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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_convention 00:00:26 1 History 00:04:49 2 Types 00:06:01 2.1 International conventions 00:06:11 2.1.1 World Science Fiction Convention 00:07:27 2.1.2 World Fantasy Convention 00:08:54 2.1.3 World Horror Convention 00:09:48 2.2 National conventions 00:10:19 2.3 Regional conventions 00:11:34 2.4 Local conventions 00:12:37 2.5 Media conventions 00:13:40 2.6 Comic and "popular culture" conventions 00:14:46 2.7 Special interest conventions 00:16:15 2.8 Commercial shows vs. volunteer conventions 00:19:31 3 Anatomy of a typical convention 00:19:52 3.1 Guests of Honor 00:20:58 3.2 Professionals at conventions 00:22:19 3.3 Program 00:23:39 3.4 Special events 00:27:24 3.5 Exhibits and fixed functions 00:30:10 3.6 Con Suite 00:31:10 3.7 Dead Dog Party 00:31:58 3.8 Idiosyncrasy 00:33:45 3.9 Peace-bonding and weapons policies 00:35:59 4 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.7689243268018445 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-B "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of the speculative fiction genre, science fiction. Historically, science fiction conventions had focused primarily on literature, but the purview of many extends to such other avenues of expression as films, television, comics, animation, and games. |