INTERVIEW WITH VALENTIN D. IVANOV– CRISTIAN TAMAȘ
CRISTIAN TAMAȘ: As someone working at the European Southern Observatory, you operate in one of the most international scientific environments in Europe. Why do you think European science fiction — unlike European science — remains so fragmented along national lines?
Valentin D. Ivanov: A great aspects of working at the large international institution is that one does not feel...
2026 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE
There are moments in cinema when the screen stops being a window and becomes a portal.
"Empire at Sea", Peter Flaherty’s twenty‑two‑minute SF solarpunk odyssey, doesn’t just invite you to watch—it drags you, salt‑sprayed and blinking, into its shimmering world of steel, algae, and ghosts of the mainland.
The film opens on the Aurora rig, a floating sanctuary...
The 2016 Atorox Prize was won by the short story "Kaunis Ululian" (Beautiful Ululian) by Magdalena Hai (from the collection "Kristallimeri"/The Crystal Sea). The second...
Johanna Sinisalo - "Auringon ydin" (The Core of the Sun), Teos, Helsinki, Finland, 2013 ; Nominated for the 2014 Tähtivaeltaja Award (Star Traveller)
Johanna Sinisalo (b. 1958)...
Finnish Weird is a free magazine published by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society. It introduces the concept of “Finnish Weird”, showcases a few writers and...
Archipelacon is a joint finnish-swedish event in the Nordic countries for everyone interested in science fiction and fantasy. It’s a four-day celebration of the...
Emmi Elina Itäranta (born 1976 in Tampere, Finland, where she also grew up) is a writer, whose first novel the CliFi “Teemestarin kirja” (literal translation: The Tea Master’s...
„The Blood of Angels” by Johanna Sinisalo (Finland)
Translated from Finnish ("Enkelten verta", 2011) by Lola M. Rogers ; Peter Owen Publishers UK
„The Blood of Angels”...
From Adam Robert's site :
"The Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research is a refereed, interdisciplinary journal published by the FINFAR Society (Suomen...
At Finncon last weekend, several awards were presented:
The Tähtifantasia Award, a juried award for best translated fantasy book published in Finnish in 2012 went...
