![]() ![]() ![]() "I usually stand somewhere between the bananas and loaves of bread and smile," he says. In one sign of the difference between the United States and Sweden, Kallner says he has had some of his most successful book signings in grocery stores. "I use a bit more adjectives than I usually allow myself." ![]() you do things a bit minimalistic." But English allowed her a fresh take. Lund says writing a story in English provided a chance to use more ornate language. and there's not any status for a writer to be writing science fiction or fantasy," Lund says.īut Kallner says, " Game of Thrones is beginning to change that." "The big publishing houses think is something that stops with young adults. The few big Swedish publishers are starting to catch up. The genre, thanks in part to self-publishing, is "blooming," Lund says. Until recently, the world of science fiction in Sweden was so small that it was possible to keep up with everything that was published. That's the message Anna Jakobsson Lund and Oskar Kallner are trying to send the English-speaking world through their contributions to Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep(Affront Publishing, 2015), a collection of short stories by Swedish authors. There's far more to Swedish literature than Pippi Longstocking and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. ![]()
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