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Swecon, the Glossary

Index Swecon

Swecon is a title annually awarded to a Swedish science fiction convention.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 58 relations: Adam Roberts (British writer), Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alastair Reynolds, Ann Leckie, Annalee Newitz, Ben Aaronovitch, Boing Boing, Brian Stableford, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Charles Stross, Charlie Jane Anders, China Miéville, Chris Wooding, Cory Doctorow, Elizabeth Bear, Eurocon, Finncon, Francesco Verso, Geoff Ryman, Graham Joyce, Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén, Gwyneth Jones (novelist), Ian McDonald (British author), Ian Watson (author), Jo Walton, Joe Abercrombie, Joe Haldeman, Johan Egerkrans, John Ajvide Lindqvist, John-Henri Holmberg, Justina Robson, Kameron Hurley, Karin Tidbeck, Kelly Link, Ken MacLeod, Kij Johnson, Lavie Tidhar, List of science fiction conventions, Liz Williams, M. John Harrison, Madeline Ashby, Maria Turtschaninoff, Martha Wells, Martin Andreasson, Mats Strandberg, Michael Swanwick, Mike Carey (writer), Paul J. McAuley, Peadar Ó Guilín, Peter Watts (author), ... Expand index (8 more) »

  2. 1998 establishments in Sweden
  3. Science fiction convention stubs
  4. Science fiction conventions in Europe
  5. Swedish science fiction
  6. Swedish speculative fiction awards

Adam Roberts (British writer)

Adam Charles Roberts (born 30 June 1965) is a British science fiction and fantasy novelist.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Czajkowski (spelt as Adrian Tchaikovsky for his books; born June 1972) is a British fantasy and science fiction author.

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Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author.

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Ann Leckie

Ann Leckie (born March 2, 1966) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy.

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Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz (born May 7, 1969) is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction.

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Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.

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Boing Boing

Boing Boing is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog.

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Brian Stableford

Brian Michael Stableford (25 July 1948 – 24 February 2024) was a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who published a hundred novels and over a hundred volumes of translations.

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Carolyn Ives Gilman

Carolyn Ives Gilman (born 1954) is an American historian and author of science fiction and fantasy.

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Charles Stross

Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy.

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Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders (born July 24, 1969) is an American writer.

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China Miéville

China Tom Miéville (born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic.

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Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in Leicester, and now living in London.

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Cory Doctorow

Cory Efram Doctorow (born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.

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Elizabeth Bear

Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear.

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Eurocon

Eurocon is an annual science fiction convention held in Europe. Swecon and Eurocon are science fiction conventions in Europe.

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Finncon

Finncon is the largest science fiction convention in Finland and, with up to 15,000 participants, one of the largest SF conventions in Europe. Swecon and Finncon are science fiction conventions in Europe.

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Francesco Verso

Francesco Verso is an Italian science fiction writer and translator of science fiction from English into Italian.

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Geoff Ryman

Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and historical fiction.

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Graham Joyce

Graham William Joyce (22 October 1954 – 9 September 2014) was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award, the World Fantasy Award, and six times the British Fantasy Award for both his novels and short stories.

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Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén

Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén are Swedish writers and designers of role-playing games.

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Gwyneth Jones (novelist)

Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.

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Ian McDonald (born 1960) is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast.

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Ian Watson (author)

Ian Watson (born 20 April 1943) is a British science fiction writer.

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Jo Walton

Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.

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Joe Abercrombie

Joseph Edward Abercrombie (born 31 December 1974) is a British fantasy writer and film editor.

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Joe Haldeman

Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author.

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Johan Egerkrans

Johan Egerkrans (born 1978) is a Swedish illustrator and author, mainly of Fantasy, folklore, and Palaeontology.

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John Ajvide Lindqvist

John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 2 December 1968) is a Swedish writer of horror novels and short stories.

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John-Henri Holmberg

John-Henri Bertilson Holmberg (born 22 June 1949 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author, critic, publisher and translator, and a well-known science fiction fan.

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Justina Robson

Justina Robson (born 11 June 1968 in Leeds, England) is a science fiction author from Leeds, England.

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Kameron Hurley

Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Karin Tidbeck

Karin Margareta Tidbeck (born 6 April 1977) is a Swedish author of fantasy and weird fiction.

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Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor and writer.

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Ken MacLeod

Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer.

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Kij Johnson

Kij Johnson (born Katherine Irenae Johnson January 20, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy.

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Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar (לביא תדהר; born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres.

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List of science fiction conventions

This is a list of notable science fiction conventions, as distinct from anime conventions, comic book conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, and multigenre conventions.

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Liz Williams

Liz Williams (born 1965) is a British science fiction writer, historian and occultist.

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M. John Harrison

Michael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic.

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Madeline Ashby

Madeline Ashby (born April 24, 1983 in Panorama City, California) is an American-Canadian science fiction writer.

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Maria Turtschaninoff

Maria Turtschaninoff (born 1977) is a Finnish author.

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Martha Wells

Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964) is an American writer of speculative fiction.

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Martin Andreasson

Martin Andreasson (born 1 October 1970 in Malmö), is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician, and a member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2006.

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Mats Strandberg

Mats Olof Erling Strandberg (born 1976) is a Swedish author.

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Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American fantasy and science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s.

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Mike Carey (writer)

Mike Carey (born 1959), also known by his pen name M. R. Carey, is a British writer of comic books, novels and films, whose credits include the long-running The Sandman spin-off series Lucifer, a three-year stint on Hellblazer, as well as his creator-owned titles Crossing Midnight and The Unwritten for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, a lengthy run on Marvel's X-Men, the 2014 novel The Girl with All the Gifts and its 2016 film adaptation.

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Paul J. McAuley

Paul J. McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author.

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Peadar Ó Guilín

Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.

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Peter Watts (author)

Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author.

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Pierre Christin

Pierre Christin (born 27 July 1938) is a French comics creator and writer.

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Richard K. Morgan

Richard Kingsley Morgan, (born 24 September 1965 in Norwich) is a British science fiction and fantasy author of books, short stories, and graphic novels.

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Robert Rankin

Robert Fleming Rankin (born 27 July 1949) is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels.

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Robin Hobb

Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952; née Lindholm), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction.

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Sara Bergmark Elfgren

Sara Bergmark Elfgren (born 1980) is a Swedish writer and screenwriter.

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Science fiction convention

Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of the speculative fiction genre, science fiction.

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Siri Pettersen

Siri Pettersen (born 28 October 1971 in Finnsnes) is a Norwegian writer of YA fantasy novels, whose first trilogy The Raven Rings (2013-15) have been translated into several languages, including English and German.

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Tim Russ

Timothy Darrell Russ (born June 22, 1956) is an American actor, musician, screenwriter, director and amateur astronomer.

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See also

1998 establishments in Sweden

Science fiction convention stubs

Science fiction conventions in Europe

Swedish science fiction

Swedish speculative fiction awards

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swecon

, Pierre Christin, Richard K. Morgan, Robert Rankin, Robin Hobb, Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Science fiction convention, Siri Pettersen, Tim Russ.