82nd World Science Fiction Convention

	82nd World Science Fiction Convention The 82nd World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon), also known as Glasgow 2024, will be held in 2024 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Awards The awards will be announced at the convention. Site selection The site of the convention was chosen by members of the 80th World Science Fiction Convention. Glasgow was the only bid. See also * Hugo Award * Science fiction * Speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ... * World Science Fiction Society * Worldcon References External links * * List of current Worldcon bids 2024 conferences 2024 in Scotland Scottish science fiction Science fiction conventions in the United Kingdom Worldcon History of Glasgow {{sf-convention-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Worldcons This World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) list includes prior and scheduled Worldcons. The data is maintained by the ''Long List Committee'', a World Science Fiction Society sub-committee. Notes: * Name – a convention is normally listed by the least confusing version of its name. This is usually the name preferred by the convention, but fannish tradition is followed in retroactively numbering the first Worldcon in a series 1 (or I or One). * Guests of honor – custom in designating guests of honor has varied greatly, with some conventions giving specific titles (Fan, Pro, Australia, US, Artist, etc.) and some simply call them all guests of honor. Specific labels have been used where they existed, as have regional variants in spelling. * Size – where available, this column records two numbers: how many paying members attended the Worldcon and how many total members there were (in parentheses). The available data is very incomplete and imprecise and many of these number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Science Fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	81st World Science Fiction Convention The 81st World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) will be held on 16–20 August 2023 in Chengdu, China. Participants Guests of Honor * Cixin Liu (writer) * Sergey Lukianenko (writer) * Robert J. Sawyer (writer) Awards The awards will be announced at the convention. Site selection The following committees announced bids for hosting the convention: * Chengdu 2023 * Memphis in 2023 (cancelled in October 2021) * Nice 2023 (cancelled in July 2020) * Winnipeg in 2023 The site was selected by members of the 79th World Science Fiction Convention. See also * Hugo Award * Science fiction * Speculative fiction * World Science Fiction Society * 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. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during ... References External links * * List of current Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Scottish Science Fiction Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland Scottish English Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also Scotch (other) Scotland (other) Scots (other) Scottian (other) Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina ("chotis"Span ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2024 In Scotland Events from the year 2024 in Scotland. Incumbents * First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) * Secretary of State: Alister Jack (until 5 July 2024) Ian Murray (starting on 5 July 2024) Events January * 1 January – Police Scotland launch a murder investigation following the death of a 38-year-old man who was shot outside an Edinburgh pub shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve. A second man injured during the incident has been taken to hospital. The deceased man is subsequently named as Marc Webley. * 3 January – Police say they are "extremely concerned" for the safety of Laura Wilkie, a 43-year-old woman from Ayr, who has been missing since 18 December 2023. * 4 January – Owners of American XL bully dogs in England and Wales are warned not to rehome them in Scotland as they become a banned breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England and Wales. Police searching for Laura Wilkie find a body at R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]