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72nd World Science Fiction Convention

Index 72nd World Science Fiction Convention

The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Loncon 3, was held 14-18 August 2014 at ExCeL London in London, England. [1]

124 relations: A Storm of Swords, Alfonso Cuarón, Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie, Anne Froelick, Arthur C. Clarke, Beijing, Bryan Talbot, CBS, Charles Stross, Chicago, China National Convention Center, Chris Foss, Clifford D. Simak, D. B. Weiss, Dalek, David Benioff, David Langford, David Nutter, Detcon1, Doctor Who, Ellen Datlow, Elsa (Frozen), England, Esperanto Filmoj, ExCeL London, Farah Mendlesohn, File 770, First Fandom Hall of Fame award, Forrest J Ackerman, Game of Thrones, Geoff Ryman, George R. R. Martin, Ginjer Buchanan, Gravity (2013 film), H. G. Wells, HBO, Heyday Films, How We Went to Mars, Howard E. Koch, Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist, Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, Hugo Award for Best Fancast, Hugo Award for Best Fanzine, Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Novella, ..., Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Iain Banks, Illinois, Imagination (magazine), Jeanne Gomoll, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Chu, John Clute, John Joseph Adams, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Jonathan Ross, Jonás Cuarón, Julie Dillon, Justina Robson, Kameron Hurley, Kansas City, Missouri, Lightspeed (magazine), List of Worldcons, London, Malcolm Edwards, Mary Robinette Kowal, Masquerade ball, Mike Ashley (writer), North American Science Fiction Convention, Orion Publishing Group, Orson Welles, Phoenix, Arizona, Publishers Weekly, Randall Munroe, Ray Bradbury, Robert Shearman, Robin Hobb, Rule 18, San Antonio, Science fiction, SF Signal, SF Site, Slender Man, Sofia Samatar, Spokane, Washington, Stockholm, Superman, T. H. White, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Culture, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, The Guardian, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, The Rains of Castamere, The Silmarillion, The Sword in the Stone (novel), The Tolkien Society, The War of the Worlds (radio drama), The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, Time (xkcd), Tonopah, Nevada, Twitter, Vala (Middle-earth), Virgil Finlay, Warner Bros., We Have Always Fought, Who Goes There?, Worldcon, 1st World Science Fiction Convention, 70th World Science Fiction Convention, 71st World Science Fiction Convention, 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, 74th World Science Fiction Convention. Expand index (74 more) »

A Storm of Swords

A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin.

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Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor.

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Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Justice is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in 2013.

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Ann Leckie

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

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Anne Froelick

Anne Froelick Taylor (December 8, 1913 – January 26, 2010) was an American screenwriter from 1941 to 1950, and later a playwright and novelist.

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Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Bryan Talbot

Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequel Heart of Empire, as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Charles Stross

Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is an award-winning British writer of science fiction, Lovecraftian horror, and fantasy.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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China National Convention Center

The China National Convention Center, previously known as the Olympic Green Convention Center is a convention center located in the Olympic Green in Beijing.

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Chris Foss

Christopher F. Foss (born 1946 in Guernsey, Channel Islands) is a British artist and science fiction illustrator.

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Clifford D. Simak

Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer.

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D. B. Weiss

Daniel Brett Weiss (born April 23, 1971) is an American television producer and writer, and novelist.

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Dalek

The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.

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David Benioff

David Benioff (born David Friedman; September 25, 1970) is an American screenwriter, television producer and writer, and novelist.

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David Langford

David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field.

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David Nutter

David Nutter (born 1960) is an American television and film director and television producer.

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Detcon1

Detcon1 was the 11th occasional North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC).

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963.

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Ellen Datlow

Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.

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Elsa (Frozen)

Queen Elsa of Arendelle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated film Frozen.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Esperanto Filmoj

Esperanto Filmoj is an American film and television production company based in Sherman Oaks, California.

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ExCeL London

ExCeL (Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibitions and international convention centre in Custom House, East London.

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Farah Mendlesohn

Farah Jane Mendlesohn (born 27 July 1968) is a British academic historian and writer on science fiction and fantasy literature, and an active science fiction fan.

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File 770

File 770 is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published/administered by Mike Glyer.

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First Fandom Hall of Fame award

First Fandom Hall of Fame is an annual award for contributions to the field of science fiction dating back more than 30 years.

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Forrest J Ackerman

Forrest J Ackerman (born Forrest James Ackerman; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom, a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films, and acknowledged as the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia.

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Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

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Geoff Ryman

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

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George R. R. Martin

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Ginjer Buchanan

Ginjer Buchanan (born in Pittsburg, December 12, 1944) was Editor-in-Chief at Ace Books and Roc Books, the two science-fiction and fantasy imprints of Penguin Group (USA).

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Gravity (2013 film)

Gravity is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed, co-written, co-edited, and produced by Alfonso Cuarón.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Heyday Films

Heyday Films Ltd. is a British film studio founded on 10 October 1996 by producer David Heyman in London, England, and currently headquartered in Borehamwood.

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How We Went to Mars

"How We Went to Mars" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke.

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Howard E. Koch

Howard E. Koch (December 12, 1901 – August 17, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.

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Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is given each year for theatrical films, television episodes, or other dramatized works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year.

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Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist

The Hugo Awards are presented every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

The Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer is the Hugo Award given each year for writers of works related to science fiction or fantasy which appeared in low- or non-paying publications such as semiprozines or fanzines or in generally available electronic media during the previous calendar year.

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Hugo Award for Best Fancast

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Novel

The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.

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Hugo Award for Best Novelette

The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.

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Hugo Award for Best Novella

The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.

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Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Related Work

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Short Story

The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.

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Iain Banks

Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Imagination (magazine)

Imagination was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in October 1950 by Raymond Palmer's Clark Publishing Company.

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Jeanne Gomoll

Jeanne Gomoll is an American artist, writer, editor, and science fiction fan, who was recognized as one of the guests of honor at the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (Loncon 3, the 2014 WorldCon), having been a guest of honor at numerous previous science fiction conventions.

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Jerry Siegel

Jerome Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996),Roger Stern.

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Joe Shuster

Joseph "Joe" Shuster (July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938).

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John Chu

John Chu is an American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.

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John Clute

John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction (also SF, sf) and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969.

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John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams (born 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy editor, critic, and publisher.

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John W. Campbell

John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor.

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John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is an award given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous calendar years.

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Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, film critic, actor and comedian best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross during the 2000s.

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Jonás Cuarón

Jonás Cuarón is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and cinematographer.

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Julie Dillon

Julie Dillon (born in 1982) is an American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy art.

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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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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Lightspeed (magazine)

Lightspeed is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine edited and published by John Joseph Adams.

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List of Worldcons

This World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) list includes prior and scheduled Worldcons.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Malcolm Edwards

Malcolm John Edwards (born 3 December 1949) is a British editor and critic in the science fiction field.

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Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal (born February 8, 1969 as Mary Robinette Harrison) is an American author and puppeteer.

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Masquerade ball

A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is an event in which the participants attend in costume wearing a mask.

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Mike Ashley (writer)

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley (born 1948) is a British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.

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North American Science Fiction Convention

NASFiC, a.k.a. the North American Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention scheduled only during years where the Worldcon is being held outside the North American continent.

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Orion Publishing Group

Orion Publishing Group Ltd.

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Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.

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Randall Munroe

Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, engineer, scientific theorist, and the creator of the webcomic xkcd.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.

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Robert Shearman

Robert Charles Shearman (sometimes credited as Rob Shearman; 10 February 1970, Horsham, Sussex) is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer.

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Robin Hobb

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

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Rule 18

"Rule 18" is a 1938 science fiction novelette by Clifford D. Simak credited as launching Simak's career and helping inspire the writing style of Isaac Asimov.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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SF Signal

SF Signal was a science fiction blog and fanzine published from 2003 to 2016.

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SF Site

SF Site is a science fiction online magazine edited by Rodger Turner.

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Slender Man

The Slender Man (also known as Slenderman) is a fictional supernatural character that originated as a creepypasta Internet meme created by Something Awful forums user Eric Knudsen (also known as "Victor Surge") in 2009.

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Sofia Samatar

Sofia Samatar (born October 24, 1971) is a Somali-American educator, poet and writer.

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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T. H. White

Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958.

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The Adventures of Luther Arkwright

The Adventures of Luther Arkwright is a limited series comic book written and drawn by Bryan Talbot.

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The Culture

The Culture is a fictional interstellar post-scarcity civilization that resembles or is organized similarly to, a communistic or anarcho-communistic society.

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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work concerning fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant.

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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air

The Mercury Theatre on the Air (first known as First Person Singular) is a radio series of live radio dramas created by Orson Welles.

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The Rains of Castamere

"The Rains of Castamere", (sometimes referred to as "The Red Wedding") is the ninth and penultimate episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 29th episode of the series.

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The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion (pronounced: /sɪlmaˈrɪljɔn/) is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.

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The Sword in the Stone (novel)

The Sword in the Stone is a novel by British writer T. H. White, published in 1938, initially as a stand-alone work but now the first part of a tetralogy, The Once and Future King.

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The Tolkien Society

The Tolkien Society is an educational charity and literary society devoted to the study and promotion of the life and works of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The War of the Worlds (radio drama)

"The War of the Worlds" is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air.

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The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere

"The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" is an award-winning 2013 science fiction/magic realism short story by John Chu.

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Time (xkcd)

"Time" is the 1,190th strip of Randall Munroe's webcomic xkcd.

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Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah is an unincorporated town in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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Vala (Middle-earth)

The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Virgil Finlay

Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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We Have Always Fought

"We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative" is an award-winning essay by science fiction writer Kameron Hurley, addressing the portrayal of women in science fiction, and in general.

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Who Goes There?

Who Goes There? is a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr., written under the pen name Don A. Stuart.

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Worldcon

Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention.

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1st World Science Fiction Convention

The First World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was held in the Caravan Hall in New York from July 2 to July 4, 1939, in conjunction with the New York World's Fair, which was themed as "The World of Tomorrow".

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70th World Science Fiction Convention

The 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Chicon 7, was held in Chicago, Illinois, August 30-September 3, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

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71st World Science Fiction Convention

The 71st World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as LoneStarCon 3, was held in San Antonio, Texas, on August 29-September 2, 2013, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and Marriott Rivercenter.

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73rd World Science Fiction Convention

The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Sasquan, was held on August 19–23, 2015, at the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Washington.

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74th World Science Fiction Convention

The 74th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as MidAmeriCon II, was held August 17–21, 2016, at the Bartle Hall Convention Center in downtown, Kansas City, Missouri.

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References

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