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Aleksandar Žiljak (born 19 June 1963) is a
science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
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fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
writer and illustrator from
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. In 2006, he co-edited ''Ad Astra'', an anthology of Croatian SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, and he co-edits Croatian literary SF journal ''Ubiq''. Žiljak is the winner of five SFERA Awards, three for Best Story and two for Best Illustration. His story "An Evening In The City Coffeehouse, With Lydia On My Mind" was included in ''The Apex Book of World SF'' (2009).


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Science fiction in Croatia Croatian science fiction consists mostly of literature, novels and stories published in various magazines and story collections, and some movies and graphic novels. The first Croatian occurrence of science fiction happened in 1919 and since then ...


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1963 births Living people Croatian science fiction writers Croatian fantasy writers Date of birth missing (living people) {{sf-writer-stub