 100 or 400 people view the films on average. Miha Granda, president of DLZF Nova, awards Nova diplomas for contributions to (above all, Slovenian) SF: to Miha Remec for his writing, to Žiga Leskovšek and Drago Bajt for criticism and theory, as well as the magazines Superpip and Življenje in tehnika (Iskra and Samo Kuščer are among previous winners). Some find the film selection features too much comical and young adult content and also resent the fact that the organisers did not invite other Yugoslav clubs this time (supposedly due to the festival happening mid-week and the upcoming Skopje convention). 1988: Miha Granda publishes the shapirographed fanzine NOVI-ce, which invites new members to Nova. 1988: Literature: Terra almanah: izbor sodobne domače in tuje znanstveno fantastične proze (ed. Leskovšek). |
October 1988: Sirius publishes texts by four Slovenians. Žiga Leskovšek (SF magle u Sloveniji) scolds the publishers for republishing old translations, translations through several languages, or just poor translations instead of fresh quality literature, all of which causes the SF scene to regress. He finds it immature that the complacent Slovenian clubs are unready to cooperate and that they withhold information, which are, in his opinion, the reasons for brain drain. Miha Granda (Što se dogodilo sa slovenskim SF klubovima) also reproaches the clubs for resting on their laurels, but mentions lack of funds, which also troubles his Nova, as an excusable reason. He acknowledges the lack of dialogue in coorganising the festivals in 1983 and 1984, after which several members left due to disputes (Žiga Leskovšek, Miha Remec and others) – the membership fell from 100 to 20 and the remaining members have been meeting only infrequently. Still, he is optimistic regarding the organisation of YUkon 88'. Miha Remec (Sjaj i bijeda znanstvene fantastike u Sloveniji) writes about the mistaken conception of the self-satisfied Slovenian clubs on the Anglo-Saxon model, since they do not operate as commercial or creative associations. He mentions the small number of fans, the disappointing organisation and the disregard for Slovenian authors at Fantazija 83' and Orwellovo leto 1984. Due to the general underestimation of Slovenian literature he does not find it surprising that serious authors like to distance themselves from the club scene and make their way into mainstream. Samo Kuščer (Mogu li SF klubovi postojati bez svoje misije?), on the contrary, writes about the important social role the clubs play. He also mentions the relationship between science and art in SF, which bestows on it a mission of enlightenment, education and critical judgement. He then derives an interesting comparison of the SF scene and religious missionary work. Hrvoje Prćić declares Terra almanah to be the best Yugoslav edition this year. November 1988: after his visit to Ljubljana, Prćić in Sirius commends Terra on its activities and writes about the potential reactivation of Nova. He also reminds of the rich tradition of Slovenian SF, which has produced the first Yugoslav SF clubs, fanzines and critics. December 1988: in Granda's opinion, the rift between authors and amateurs was not caused by just a handful of individuals, of which he is said to be one. The clubs have difficulty operating without a permanent residence and resources, so they are often registered at private addresses. He suggests they should model themselves after foreign clubs, Nova connecting fans, and Terra connecting professionals. Several critical responses and general polemics by Slovenians follow his first text. 1988: Eurocon (Budapest, Hungary). 1988: Film: Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo). Literature: Adulthood Rites, the second book of the trilogy Lilith's Brood (Octavia E. Butler). |
| 1989: Marjan Skvarča publishes the first, 35-page issue of the fanzine Blodnjak. 1989: after the second Terra almanac (includes the Slovenian authors Remec, Rotner, Resnik, Simonovič, Pečjak, Zlobec, Jirasek), Terra also prints a set of SF posters. 1989: Literature: Zelena zaveza (Miha Remec), Corpnica Zofka (Svetlana Makarovič), Žalostni virtuoz in druge domišljijske zgodbe (Samo Kuščer), Noč je moja, dan je tvoj: istrske štorije (Marjan Tomšič). |
19–21 May 1989: the SFera club again organises SFeraKon in Zagreb. 1989: Eurocon (San Marino). 1989: Literature: Imago, the third book of the trilogy Lilith's Brood (Octavia E. Butler), the first fantasy comic of the seven year long series The Sandman (Neil Gaiman), Hyperion (Dan Simmons). |
| 1990: the editorial board of the Blodnjak fanzine opens a competition for original, unpublished stories and novellas, which will appear in a new Slovenian SF collections. The winners will be published in Življenje in tehnika and Sirius. 1990: Literature: Fantazija: antologija znanstvene fantastike (ed. Leskovšek in Resnik), Filio ni doma (Berta Bojetu). |
1990: Eurocon (Fayence, France). |
| 1991: Literature: Zapiski odposlanca Zemlje (Miha Remec), Naprej v preteklost (Milan Dekleva), Óštrigéca (Marjan Tomšič), Smaragdno mesto (Marjetka Jeršek). | 1991: Eurocon (Kraków, Poland). |
| 1992: Literature: Blodnjak znanstvene fantastike: izbor slovenske znanstvenofantastične in fantastične proze (ur. Meserko in Skvarča), Zrcalo (Frane Tomšič). | 1992: Eurocon (Freudenstadt, Nemčija). 1992: Literature: Mostly Harmless (Pretežno neškodljiva), the last of the five novel series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Štoparski vodnik po galaksiji) (Douglas Adams). |
| 1993: Literature: Astralni svetilniki (Miha Remec), Morana (Samo Kuščer), Zrno od frmentona (Marjan Tomšič), Satanova krona (Miha Mazzini), Časovna vrv (Franc Puncer), Satanova mana (Janez Hribar). | 1993: Eurocon (Saint Heller, Jersey). 1993: Film: Jurassic Park based on the novel by Michael Crichton (Steven Spielberg). |
| 1994: Literature: Wemarus (Franc Puncer), Potop: tretje century kibernetične ere (Frane Tomšič), Vesele zgodbe o vampirjih (Zlata Vokač). | 1994: Eurocon (Timişoara, Romania). |
| 1995: Literature: Ptičja hiša (Berta Bojetu), Opna (Franc Puncer), Sanjališče (Bojan Meserko). | 1995: Eurocon (Glasgow, Scotland). |
| 1996: Literature: Ure Kralja Mina (Bina Štampe Žmavc), Volčje noči (Vlado Žabot), Jessijeve zgodbe (Sieberer, Rok – Kuri). | 1996: Eurocon (Vilnius, Lithuania). |
| 1997: Literature: Harmagedon (Tone Perčič), the SF story collections Čar iskanja and Temna stran vesolja (Edo Rodošek). | 1997: Eurocon (Dublin, Ireland). 1997:Film: the SF psychological thriller Cube (Kocka) (Vincenzo Natali); animated historical fantasy Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke) (Hayao Miyazaki). |
| 1998: Slovensko Tolkienovo društvo Gil-galad (the Slovenian Tolkien society) is established; it immediately starts publishing its paper Sijoča zvezda. 1998: Literature: Vizije prihodnosti: zbirka kratkih znanstvenofantastičnih zgodb (ed. Pavlič and Leskovšek), Kmečka idila: zbirka znanstvenofantastičnih in fantastičnih zgodb (Bojan Meserko), Prihod and Sence neznanega (Edo Rodošek), Atlantida (Mihela Ponebšek), Primer Kozmos (Andrej Pogorelc). |
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| 1999: Eurocon (Dortmund, Germany). 1999: Film: the first part of the SF action trilogy The Matrix (Matrica) (Andy in Larry Wachowski). |
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| 2000: Literature: Geneza, Nauči me sanjati, Obračun and Spokojni svet (Edo Rodošek), young adult Poskus (Danila Žorž), Sanjalnica, Smrdljivi planet (Bojan Meserko). | 2000: Eurocon (Gdansk, Poland). |
| January 2001: Marjan Skvarča edits the first of many issues of e-Blodnjak, elektronske revije za znanstveno fantastiko in fantastiko (the electronic magazine for science fiction and fantasy), the successor of the paper Blodnjak. 2001: Literature: Iksia ali slovo živostrojnega človeka (Miha Remec), Pravici je zadoščeno and Feniks, mogoče (Edo Rodošek), Nebeško kraljestvo (Franc Bešter). |
25 May 2001: the first Dan brisače (Towel Day) in honour of Douglas Adams! 2001: Eurocon (Capidava, Romania). 2001: Film: surrealist psychological thriller Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly); animared adventure fantasy Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) (Hayao Miyazaki); The Fellowship of the Ring (Bratovščina prstana), the first part of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (Gospodar prstanov) (Peter Jackson); Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first of the series (Chris Columbus). |
| 2002: Literature: Poslednja bitka bogov (Maia Pleiades), Dolgo iskanje (Edo Rodošek), Zgodba Frenka Nissana (Sieberer, Rok – Kuri). | 2002: Eurocon (Chotebor, Czech Republic). 2002: Literature: the fantasy horror Coraline (Neil Gaiman). Film: the second part of the SF action trilogy The Matrix Reloaded (Andy in Larry Wachowski); the SF thriller Cube 2: Hypercube (Kocka 2), sequel to Cube (Andrzej Sekuła); The Two Towers (Stolpa), the second part of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (Gospodar prstanov) (Peter Jackson); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second of the series (Chris Columbus). |
| 2003: Literature: Blodnjak znanstvene fantastike 4: zbirka slovenske znanstvene fantastike in fantastike (ed. Meserko), Onstran zaznave and Skoraj enaki (Edo Rodošek), as well as Veter večnosti (Marjan Tomšič). | 2003: Eurocon (Turku, Finland). 2003: Film: the third part of the SF action trilogy The Matrix Revolutions (Andy in Larry Wachowski); The Return of the King (Kraljeva vrnitev), the third part of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (Gospodar prstanov) (Peter Jackson). Literature: the dystopian SF Oryx and Crake (Zadnji človek) (Margaret Atwood). |
| 2004: Literature: Blodnjak znanstvene fantastike 6: izbor slovenske in prevedene znanstvenofantastične proze (ed. Meserko), Slepo sonce (Tomaž Lavrič), Beg med zvezde and Doktor živih in mrtvih (Vid Pečjak), Skrivnost neopazne galaksije (Mladen Tratnjak), Senjalca (Bojan Meserko), Kalius (Urban Klančnik), Hevimetal (Lenart Zajc), Vrnitev iz večnosti: roman o zadnji ljubezni (Milivoj Miki Roš), Svetilničar (Igor Zobavnik), Jantar in Adena and Kresnik (Marinka Slana), as well as Sherryjina zgodba (Sieberer, Rok – Kuri). | 2004: Eurocon (Plovdiv, Bulgaria). 2004: Film: romantic fantasy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Večno sonce brezmadežnega uma) (Michel Gondry); the SF thriller Cube Zero, prequel to Cube (Ernie Barbarash); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third of the series (Alfonso Cuarón). |
| 29 November 2005: Prizma, Društvo ljubiteljev znanstvene fantastike in fantazije (the science fiction and fantasy fan club) is established. The future members first gathered on 19th May). 2005: Literature: Močvara and Neločljiva dvojicaIzkop (Danila Žorž), Potovanje zavesti (Franc Bešter), Potovanje k Leonardi (Janko Lorenci), Nestor: več kot eno življenje (Doris Tudor), Droplja Krt and Geneza (Urban Klančnik), as well as Čez veliko zahodno morje (Martin Vavpotič). |
2005: Eurocon (Glasgow, Scotland). 2005: Film: animated short film 9 (Shane Acker); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth of the series (Mike Newell). |
| May 2006: the last, 67th issue of e-Blodnjak is published. 2006: Literature: Iks ali velika samota Noetove barke (Miha Remec), Observatorij 775 (Mladen Tratnjak). |
2006: Eurocon (Kiev, Ukraine). 2006: Film: dystopian SF Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón). |
| 19 March 2007: the first (formally nought) issue of Neskončnost comes out, titled Ad Infinitum. 27–29 April 2007: in Sečovlje, the first Slovenian convention Konfuzija takes place (report in Mladina). The guest of honour is Miha Remec. 30 July 2007: the first Prizmini Dnevi (znanstvene) fantastike (Prizma's days of SFF) begin in Maribor's Kulturni inkubator. 19 December 2007: Prizma and Kinoteka organise a discussion titled »Svet, ki prihaja – utopija/antiutopija in njune aplikacije v resničnosti«. The speakers are dr. Alojz Kodre, Nejc Gazvoda and Samo Gabčič. 2007: Literature: Singularnost: zbirka kratkih fantazijskih in znanstvenofantastičnih zgodb (ed. Klančnik), Aleks in robot Janez and Zadnji odpor ali Iskanje lepe Helene (Vid Pečjak), Fasunga and Sanjajo tisti, ki preveč spijo (Nejc Gazvoda), Odmev tišine (Edo Rodošek), Pika in hišni robot xy-13 (Ivan Sivec), Generator knjig and Zmajev tempelj (Nataša Vrbančič Kopač), Anor Kath – Pota magov (Samo Petančič), Rheia (Andrej Ivanuša), as well as Vitezi & čarovniki: Indigo otroci (Bojan Ekselenski). |
2007: Eurocon (Copenhagen, Denmark). 2007: Film: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth of the series (David Yates). |
| 4–8 August 2008: in Maribor's Kulturni inkubator, the second Dnevi (znanstvene) fantastike take place, organised by Prizma. 2008: Film: fantastika Vampir z Gorjancev (Vinci Vogue Anžlovar). Literature: Ostrostrelka ali Romanje v Tibetijo (Miha Remec), Svetlanine pravljice / Svetlana's Fairytales (Svetlana Makarovič), Strašigrad (Edo Rodošek), Otroci nočnih rož (Nataša Sukič), Počitnice na Marsu (Ivan Sivec), Bitka za Erno (Nataša Vrbančič Kopač), Nasvidenje, Veličastni svet (Amadeja M. Ličen), Potovanja (Matjaž Gornik). |
25–27 April 2008: SFeraKon – jubilejni 30. Dani znanstvene fantastike takes place. the guests of honour are Richard Morgan, Predrag Raos and Jack Williamson. 2008: Eurocon (Moscow, Russia). 2008: Film: animated SF WALL-E (Andrew Stanton). |
| 3 June 2009: the 12th and so far the last issue of Neskončnost is published. 2009: Literature: V petek so sporočili, da bo v nedeljo konec sveta (Nejc Gazvoda), Zapiski o Parasvetu (Marjetka jeršek), Zgodnje zgode godijo (Bojan Meserko), Sence Niverona (Mariša Ogris), Dangober: Spopad pri Opozorilniku (Mara R. Sirako), Iskalci izgubljenih mest: zaklad Triglava (Tim Horvat), Sedmi svet (Sebastjan Koleša). |
24–26 April 2009: SFeraKon takes place; the guest of honour is R. Scott Baker. 2009: Eurocon (Fiuggi, Italija). 2009: Film: SF Moon (Duncan Jones); SF thriller Disctrict 9 (Neill Blomkamp); animated SF 9, full length and produced by Tim Burton (Shane Acker); epic SF Avatar (James Cameron); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth of the series (David Yates ). |
| 2010: Literature: Svetovi drugih: zgodbe z delavnic skupinskega pisanja feministične in kvirovske znanstvene fantastike (ed. Hvala), Kataklizma: Selenino maščevanje (Vid Pečjak), Molji živijo v prahu (Nataša Sukič), Odlagališče (Vesna Lemaić), Obzidano mesto (Marget Belani). | 23–25 April 2010: SFeraKon takes place; the theme is retro SF, steampunk and space opera. The guests of honour are Ian McDonald and Milena Benini. 2010: Eurocon (Cieszyn, Poland and Český Tĕšín, Czech Republic). 2010: Film: the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh of the series (David Yates). |
| 17–19 June 2011: you can attend Eurocon in Stockholm. | |
| 26–29 April 2012: Eurocon will take place in Zagreb! | |
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