#Helsinkiin2017

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Coffe, Book and Twitter. Everything set for #worldcon #helsinkiin2017 #worldconhelsinki

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Internet on eilisestä asti riemuinnut Helsingin voittoa vuoden 2017 Worldcon-äänestyksessä. Nörttitytöt onnittelee kampanjaväkeä ympäri maailmaa loistavasta työstä, ja odottaa innolla conijärjestelyjen alkamista.

Lue koko juttu: http://geekgirls.fi/wp/blog/2015/08/23/worldcon-helsingissa-2017/

Worldcon 75 järjestetään Helsingin Messukeskuksessa, 9.-13.8.2017 ja kunniavieraita ovat John-Henri Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Sinisalo, Claire Wendling ja Walter Jon Williams. 

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So...

[gnomatsu]

I really want Helsinki in 2017 to win the site selection ballot at Sasquan, this years Worldcon.  So to make that happen, I will be ritually sacrificing a chocolate cake to the great Moominthulhu in a bid to gain his favour for the vote.

If you wish to join me I’ve made up this handy poster of Moominthulhu with words you can chant along to!

P.S You should probably vote in the site selection ballot too, just to cover all the bases

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M’athchomaroon! Hei! Hello! My name is David Peterson (on Tumblr, dedalvs), and I’m the language creator for HBO’s Game of Thrones, Syfy’s Defiance, Syfy’s Dominion, Showtime’s Penny Dreadful and the CW’s The 100. I’m writing this post to let you know that I’ll be taking over the Helsinki in 2017 Tumblr!

Helsinki in 2017 is a bid to get the World Science-Fiction Convention (known more popularly as WorldCon) to Helsinki, Finland two years from now. In order to win the bid, we need supporting and attending members to vote for the Helsinki bid this summer over the other competing bids. It’s a multi-round condorcet voting system, so even if we don’t get your first place vote, we’d love your second place vote! If you’d like to go vote now, you may do so here (and for an explanation for how voting works, read the instructions here).

I’m stumping for Helsinki in 2017 for a couple reasons. First, WorldCon is the World Science Fiction Convention, yet most of the time the convention is held in America (out of 74 WorldCons [including this year’s in Spokane, Washington and next year’s in Kansas City, Missouri], 55 have been held in the United States—nearly 75%!). I’m in favor of spreading the love. Plus, Finland is one of the coolest places in the world, and if you follow this Tumblr, you’ll find out why in the weeks to come!

If you’re interested in scifi, fantasy, power metal or Moomins, I encourage you to follow us here and find out what a nice summer trip to Finland in 2017 will be like. Kiitos!

[therisingtithes]

Before I forget: someone representing the #HelsinkiIn2017 #WorldCon petition gave me this after yesterday's #Bocas2015 spec-fic workshop! If you know me, a free book is like winning a small lottery. Can't wait to devour this one. :) #bookstagram

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Celebrating that the word World is back on Worldcon a Homemade Hamburger or two will be consumed. #worldcon #helsinkiin2017 #saturday

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Argh! Busy Overload!

Well, I had a really good run answering four asks a day five days a week. I think I managed to do it for a couple months without missing a post. This week, though, I’m recording the audio version of The Art of Language Invention, and am leaving immediately after that to go to WorldCon in Spokane, where I’ll be up to my ears in busy-ness. This means I’m going to skip out this week. :( I’m sorry.

Important to note, though:

Be sure to watch Defiance this Friday at 8/7C!

Be sure to vote for helsinkiin2017 if you’re participating in the site selection process for 2017!

I didn’t think things through when I planned this week... I really, really didn’t. Doing my best, though!

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I Just Voted for Helsinki in 2017

I just cast my vote via e-mail in favor of Helsinki’s bid for the 2017 World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon). WorldCon is the granddaddy of all scifi and fantasy conventions each year and has been in existence since 1939. This year it’s being held in Spokane, Washington. Next year it’s in Kansas City, Missouri. But you know where it’s never been? Finland. And it’s time for that to change.

As an American, it’s certainly convenient for WorldCon to be in the United States nearly every year, but the fact that WorldCon defaults to the United States doesn’t make it very worldly. In fact, counting next year’s convention in Kansas City, 55 of the 74 WorldCons will have been held in the United States—nearly three quarters of them. Add Canada to that total, and it’s 60 out of the 74 that have been held in North America—81%.

Though they have a whole host of separate problems, one of the things I always liked about international sporting events like the Olympics and the World Cup is that you really do get to see different parts of the world every time an event is held. For example, of the 33 summer Olympic games (including the next two in Brazil and Japan), 4 have been held in the US. Add the games in Mexico City and Montreal, and that’s a grand total of 6 games held in North America—18%. In fact, there have been more summer Olympic competitions in Helsinki (2) than Canada (1). Without a doubt, the summer Olympics are fraught with controversy and have their own issues (e.g. there’s never been a summer Olympics in Africa, the first games in South America will be next year and they’re fraught with controversy, etc.), but if one were forced to say, “Which event is more international: the summer Olympics or the World Science Fiction Convention?”, one would be forced to say the Olympics. That, to me, is a shame.

But it need not always be that way! This year, for example, we have the ability to vote on not one, but three non-American bids for the 2017 convention: Montreal, Shizuoka and Helsinki. We have the opportunity to continue to move WorldCon in the direction of becoming a truly international convention and I think we should. Regarding the bid itself, I of course support helsinkiin2017 for a number of reasons. First, of course, I’ve always wanted to visit Finland, and this will be as good an excuse as any, but in addition, the committee for helsinkiin2017 was ready to host this WorldCon more than two years ago. They actually put together a truly impressive bid for the 2015 WorldCon, but lost to Spokane. Since then, they’ve put all their time and energy into 2017. They were already the most professional and best-prepared bid back then, and now they’ve only improved on that reputation. George R. R. Martin has shown his support for the bid—twice—and he’s experienced Finnish hospitality first hand at several different conventions. I think it’s time to bring the World Science Fiction Convention to the birthplace of Moomins, Linux, Kalakukko, and Angry Birds. It’s time to bring WorldCon to Helsinki!

Oh, and in case you’re wondering why I’m mentioning it today... As of the time of posting, there is about 11 hours 35 hours left to vote for Helsinki in 2017 via e-mail. You may still vote in person if you plan to attend Sasquan in Spokane, of course, but if you want to make your voice heard and you can’t attend Sasquan, you may vote for Helsinki by doing the following:

If you are not already, become a supporting member of Sasquan (the cost is $40) by filling out the requisite form here. Retain your membership number, as you will need it later.

Go to this site.

Become a supporting member of the 2017 World Science Fiction Convention (this is good no matter who wins the bid). You can do so by going here and filling out the info. The cost is $40. Retain your voting token, as you will need it later.

Open up this .pdf ballot and fill in your preferences. Before printing, be sure to enter your membership number and your voting token from above. Both numbers will be needed in order for your vote to count.

Print out your ballot.

Sign your ballot in the designated slot.

Scan your ballot (can be done with your phone using something like CamScanner).

E-mail the scanned .pdf to ballot2017siteselection “A T” sasquan “D O T” org.

If you want to ensure that your vote has been accepted, please e-mail siteselection “A T” sasquan “D O T” org for confirmation. 

And that’s it! I know it’s kind of a complex process, but it’s to ensure that everything is done fairly. Again, if you don’t make it in in the next 11 hours 35 hours, there are still ways to vote! You can vote in person at Sasquan, or you can send a signed paper ballot with a friend who’s attending Sasquan and can hand deliver it. Since there’s still time to do it online, though, I wanted to be sure to pass this info on. Hopefully two years from now we’ll be celebrating together in Helsinki, where the sun never sets! (During the summer, anyway.)

~:D

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Are you from Finland??? I was born in Helsinki and I haven't met many people from there that don't live in Finland!

I am not, but I’d love to share with you why I keep posting stuff about Finland and Helsinki! In just a month the vote for the 2017 World Science Fiction Convention will take place at Sasquan in Spokane, Washington. There are four different locations vying to host the 2017 convention, and one of them is a group from Helsinki, Finland (their Tumblr is helsinkiin2017). I’m an ardent supporter of the Helsinki bid, so I’m trying to help get the word out about it and what a great and awesome place Helsinki is! My words can only add so much weight, since I haven’t been there, but I really want to go! Can’t wait for that city-wide free wifi!

If you’re interested in seeing the convention go to Helsinki in 2017, you can read about how to vote for the bid here. Otherwise, a reblog or two is just as useful! ~:D

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George R. R. Martin haluaa Worldconin Suomeen.

http://nyt.fi/a1305973461441   Näinä päivinä äänestetään vuoden 2017 Worldcon-paikasta, ja Helsinki on mukana ehdolla. Martinin lisäksi Suomen kampanjaa tukevat muun muassa kirjailijat Ian McDonald, Seanan McGuire (kirjailijanimeltään Mira Grant ), Scott Lynch, Christopher Priest, Geoff Ryman, Elizabeth Bear ja Aliette de Bodard.

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ICYMI

I announced a bunch of stuff today. Here’s the tl;dr of it:

I launched a new website: artoflanguageinvention.com.

I put out a blog post explaining what’s going on with “valahd” in episode 509 of Game of Thrones.

In an interview with Geek Girls Finland, I announced that if helsinkiin2017 wins the bid for WorldCon in 2017 (you can vote for Helsinki here!), I plan to learn Finnish and be interviewed in Finnish at the 2017 WorldCon.

I also announced that I’m going to be starting a YouTube channel, and I’m soliciting questions about language creation to answer here on Tumblr.

If I were smart, I probably would’ve spaced these things out, but...eh.

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Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!

Hey all! As you may or may not know, I'm a supporter of the Helsinki bid to host the 2017 World Science Fiction Convention. Among the other things folks are doing to support the bid, Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Trilogy, has put together a storybundle where half the proceeds go to support the Helsinki bid. If you like good story and discount prices, you should check it out!

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The newest Storybundle is donating HALF THE PROCEEDS to help our bid! How awesome is that??? Get awesome ebooks for a price you can afford, by indie authors whose writing will fascinate you!

Thanks to Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer and Leena Krohn and Jyrki Vainonen and so many other excellent authors! The proceeds of this Storybundle will be primarily used to help Finns get to Sasquan (the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention) next year, where we will convince people to vote for Worldcon to be in Helsinki in 2017! We want to be sure to have plenty of staffers at the Worldcon, to spread the good news of Finnish fandom. This fundraiser is an excellent opportunity to do just that, so please spread the word!  Get a Storybundle for yourself today! They also make excellent gifts! Buy a Storybundle for all your friends! Help support the bid!  Kiitos!

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Finnish swearing in super cute form!

Last year, we made videos to help spread news of our bid and share love of Finnish fandom. This year, we have something a bit different! We proudly give you instructions on how to swear in #Finnish, as taught by our children! (Previous educational “Fannish Finnish” videos can be found athttp://youtu.be/emQI9X7JH6I & http://youtu.be/fXSLJcIVWJY ...)

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We were at Ropecon in Espoo, Finland!