- Finncon
Infobox Convention
name = Finncon
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status =
genre =Science fiction /fantasy
venue =
location = varies betweenHelsinki ,Turku ,Jyväskylä andTampere
country = Finland
first = 1986
last =
organizer = Finncon-yhdistys ry
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attendance = 8000+
website = http://www.finncon.org/Finncon is the largest
science fiction convention inFinland and, with up to 9000 participants, one of the largests SF conventions inEurope . Finncon is unique among SF conventions because it has no participation/membership fee. The event is organised annually or bi-annually in different cities in Finland.Past Finncons
"GoH" is an abbreviation of Guest of Honour
*1986 in
Helsinki . GoH:Brian Aldiss
*1989 inHelsinki . GoHs: John Brunner,Tom Ölander
*1991 inHelsinki . GoH:Iain Banks
*1993 inHelsinki . Goh:Terry Pratchett
*1995 inJyväskylä . GoHs:Bruce Sterling ,Vonda MacIntyre ,Storm Constantine
*1997 inHelsinki . GoHs:Norman Spinrad and Ian McDonald
*1999 inTurku . GoHs:Connie Willis andPhilip Pullman
*2000 inHelsinki . GoHs:Neil Gaiman ,Stephen Baxter ,Ken MacLeod
*2001 inJyväskylä , the event was alsoBaltcon . GoHs:Jonathan Carroll ,David Langford ,Stelarc ,Richard Stallman andJohanna Sinisalo
*2003 inTurku , the event was alsoEurocon andBaltcon . GoHs:Michael Swanwick ,Jonathan Clements ,Steve Sansweet ,Carolina Bjällerstedt Mickos
*2004 inJyväskylä . GoHs:Robin Hobb , Gwyneth Jones,John Clute ,Cheryl Morgan
*2006 inHelsinki (18.-20.8.). GoHs:Jeff VanderMeer ,Risto Isomäki ,Justina Robson ,Rickard Berghorn
*2007 inJyväskylä (14.-15.7.). GoHs:Ellen Datlow ,Joe Haldeman ,Gay Haldeman ,Elizabeth Hand ,Cheryl Morgan ,Ben Roimola
* 2008 inTampere (26.-27.7.). GoHs:Petri Hiltunen ,Charles Vess ,Farah Mendlesohn ,M. John Harrison Future Finncons
* 2009 in
Helsinki (10.-12.7.). GoHs:George R. R. Martin ,Alastair Reynolds
* 2010 inJyväskylä
* 2011 inTurku External links
* [http://2009.finncon.org/ Finncon 2009 website] (in English)
* [http://2008.finncon.org/en/ Finncon 2008 website] (in English)
* [http://2007.finncon.org/en/ Finncon 2007 website] (in English)
* [http://2006.finncon.org/ Finncon 2006 website] and [http://finncon-2006.livejournal.com/ Livejournal]
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