A multimedia Event for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
A multimedia Event for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
We now have two team members names Ralf. High time we introduce our 1st Ralf, whose focus is on infrastructure. Please introduce yourself briefly My name is Ralf Bayer, I am 59 years old, married and have three grown-up children. I earn my living as an IT architect. Influenced by the Apollo program, I’ve always …
Journalist, author At MetropolCon 2023 Dominik will moderate three panels reflecting his current preoccupations: Social horror – what political transformations does really well-written horror literature undergo? How do toxic relationships relate to political upheaval? Is social decline part of social horror, or are we thinking more of an impending zombie catastrophe? Cue zombies – he …
/ Writer Anja Stephan was born in the Harz Mountains and grew up in beautiful Thuringia. After training as a foreign language secretary, she worked in commerce before studying business psychology. Since 2016, she has been a self-employed author and ghostwriter. Recently, she resumed her studies in psychology at Dublin City University. She lives in …
That’s it, that’s the news: After the Leipzig Book Fair postponed its dates for 2023 to “our” weekend, we were forced to find alternative dates for MetropolCon, which we succeeded in doing after much swearing and tearing our hair. Now we are looking forward to May 18-20, 2023. Thursday, May 18 is a holiday, namely …
Graphic designer, publisher At MetropolCon 2023, Grit will moderate several panels in German, but also host a feedback session on Saturday morning (in English and German, together with Claudia: Sat 9:30-10:30, in Atelier 4) TEAM INTERVIEW High time to introduce another team member: Do you like our logo, the look of our website, the graphics …
Addendum (August 22, 2022): Herbert Franke passed away on July 16, 2022. May he rest in peace. We wrote this birthday post when the artist and writer was still alive. He even considered attending in person, but knew it was only a “Maybe.” While we are sad that any exhibition and appreciation of his work …
… and what do we do with it? Con is short for convention, and comes from the Latin convenire: to come together. Conference, marketplace, playground, showcase, and festival: a convention can be all of these things. This is where the scene comes together; creatives and experts meet fans at eye level. In the process, many …
Editor Sylvana is part of the MetropolCon team, the editor of Andromeda News and the co-editor of Future Fiction Magazine. In our program, you can find her as moderator for the panel “Future Fiction, Solarpunk und Positive SF: Sind Utopien wirklich so schiwerig?” on Friday from 1:45 to 2:45 pm in Atelier 1. And here …
It’s time for another team member to answer a few questions. May we introduce Ivo, always dreaming big: Please introduce yourself briefly Born in 1969 on Lake Constance. After various study- and work-related stops I finally ended up in Weil der Stadt, the birthplace of Johannes Kepler, who some claim was “the world’s first SF …
Time to drag another team member into the spotlight. The dragon guarding our (as yet non-existing) hoard: Please introduce yourself briefly I’m Dominic Riemenschneider (born 1988), a freelance art historian, Berliner by choice, and a passionate fantasist ever since I can remember. This began first with books, for I have always loved to read. Today …