Croatian science fiction comprises books and films in the fiction genre produced all across

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Authors

Ivo Brešan Ivan "Ivo" Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017) was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko. Personal life Born in Vodice 1936, Breša ...

Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...

Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...

Krešimir Mišak Krešimir Mišak (; born 1972) is a Croatian journalist, rock musician, and science fiction author. Mišak is a noted proponent of pseudohistory and various global conspiracy theories in Croatia. Education He has graduated journalism at Facult ...

* Dalibor Perković *

Milan Šufflay Milan Šufflay (8 November 1879 – 19 February 1931) was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of Albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel. As a Croatian nationalist, he was persecuted in th ...

Aleksandar Žiljak Aleksandar Žiljak (born 19 June 1963) is a science fiction and fantasy writer and illustrator from Zagreb, Croatia. In 2006, he co-edited ''Ad Astra'', an anthology of Croatian language, Croatian SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, ...

* Martina Majcen

Films

* '' Izbavitelj'' (1977) * ''

Visitors from the Galaxy ''Visitors from the Galaxy'' ( sh, Gosti iz galaksije, cs, Monstrum z galaxie Arkana) is a 1981 Yugoslav-Czechoslovak film directed by Dušan Vukotić. Plot Robert is a hotel doorman who is obsessed with science fiction. He plans to write an SF ...

'' (1981) * ''

Infection An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...

'' (2003) * '' Reptiloid'' (2013)

Artists

Awards

SFERA Award The SFera Award is awarded annually by the science fiction society SFera in Zagreb since 1981. Until 1991, it was given to participants from whole of Yugoslavia, but since 1994 only for works originally published in Croatian. The SFera award is g ...

Magazines and annual publications

* ''Sirius'' (1976 - 1989) *'' Futura'' (1992 - 2005)

Fandom

Fandom A fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of empathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest. Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significant ...

has been around in

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since the 1976, when the

SFera SFera 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. SFera is the official organiser of SFeraKon, an annual Croatian science fiction conve ...

SF society was established. There are a number of

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societies A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...

, and

fanzines A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...

Conventions

SFeraKon SFeraKon is a 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. The first SFeraKon unde ...

(http://sferakon.org/) *IstraKon (https://web.archive.org/web/20161101121604/http://www.istrakon.hr/) *RiKon (http://www.3zmaj.hr/rikon/) * Liburnicon (former ''Abbacon'') (http://www.liburnicon.org)

Societies

(http://www.sfera.hr) * 3. Zmaj (http://www.3zmaj.hr) *U.R.S.A. Maior (http://www.medvjed.com) *U.S.S. Croatia (http://www.usscroatia.hr) *Mos Croatia Spaceport (https://web.archive.org/web/20110927094801/http://www.starwars.hr/) *Ognjeni Mač (https://web.archive.org/web/20160111002037/http://larp.hr/) *Klub Titan Atlas (http://klubtitanatlas.hr/)

Fanzines

*Parsek (http://parsek.sfera.hr) *Via Galactica (http://viagalactica.com) *NOSF (http://nosf.net) *Eridan (http://www.3zmaj.hr/eridan/) *The Void Fanzin (http://thevoidfanzin.wordpress.com/)

Liburnicon

Liburnicon is a festival for fans of science fiction, fantasy, advanced science, history and mythology, organised by the association "Kulturni front". Liburnicon is held in

Opatija Opatija (; it, Abbazia; german: Sankt Jakobi) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic buildings r ...

, a seaside town situated under the Učka mountain on the shore of northern Adriatic. The first Liburnicon was held in 2006, under the name Abbacon. It was a gathering of several dozen science fiction and fantasy fans from Opatija and the surrounding region. Initially, Liburnicon was conceived as a small summer convention in the Liburnia region, and over time it developed into a festival that also offers musical, artistic, and excursion content.

References

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