Tag: finnish science fiction
‘Extraction 2’ Has Wrapped Filming After 5 Months of Snowy Sets
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
GLAAD Media Awards Honors Hacks, Eternals, and More in 2022 Ceremony
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
FINNCON 2016 – FINLAND’s NATIONAL CONVENTION : 1st – 3rd July 2016, Tampere, Finland
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’s Novel “Auringon ydin” Translated into English, French, German and Czech
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)...
Nordic SF News
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...
Scandinavian Speculative Fiction Writers Leena Krohn and Karin Tidbeck Translated into English
Leena Krohn (born February 28, 1947 in Helsinki) is one of the most respected Finnish writers of her generation. In her large body of...
Archipelacon, The Nordic SF&Fantasy Convention : June 25–28, 2015 – Mariehamn, Åland (Finland)
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...
Finnish Writer Emmi Itäranta’s „Memory of Water”, Nominated to the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award !
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...
Johanna Sinisalo’s Novel, „The Blood of Angels” (Peter Owen Publishers, UK)
„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”...
Finnish Writer Emmi Itäranta Launched Her SF Novel “Memory of Water” in US, UK and Australia and the Rights Are Sold to Other...
Emmi Elina Itäranta (born 1976 in Tampere, Finland, where she also grew up) is a writer, whose first novel the CliFi “Teemestarin kirja” (literal...
The FINFAR Society’s SF&Fantasy Research Journal (Finland)
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...
Finland Bids for Worldcon in 2017
A group of finnish fans has announced that they will bid to host the Worldcon in 2017 in Helsinki. The finns finished second in...
Iron Sky Crowdfunding Successful
Iron Sky The Coming Race is the sequel to the Finnish sf film Iron Sky, about Moon Nazis who return to Earth in 2018...
Sf Awards at Finncon
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...