Fantasticon is the national Danish

science fiction convention Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of the speculative fiction subgenre, science fiction. Historically, science fiction conventions had focused primarily on literature, but the purview of many extends to such other avenues of ex ...

since 2004. It has been held at various locations in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

. Article about Fantasticon in Danish Fantasticon was also the name of a monthly comic book convention series that began in Michigan, USA, in 1976. The following data does not describe the USA convention series.

Guests of Honour

2004: (No GoH, but guests included H. H. Løyche.) 2005: Christopher Priest, William J. Maryson (1950–2011), Imants Belogrïvs, Dave Lally, Harry Harrison. 2006: (No GoH, but guests included

Lene Kaaberbøl Lene Kaaberbøl (born in 1960) is a Danish writer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work primarily consists of children's fantasy series and crime fiction for adults. She received the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2004. In 2009 Kaaberbøl with h ...

and Josefine Ottesen) 2007: (No Fantasticon this year, GoHs at Eurocon 2007 Copenhagen:

Anne McCaffrey Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 1968) an ...

, Stephen Baxter, Zoran Živković, David A. Hardy, Niels Dalgaard) 2008:

Norman Spinrad Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. His fiction has won the Prix Apollo Award, Prix Apollo and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo Award and multiple N ...

Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff (born 24 November 1949) is a Danish science fiction, science, horror, prose and non-fiction author and philosopher. He is the son of Aage Neutzsky-Wulff (1891–1967) and half-brother to Vita Andersen. Neutzsky-Wulff att ...

2009:

Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine ' ...

, Gwyneth Jones 2010:

Catherine Asaro Catherine Ann Asaro (born November 6, 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, singer and teacher. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire. Biography Catherine Asaro was b ...

(additional guests: Per Vadmand, Ea Philippa, Kaspar Colling Nielsen,

Rikke Schubart Rikke Schubart (born November 16, 1966) is a Danish author and film scholar, who teaches at Institute for the Study of Culture at University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. Her research is on emotions, gender, and genre in film and telev ...

) 2011: A. Silvestri, Henrik Harksen 2012:

Alastair Reynolds Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Early life Reynolds was born in Wales and spent his early years in Cornwall before moving back to Wales, ...

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award ( Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her car ...

2013:

Tricia Sullivan Tricia Sullivan (born July 7, 1968 in New Jersey, United States) is an American science fiction writer. She also writes fantasy under the pseudonym Valery Leith. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1995. In 1999 she won the Arthur C. Clarke Awar ...

Karin Tidbeck Karin Margareta Tidbeck (born 6 April 1977) is a Swedish author of fantasy and weird fiction. Tidbeck debuted with the short story collection ''Vem är Arvid Pekon?'' in 2010, followed by the novel ''Amatka'' in 2012. Their first work in English ...

2014: Paul J. McAuley, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz 2015:

Pat Cadigan Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human ...

, Ian Watson 2016:

Justina Robson Justina Robson (born 11 June 1968 in Leeds, England) is a science fiction author from Leeds, England. Biography and publishing history Justina Robson was born in Leeds on 11 June 1968, and studied philosophy and linguistics at the University o ...

Ken MacLeod Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and '' The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus ...

2017: Christopher Priest,

Nina Allan Nina Allan (born 27 May 1966) is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published five collections of short stories, multiple novella-sized works, and five novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines '' Interzone'', '' Black Stat ...

2018: Jeannette Ng,

Lavie Tidhar Lavie Tidhar (; born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres. He has lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time, as well as Laos and Vanuatu. As of 2013, Tidhar has lived in London ...

2019:

Nisi Shawl Nisi Shawl (born 1955) is an African American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might reflect real-world diversity o ...

2020: (No GoH, virtual convention on Zoom) 2021: Laura Mauro, Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesen 2022: Priya Sharma (author),

Øystein Runde Øystein Runde (born December 14, 1979, in Ulsteinvik) is a Norway, Norwegian comics writer and comics artist. Runde, Kristopher Schau and Frode Hanssen published the weekly science/humor podcast 80% from 2019 to 2020, after its end in october 20 ...

Lauren Beukes Lauren Beukes (born 5 June 1976) is a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and Screenwriter, television scriptwriter. Early life Lauren Beukes was born 5 June 1976. She grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. She attended Roede ...

2023: Malene Sølvsten, Tracy Fahey,

Chris Beckett Chris Beckett (born 1955) is a British Social work, social worker, Lecturer, university lecturer, and science fiction author. He has written several textbooks, dozens of short stories, and six novels. Background Beckett was educated at the D ...

2024:

Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne Morgan Valente (born May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Andre Norton Award, and Mythopoeic Award. Her short ficti ...

, Dominic Mitchell

Dates

2004: 7 – 8 February 2005: 22 – 24 April 2006: 21 – 22 October 2008: 26 – 27 April 2009: 29 – 30 August 2010: 18–19 September 2011: 5 November 2012: 1–3 June 2013: 7–9 September 2014: 14–15 June 2015: 30–31 May 2016: 11–12 June 2017: 1–3 September 2018: 21–23 September 2019: 20–22 September 2020: 4–6 September 2021: 3-5 September 2022: 25-26 June 2023: 3-4 June 2024: 1-2 June

References

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External links

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Science fiction conventions in Europe 2004 establishments in Denmark