Tag: swedish science fiction
‘Extraction 2’ Has Wrapped Filming After 5 Months of Snowy Sets
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
GLAAD Media Awards Honors Hacks, Eternals, and More in 2022 Ceremony
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
Swedish Writer Åsa Avdic’s SF Novel “The Dying Game”
"THE DYING GAME" ("Isola", in the original Swedish edition, 2016)Swedish edition and full English translationRights sold : Euromedia France, Actes Sud Germany, Mladinska Spain,...
Swedish Writer Karin Tidbeck’s Novel “Amatka” in English Version
"A surreal English language debut novel set in a world shaped by language in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin."Dystopian...
“Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep”, Swedish SF Anthology
“Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep”, Swedish SF Anthology : The Best New Science Fiction from Sweden, Peter Öberg (Editor), Andreas Raninger (Cover Design), Publisher:...
Swedish SF News – Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
From left : Daniel Atterbom, Freddie Wadling, Marita LindquistRIP: Sf-fan, journalist, comics expert, former chairman of the Swedish Comics Association DANIEL ATTERBOM (b 1959)...
“Fantastika”, The 2016 Swecon : The Con That Rained Forever – Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
Ghod save our gracious spleenLong live our noble spleenGhod save the spleenSend it victoriousHappy and gloriousLong to reign over usGhod save the spleen It rained.And...
SF News, Swede SF News…. by Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
SF/fantasy writer Kristina Hård won The Literature Award of the City of Gothenburg (Göteborgs stads litteraturpris) worth a respectable 100 000 Swedish crowns (ca...
Stockholm International Comics Festival 2016 : SF & Reality – Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
This festival actually started in 1999 under the name "Fanzine Heaven", by the youth department of the Stockholm Culture House, which earlier had workshops...
Nordic SF News
Finnish Weird is a free magazine published by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society. It introduces the concept of “Finnish Weird”, showcases a few writers and...
Karin Boye’s “Kallocain” Nominated As Best Novel for the Retro Hugo Awards
"Kallocain" is a classic 1940 dystopian novel by Swedish novelist Karin Boye which envisions a future of drab terror.In 2016, the novel was nominated...
Sweden’s Short Film Festival : SF Flicks – Ahrvid Engholm
"2016's Sweden's Short Film Festival theme was Freedom!With this theme we wanted to highlight new short films that somehow touches on ideas about freedom...
Lars Gustafsson : 1936-2016 RIP ! by Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
Lars Gustafsson was just awarded the International Zbigniew Herbert Prize in Poland, and was supposed to collect it May 17th in Warsaw, his 80th...
Political Fiction in Stockholm : Italian Diplomat in New Book – How the USA Breaks Up…by Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
The thought of Donald Trump entering the White House triggers dark thoughts in many minds.From left : Giuseppe Cassini and Elena Basile, Italian Ambassador in SwedenBut...