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Pulps French & Others. Henning Mankell, interview: Branagh is this generation’s Alec Guinness. Startseite - Mord am Hellweg - Europas größtes internationales Krimifestival. El mayor festival de literatura policial en Europa. Policier, Thriller, Enquête. Planète Polar : Sites. Policiers. Polars Addict : Critiques de Polars.

Stieg Larsson: Big-Name Sci-Fi Fan | Beyond The Beyond. *A reminiscence by Swedish science fiction devotee Ahrvid Engholm. “A couple of days ago a visited a seminar in Stockholm about the bestselling writer Stieg Larsson. It is held yearly around his death day (Nov 9, 2004; the seminar was Nov 8) but I have somehow managed to miss it until now.

:The thing is that I knew Stieg Larsson who was active in science fiction for 10+ years (approx 1969-1980), eg as a prominent fanzine editor (Fijagh, Långfredagsnatt, SFären, Fanac, often together with one Rune Forsgren and of course Eva Gabrielsson), board member of the Scandinavian SF Association (“SFSF”, he was later chairman), even con organiser (eg the disastrous Minicon 5). ” There are plenty of Swedish fans around who also knew Stieg, especially John-Henri Holmberg who was one of the few from skiffy circles Stieg kept contact with after he left to become more involved in political journalism. “I wrote a lengthy report from the seminar which is available *in Swedish* here: “This is quite common. Regard Noir.