Sam Lundwall
Encyclopedia
Sam Jerrie Lundwall is a Swedish
science fiction
writer, translator, publisher and singer. He translated a number of science-fiction-related articles and works from Swedish into English.n]]
His debut as a writer started in the 1950s when he wrote for Häpna!
. During the 1960s he was active as a photographer and freelance writer. He also produced the LP "Visor i vår tid". In 1968, he worked as a producer for SVT
and made a TV series about science fiction. In 1969, he published his first book-length work on science fiction, Science Fiction: Från begynnelsen till våra dagar. This landed him a job at Askild & Kärnekull (A&K) as an editor for their science fiction books. He subsequently translated this work into English, where it was published in the US in 1971 as Science Fiction: What It's all About. This work was compared favorably to other studies of science fiction coming out at that time, such as New Maps of Hell, Billion Year Spree, Seekers of Tomorrow
, In Search of Wonder
, and The Universe Makers. In the summer of 1973, he left A&K and worked with Delta Förlag that he ran together with the literary agent Gunnar Dahl. Until the end of the 1980s Delta published about 200 science fiction books. During the 1990s Sam J continued publishing science fiction on his own company, Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi.
Lundwall was also the editor of the science fiction magazine Jules Verne-Magasinet between 1972 and 2009 and has been active in fandom, for instance he organised conventions in Stockholm in 1961, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979. He has been both a board member and chairman (twice) of World SF and north European coordinator for Science Fiction Writers of America. He has also been very productive as a translator.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer, translator, publisher and singer. He translated a number of science-fiction-related articles and works from Swedish into English.n]]
His debut as a writer started in the 1950s when he wrote for Häpna!
Häpna!
Häpna! was a Swedish science fiction magazine published between 1954 and 1969 by Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner AB in Jönköping. It was published each month up to January 1965, then irregularly until January 1966; the final year, 1969, an attempt was made to revive the magazine which led to...
. During the 1960s he was active as a photographer and freelance writer. He also produced the LP "Visor i vår tid". In 1968, he worked as a producer for SVT
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
and made a TV series about science fiction. In 1969, he published his first book-length work on science fiction, Science Fiction: Från begynnelsen till våra dagar. This landed him a job at Askild & Kärnekull (A&K) as an editor for their science fiction books. He subsequently translated this work into English, where it was published in the US in 1971 as Science Fiction: What It's all About. This work was compared favorably to other studies of science fiction coming out at that time, such as New Maps of Hell, Billion Year Spree, Seekers of Tomorrow
Sam Moskowitz
Sam Moskowitz was an early fan and organizer of interest in science fiction and, later, a writer, critic, and historian of the field.-Biography:...
, In Search of Wonder
In Search of Wonder
In Search of Wonder: Essays on Modern Science Fiction is a collection of critical essays by Damon Knight. Most of the material in the book was originally published between 1952 and 1955 in various science fiction magazines including Infinity Science Fiction, Original SF Stories, and Future SF...
, and The Universe Makers. In the summer of 1973, he left A&K and worked with Delta Förlag that he ran together with the literary agent Gunnar Dahl. Until the end of the 1980s Delta published about 200 science fiction books. During the 1990s Sam J continued publishing science fiction on his own company, Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi.
Lundwall was also the editor of the science fiction magazine Jules Verne-Magasinet between 1972 and 2009 and has been active in fandom, for instance he organised conventions in Stockholm in 1961, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979. He has been both a board member and chairman (twice) of World SF and north European coordinator for Science Fiction Writers of America. He has also been very productive as a translator.
Non-fiction
- Bibliography of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1964 (updated several times since then)
- Bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1830-1961 (1962)
- Bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1772-1964 (1964)
- Science fiction: Från begynnelsen till våra dagar (1969)
- Science Fiction: What it's All About(English translation of above) (1971)
- Bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1741-1973 (1974)
- Utopia - dystopia (1977)
- Science fiction: An Illustrated History (1977)
- Utopier och framtidsvisioner (1984)
- Bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1974-1983 (1985)
- En bok om science fiction, fantastik, futurism, robotar, monster, vampyrer, utopier, dystopier och annat märkvärdigt och oväntat och osannolikt (1993)
- Bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1741-1996 (1997)
Fiction
- Alice's World (Ace, 1971)
- No Time for Heroes (Ace, 1971) to Swedish in 1972 as Inga hjältar här
- Bernhard the Conqueror (Daw, 1973) to Swedish in 1973 as Uppdrag i universum
- 2018 A.D. or the King Kong Blues (Daw, 1975)
- Mot tidhavets stränder (1959-1962)
- Jag är människan (1963-1965)
- Visor i vår tid (1966)
- Alice, Alice! (1974)
- King Kong Blues (1974)
- Bernhards magiska sommar (1975)
- Mörkrets furste, eller Djävulstornets hemlighet (1975)
- Tio sånger och Alltid Lady Macbeth (1975)
- Gäst i Frankensteins hus (1976)
- Mardrömmen (1977)
- Fängelsestaden (1978)
- Flicka i fönster vid världens kant (1980)
- Crash (1982)
- Tiden och Amélie (1986)
- Frukost bland ruinerna (1988)
- Gestalter i sten (1988)
- Vasja Ambartsurian (1990)
- Zap! (1992)
- Staden vid tidens ände eller Sam Spade i kamp mot entropin (1993)