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Progress Report #4 progress report #4 1 contents progress report #4 iloista kevättä! ...................................................................................3 guests of honor – thoughts on past, present and future ....... 4 editors: Vesa Sisättö, Curtis Jefferson contributors: Lukas Ahrenberg, Eemeli Aro, science guest of honor: ian stewart ............................................ 8 Clare Boothby, Linda Deneroff , Christine Doyle, the history of finnish science fiction ...........................................9 Colette Fozard, Jukka Halme, Aleksi Kuutio, Michael Lee ,Kimmo Lehtonen, Karo Leikomaa, sauna in finland .............................................................................. 17 Marianna Leikomaa, Sanna Lopperi, Mihaela helsinki, daughter of the baltic sea ............................................22 Perkovic, Merja Polvinen, Sari Polvinen, Nat Saentz, Edmund Schluessel, Vesa Sisättö, Kevin penrose tiling and other nerdy sights .......................................26 Standlee, Nina Törnudd, Eeva-Liisa Tenhunen, experiencing helsinki with your small children .....................28 Santeri Vidal, Pasi Vihinen translations: Sarianna Silvonen, Emilia Hahl time to party! ..................................................................................... 31 proofreading: Curtis Jefferson programme ............................................................................................32 advertisement co-ordinator: Pam Burr graphic design: Maya Hahto, M. Pietikäinen masquerade ......................................................................................34 illustrations: progress report 5 – this is your chance to contribute ............37 Maya Hahto: 4, 9, 22–25 Minna Salminen: 33 but what about tuesday, august 8? ..............................................37 M. Pietikäinen: 4, 6 standing rules of the world science fiction society ...............38 printed at: Aaltospaino business passed on to worldcon 75 .............................................41 “World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, “World Science membership statistics .................................................................... 46 Fiction Convention”, “Worldcon”, “NASFiC”, “Hugo Award”, and the distinctive design of the Hugo Award Rocket are memberships and prices ................................................................ 49 service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. new members .................................................................................... 51 PHOTO : VISIT HELSINKI Iloista kevättä! happy spring! This Progress Report will be published around mid-April, throughout the convention. Although they’ve sworn us to when the days are finally growing longer in Helsinki, and secrecy, we can tell you that Events is keeping some sur- trees are starting to bud and sprout with their beautiful prises up its sleeve, as well as polishing the jewels of any colours. For Worldcon 75, the Finnish winter has seen two Worldcon, the Masquerade and the Hugo Awards cere- shoots of new growth emerge, as our Con Chair, Jukka mony. Our Design team brainstorms continuously about Halme, chose two Vice Chairs to assist him. Karo Leikomaa how to make Worldcon 75 look and feel more astounding and Colette H. Fozard, veterans of the Finnish and US con- in the information you’ll see and read from us. running communities respectively, have joined with Jukka We are still adding to our amazing team if you would to form the new Chair Team. As we write to you today, we like to join us, meet new people, and share your love of sci- are truly proud to lead the amazing group of people who ence fiction and fantasy with the world! Check our web- are creating Worldcon 75. site under Get Involved! and learn how to join our team. Across the convention, we are seeing ideas taking If you’d like to help us in reaching the finishing line of Au- shape, with plans for activities, discussion and fun. The gust, or if you might have a few hours to help out at the Programme Division have been delighted by all of the convention itself, please let us know. Worldcons are a la- wonderful suggestions for programme items and the vol- bour of love organised by many dedicated volunteers, and unteers to take part in them. Meanwhile, the Academic we would love to have you on board! Programme now has speakers from over a dozen coun- tries who are scheduled to appear Rauhaisaa kevään odotusta! Our Exhibits Division is gathering artists, dealers, and amazing displays to dazzle and delight our members With best wishes, jukka halme, karo leikomaa and colette h. fozard worldcon 75 chair team 3 “After 100 years, I'm hoping for SystemCon!” –Walter Jon Williams aleksi kuutio Past, Present and Future thoughts on finland, scifi and worldcon from our guests of honor Dear Worldcon visitors, As you might well know already, this year is a big year for 1. What is the greatest (scifi) idea, that you’d Finland as we’re having a centenary celebration. In other like to see invented/come into being in the words, we’re celebrating the 100th year of Finland’s inde- next one hundred years? Why? (It can be social, pendence. The year is packed full with big and small events technological, etc.) in Finland as well as abroad. As it so happens, Worldcon 75 is also part of the official programme. Add to that the fact 2. What would you like to say to 100-year-old that the con is celebrating its 75th incarnation and we had Finland? Wishes? Any advice? reason enough to ask our revered and enlightened Guests of Honor about their opinion of the future of both World- 3a). Worldcon 100 is only 25 years away. What con and Finland. And of course, we had to ask about the do you think – how’s the con looking in the greatest (science fiction) idea they want to see fulfilled. future? As always, we told them that they can be witty, wacky or dead serious with their answers. In their kindness, they 3b) Will there still be Worldcon after 100 years? heard our call, and what a great set of thought-provoking What will it be like then? answers we got yet again! 4 nalo hopkinson walter jon williams 1. Worldwide, the state and religion stop policing/crim- 1. What I’d most like to see, particularly at my age, is the inalizing gender expression and cease sanctioning vio- ability to return to a youthful body. Because then I’d live lence against non-cis people. Why? Because it’s a human long enough enough to see all the other great science fic- rights issue. tion ideas come into being! 2. From what I’ve experienced of Finland, I think of it as the 2. May Finland retain its independence for 10,000 years! little nation that can and does. I’m honoured to have been Keep making great music, and practice those “motti” tac- invited back for a second visit. tics – those are bound to be useful. 3a/3b I picture it happening in Africa or the Caribbean, 3a) I see no reason why there shouldn’t be a Worldcon 100, with programming in multiple languages. Will there still but that’s up to the fans and volunteers. We writers just be Worldcon after 100 years? What will it be like then? go where the fans tell us to! 3b) After 100 years, I’m hoping for SystemCon. Then johanna sinisalo Galaxy Con later! 1. I would really love to see the ”Long Earth” concept by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter to become reality – even as I know that it is a very, very speculative one. If there claire wendling were more room and virginal planets for the humanity to 1. Time machine to win to the lottery in the future and to spread out than no one has ever dared to imagine, that fix things I’ve done in my past even if it’s forbidden. might solve some serious problems we now are facing. But of course I have to admit that is more like a dream-like 2. It’s time to ban winter for good. idea than a practical social or technological step we could achieve in the real world. 3a) Could be an international convention seen at home on hologram internet. 2. Keep calm and carry on. 3b) If climate change keeps going on maybe it will take 3a) and 3b) After 25 years perhaps a large part of the at- place under water. The good thing is that by this time we tendees are participating in the con virtually. It might be will have bred actual mermaids to welcome people. that in the 100th Worldcon it doesn’t make any sense to travel somewhere when you may experience the whole program and even do the socializing without leaving john-henri holmberg home. You might even attend every program item with- 1. I’ve actually tried to take this seriously over a few days, out having to ponder why all the interesting things are keeping it at the back of my mind while following the dai- scheduled to happen simultaneously... I can also easily ly news. Over the years, sf has offered us an almost un- imagine that after 100 years from now, the Worldcon limited number of realistic or fanciful innovations, ideas, 175 could be taking place, for example, on the Moon, if a and debates. Not a few have come with caveats. Of course physical location were necessary at all. But I have some instant travel via transmitter portals would be neat, but difficulty imagining what would the exact role of science having read James Patrick Kelly’s “Think Like a Dinosaur”, fiction and fantasy be after a century from now. I suppose I’m not sure I’d try it. Cloning ourselves, or finding some there would be no genre boundaries anymore, the cons other way to become virtually immortal is, at least to would be just physical or virtual meetings for people who me, also an attractive notion. And I don’t believe many are makers or consumers of fictional universes in gener- are more fervently in favour of space travel than I, so of al (or both). Literature, movies, games, role playing, etc. course I’d like us to do our damnedest to start being se- might all be more or less melded into a set of fictional rious about space and get out there to whatever may be experience products that are meant to entertain, educate, the extent of our capacity, regardless of whether that analyze the world and celebrate imagination.
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