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science fiction, including speculative fiction and most of the later added tints of SF presumes the world existing and largely subject to material causes producing effects and thus deterministic to a great extent. Looking into those causes and effects may include search through huge areas of natural and cultural history, time and space, both outer and inner. Understanding the essential character of these spirally widening circles of exploration becomes more and more common in modern culture, but SF implemented this approach most consistently. Innate quality of SF is change while maintaining central impetus to explore the ever-widening sphere of existence, cautiously or more boldly stepping into the unknown. I would argue that no definition of world science fiction should exist without fan interaction included. Only when ideas expressed by SF authors reach a critical mass of readership, they acquire additional energy, combined in their imagination with culturally saturated experience. Previous SFRA conference in Oslo provided the participants on the basis of the Co- Futures approach with a wide variety of SF written in many countries, possessing distinct stylistic favors and focusing on the most vital problems. It was very powerful to observe. This year we see the continuation of this trend. It feels encouraging.