FinnCon is the Finnish science fiction and fantasy convention. finncon_2006 was the 12th one but the event also celebrated its 20th anniversary (it was not annual at first). Guests of honor included Jeff VanderMeer of USA, Justina Robson of UK, Risto Isomäki of Finland and Rickard Berghorn of Sweden. (And then there was the Swedish regular Arvid Engholm ( Read more... )

I spent the major part of Saturday (October 22) in Tracon, a combined roleplaying and anime Con, in one of the wings of the Tampere University of Technology. This was the first Tracon and, in my opinion, it went reasonably well. Possibly because they did not make any outlandish claims or plans.

( Tracon )