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Progress Report #3 progress report #3 1 contents progress report #3 hyvää uutta vuotta! .........................................................................3 editor: Vesa Sisättö words of wisdom from our guests of honour ...........................5 contributors: Lukas Ahrenberg, Clare Boothby, Pam Burr, Colette Fozard, Jukka toastmistress: karen lord ...............................................................9 Halme, Aleksi Kuutio, Charlotte Laihonen, wsfs: you’re a part of it ...................................................................11 Marianna Leikomaa, Merja Polvinen, Sari Polvinen, Vesa Sisättö, Kevin Standlee, worldcon and the hugos ..............................................................12 Nina Törnudd, Nicholas Whyte, YA Award the hugo base design competition ............................................... 13 Committee (Anna Blumstein, Chair Helen Gbala, Katie Rask, Co-chairs). constitution of the world science fiction society .................. 15 translations: Sarianna Silvonen, take a survey to help name a ya award .......................................23 Karl-Johan Norén proofreading: Curtis Jefferson, major ursa to ground control blog .......................................... 24 Charlotte Laihonen graphic design: M. Pietikäinen hotels: understanding the differences between countries .....24 illustrations: finnish foods and where to find them .......................................25 Maya Hahto: 11, 24 Minna Salminen: 23, 41 a brief history of finnish fandom ...............................................28 printed at: Aaltospaino worldcon 75 around the world in 2016 .....................................34 “World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, news from the divisions ................................................................36 “World Science Fiction Convention”, the exhibits hall needs you! ......................................................... 40 “Worldcon”, “NASFiC”, “Hugo Award”, and the distinctive design of the Hugo membership statistics .................................................................... 42 Award Rocket are service marks of the memberships and prices ................................................................ 44 World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. new members ....................................................................................45 PHOTO : JUKKA HALME Hyvää uutta vuotta! or happy new year, if you prefer english. When you’re reading this, it should be January 2017. The a visit while up here? How about the rest of Finland? Or the year we make Contact, I mean Worldcon 75, happen in neighbouring countries of Sweden, Russia, and Estonia? Helsinki. We’re in the home stretch now and the finish And what about the rich cultural heritage of ours? The line is looming in the distance, teasing us with all kinds of music of Sibelius and Shostakovich, Steve’n’Seagulls and promises of fun and games. Stratovarius? Food like Surströmming, Karelian pies with And fun it should be, since why else would we be do- eggbutter, Cеля́нка, and the ever present black rye bread? ing this? Not for the money, or the glory, but for the sheer, Books by Johanna Sinisalo, Jaan Kross, the Strugatskiy unadulterated fun of it all. Surely. bros, Leena Krohn, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Pasi Ilmari Granted, some of our members are pros, semi-pros and Jääskeläinen, or Tove Jansson? Or a multitude of other otherwise making a buck or two out of this thing we call a things we’ll try to make you acquainted with before the hobby, but the one thing that I truly believe to be the most con. As well as hopefully after! common denominator for us all, is the fact that this is fun Worldcon 75 is going to celebrate the fields of science and we should be enjoying ourselves. fiction, fantasy, horror, and all rest of the myriad ways Time flies when you’re having fun, but it runs fast as well Speculative Fiction is categorized. We want to bring forth when you’re planning and organising an event the size of a a celebration of fan, fun and the fantastic. We’d love to see Worldcon. It feels like that telephone call I received from all the World present and accounted for. Chicago-bound Eemeli happened only moments ago, when in reality it took place four years and some change Toivottavasti nautit! I hope you’ll enjoy! ago. Where has all that time gone? Better pick up the pace. During these last months, we hope to bring you all kinds of interesting and fun thoughts and ideas as what to ex- jukka halme pect from Helsinki and Finland. What else would be worth worldcon 75 chair 3 NoNrotrhtAhmAemreiCrioCno’n17’17 JULYJULY 6–9, 6–9, 2017 2017 • SAN • SAN JUAN, JUAN, PR PR The 2The017 North2017 North American American Science Science Fiction Fiction Convention Convention NoNrotrhtAhmAemreiCrioCno’n17’17 JULYJULY 6–9, 6–9, 2017 2017 • SAN • SAN JUAN, JUAN, PR PR NorthAmeriConNorthAmeriCon The 2The017 North2017 North American American Science Science Fiction Fiction Convention Convention NoNrotrhtAhmAemreiCrioCno’n17’17 JULYJULY 6–9, 6–9, 2017 2017 • SAN • SAN JUAN, JUAN, PR PR The 2The017 North2017 North American American Science Science Fiction Fiction Convention Convention GUESTS OF HONOR / INVITADOS DE HONOR Daína Chaviano Tobias Buckell George Perez Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. Javier Grillo-Marxuach Paula Smith Please join us at the Sheraton Puerto Rico as we present a Por favor, únase con nosotros en el Sheraton Puerto Rico, convention like no other, with fantastic Guests of Honor, adonde presentaremos una convención como ninguna amazing programming, splendid events, and much more, otra, con excelente invitados de honor, programación right in one of the oldest cities in the Americas with a increíble, eventos maravillosos, y mucho más en una view of the Caribbean Sea! We hope to see you there as de las ciudades más antiguas de las Américas, con una fandom discovers its tropical rhythm! vista hermosa del mar Caribe! Esperamos contar con su presencia ahora que fandom encuentra a su ritmo tropical! www.northamericon17.com The North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) is held in years when the World Science Fiction Convention is held outside of North America. Because the 2017 Worldcon will be held in Helsinki, there will also be a NASFiC that year. The site for the 2017 NASFiC was selected by a vote of the members of the 2016 Worldcon, MidAmeriCon II. “World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, “World Science Fiction Convention”, “Worldcon”, “NASFiC”, “Hugo Award”, the Hugo Award Logo, and the distinctive design of the Hugo Award Rocket are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. 4 NorthAmericonad-letter-color-bleed.indd 1 11/3/16 7:48 AM aleksi kuutio Words of Wisdom from our Guests of Honour and advice for budding authors Our Guests of Honour, those fonts, geysers, and super- 1: the truth about novas of wisdom, have had many an insightful word to speculative fiction dispense throughout the years. Merely attempting a First of all, it is worth reminding ourselves of why exactly cross-section of it all would demonstrate insanity tanta- speculative fiction in all its forms is important. This truth mount to voyaging through the galaxy without a towel. may seem self-evident, but sometimes even self- evident Thus, in our current GoH section, we will only scratch the things have to be said out loud. Nalo, John- Henri, and surface of all that sagacity and listen to their advice for WJW sum it up for us in a nutshell. the budding writer or artist. They also remind us of a very important thing: just what is the point of speculative fic- “When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say tion in the first place? For some of us, it may have slipped they are the literatures that explore the fact that we are tool- our minds. Or perhaps, in the course of an innocent ride makers and users, and are always changing our environment.” on the metro, you may find yourself in a genre-related ar- – Nalo Hopkinson1 gument with the person sitting next to you, and you need to convince them of your case. It goes without saying that And while you are drawing your breath to internalize once again, our approach is light-hearted rather than Nalo’s message, let John-Henri’s weighty statement hit deadly serious. your brain like a bolt from a plasma cannon: 5 “Yes, we are going to live in the future no matter what, so it can’t “To me sketching is like taking notes of thoughts. You practice be wholly wrong to speculate on what is going to happen. What and practice to build up that sense of shape, form and beauty, science fiction can offer though, is not to predict actual develop- but not to just do beautiful drawings or paintings. I think too ments. What it can do is give us tools to see and think in differ- many artists are obsessed with doing a perfect drawing every ent ways. We are still only on the starting blocks of technological time. It is not about doing a nice drawing every time, it is about development and have hardly even begun to see what it can lead being able to do a nice drawing when you need it. That is why to. So, we probably have trouble envisioning how the world is you practice, that is why I doodle.” going to look like in, say, a hundred years. The day when we no – Claire Wendling5 longer view the future as tempting, is to me when we will have grown bored of life itself. (By the way, science fiction is far from only about the future but also often speculates on our history or c) don’t sell your soul outright, the present time.)” make an option deal – John-Henri Holmberg2 It may not be worthwhile to sell your soul to the devil for the sake of writing, as there are other kinds of deals to be And here is the final word from Walter Jon Williams, who made. When asked whether he had sold his soul to the has discovered a deeper level in the pulp science fiction of devil, WJW answered: bygone decades: “Well, not actually the devil. Just the shabby little demon who “Science fiction certainly encourages the asking of the big ques- lives behind the washing machine and eats my odd socks. And I tions: Who are we, what makes us human, what is our purpose, didn’t sell my soul exactly, it was more of an options deal – if the what is our destiny.
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