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3. Zmaj ("the third dragon", a pun based on the name of the largest Croatian shipyard, "3. Maj") is a science fiction society from Rijeka, Croatia. It was founded in 2005 after the older Rijeka SF society, Aurora, ceased to exist. It is well known for its petition to include Tolkien's works into school set books, addressed to Croatian Ministry of Education, but the most important of all, they are responsible for the revival of the sci-fi convention in Rijeka- RiCon. 3. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... Rijeka (in local Croatian dialects Rika and Reka; Fiume in Italian and Hungarian. ...


3. zmaj has recently been taken over by the new leadership! Here is a video featuring 3. zmaj's president: [1]



 
 

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