Fantasticon is the national Danish science fiction convention

Science fiction convention

Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of various forms of speculative fiction including science fiction and fantasy. Historically, science fiction conventions had focused primarily on literature, but the purview of many extends to such other avenues of expression as movies and...

 since 2004. Held at various locations in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

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Guests of Honour

2004: (No GoH, but guests included H. H. Løyche

Hans Henrik Løyche

Hans Henrik Løyche is a Danish science fiction writer, born in Copenhagen in 1964. He studied at the Academy of Arts before travelling around Asia, Africa and various Mediterranean countries. His first work was the novel Støj , published in 1996...

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2005: Christopher Priest, William J. Maryson (1950 - 2011), Imants Belogrïvs, Dave Lally, Harry Harrison.

2006: (No GoH, but guests included Lene Kaaberbøl

Lene Kaaberbøl

Lene Kaaberbøl is a Danish writer of fantasy novels living in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Writing :Lene Kaaberbøl tends to write fantasy books set in the medieval period...

 and Josefine Ottesen)

2007: (No Fantasticon this year, GoHs at Eurocon 2007 Copenhagen: Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American-born Irish writer, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. Over the course of her 46 year career she won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award...

, Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...

, Zoran Živković

Zoran Živkovic (writer)

Zoran Živković is a writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia , where he still resides.-Biography:...

, David A. Hardy

David A. Hardy

David A. Hardy , is the longest-established living space artist, having illustrated his first book in 1954....

, Niels Dalgaard)

2008: Norman Spinrad

Norman Spinrad

Norman Richard Spinrad is an American science fiction author.Born in New York City, Spinrad is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. In 1957 he entered City College of New York and graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree as a pre-law major. In 1966 he moved to San Francisco,...

, Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff

Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff

Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff is a Danish author and philosopher who has published within the genres of science fiction, science, horror, and prose.- Life :Neutzsky-Wulff is the son of Aage Neutzsky-Wulff...

2009: Charles Stross

Charles Stross

Charles David George "Charlie" Stross is a British writer of science fiction, Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. He was born in Leeds.Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera...

, Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones (novelist)

Gwyneth Jones is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the name Ann Halam.-Biography and writing career:...

2010: Catherine Asaro

Catherine Asaro

Catherine Asaro is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire.- Biography :...

, Per Vadmand, Ea Philippa, Kaspar Colling Nielsen, Rikke Schubart

Rikke Schubart

Rikke Schubart is a Danish author and film scholar, who teaches at Institute for Literature, Culture and Media at Syddansk Universitet in Odense, Denmark...

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

External links

• Fantasticon website
• Facebook group