Sam Lundwall

Sam Jerrie Lundwall (born February 24 1941) 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.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. 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 publiched about 200 science fiction books. During the 1990s Sam J continued publishing science fiction on his own company, Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi.

Sam J has also been the editor of the science fiction magazine Jules Verne-Magasinet since 1972 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.

Bibliography

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" (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)

External links

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