Fredag

O’Neill’s Irish Pub, Dragarbrunnsgatan 53.
17.00 – 01.00 Väldigt lite program, mest bara umgänge.

21.00: Book launch: Infinite Metropolis is a science fiction collection featuring twelve original short stories by Finnish authors Edmund Schluessel and Mikko Rauhala. Both authors will be present!

Lördag

Bryggeriet Ångkvarn, Östra Ågatan 59.

10.00 Kongresslokalen öppnar

10.30 – 11.20
The best science fiction/fantasy debut novels
Now and then we see a debut novel or short story collection that is absolutely stunning. The panel shares memories and findings from their treasure troves.
Ian Sales
Andreas Davour
Jukka Halme
Carolina Gómez

12.00 – 12.50
Lingustics in science fiction
Science fiction authors sometimes structure their plots and world building around alien languages. Linnéa Anglemark, lecturer in English lingustics, looks at some such works of science fiction, and discusses the linguistic concepts involved.

13.30 – 14.20
Being an alien
Fans who have lived in foreign parts of the world discuss how being a stranger in a strange land can be like living in a science fiction novel.
Ian Sales
Erik Hallstensson (mod)
Edmund Schluessel
Anna Davour
Seppo Laine

15.00 – 15.50
Magnificent beasts and where I found them
Ingela Wahlberg, textile historian, shares her findings of beasts and fable creatures in medieval and renaissance textiles.

16.30 – 17.20
Flawed masterpieces and failed novels
What problems can we accept without them ruining a work of fiction, and what makes an otherwise excellent book a failure?
Tommy Persson
Edmund Schluessel
Anna Davour
Carolina Gómez
Ylva Spångberg (mod)

18.00 – 19.00
The fantastika quiz
Join one of the teams and battle for the glory of winning the 2020 Open Fenno-Swedish Science-Fantasy Championship! Quizmaster: Jukka Halme.

19.00 – 00.00
Göstaprisutdelning följt av dead dog party. Vi sitter kvar så länge vi vill och umgås.

MInns att det ingår en smörgås och en kopp kaffe eller liknande på lördagen!