Comments and questions about translation of Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian crime fiction as well as "real" literature.
"Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life."
Art Blakey
06 May 2009
"Reg" & "Felicity" at CrimeFest in Bristol on May 15
Come and meet us at CrimeFest — our panel discussion, "Foreign Correspondent: Books In Translation" is at 10:30 on Friday morning, May 15, with Don Bartlett and Ros Schwartz, moderated by Ann Cleeves. See you there!
Hi Reg. I wonder whether you could help my daughter who is writing a paper on Stieg Larsson. She wants to know which year and month the first and the second novel were published in Britain (both hardback and paperback), and when they were published in the USA.
The Last Good Man - A.J. Kazinski [translated by Tiina Nunnally]
The Black Echo - Michael Connelly
Worth Dying For - Lee Child
Gateway - Frederik Pohl
Inside the Jihad: A Spy's Story - Omar Nasiri
Relic - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Me, the Mob and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells - Tommy James with Martin Fitzpatrick
2084: An Oral History of the Great Warming - James Lawrence Powell [on Kindle]
Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
Untouched by Human Hands - Robert Sheckley (his first collection of SF stories, some of which hold up well after 57 years)
The Hidden Child - Camilla Läckberg [translated by Tiina Nunnally]
Silesian Station - David Downing (if you like books about Berlin in the '30s & '40s, this series is excellent)
Zoo Station - David Downing
After the Wall - Jana Hensel
On Gratitude: Celebrities Share What They're Most Thankful For - Todd Aaron Jensen (lots of nuggets of wisdom here)
The Tourist - Olen Steinhauer
Tripwire - Lee Child
Black Betty - Walter Mosley
The Main Experiment - Christopher Hodder-Williams
Dead Low Tide - John D. Macdonald
Albums I'm listening to
Lionel Hampton & Teddy Wilson with Gene Krupa (1960s)
George Benson/Joe Farrell: Benson & Farrell (1976)
Larry Carlton: Sleepwalk (1982)
Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Quintet: You 'n Me (1960s)
Joe Pass, Clark Terry, et al: A Celebration of Duke (1980)
Eric Gale: Blue Horizon (1982)
George Benson: Blue Benson (1976)
George Benson: Body Talk
A Man and the Blues - Buddy Guy (1968) Buddy's first Vanguard album and still one of his best -- with the wondrous Otis Spann on piano
Hoosier Hot Shots: Everybody Stomp (2003) Great 4 CD set from Proper Records in the UK (if you haven't heard these guys, check them out -- the happiest music on the planet!) "Are you ready, Hezzie?"
Tony Mottola: various pop guitar albums from the '60s
Erik Satie: Piano Music (Aldo Ciccolini) (1950s) Magnifico!
Eric Gale & Ron Carter: In a Jazz Tradition (1988) Tasty!
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (1966) My favorite poetry in song form
The Harmonicats: Best Loved Hits (1984) Fond memories of my grandfather's 78 collection...
Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) The Lou Reed workouts are the standout on this disc
Hoyt Axton: Life Machine (1974)
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1-4 (1739)
Some of my favorite movies
District 9 (2009) a modernized PhilDickian tale about humans and aliens; which do you think are more human?
The Soloist (2008) very good movie that zeros in on what music does to your mind
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Out of the Past (1947)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Vertigo (1958)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Chinatown (1974)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
The Awful Truth (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Any B science fiction movie with Whit Bissell, such as Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Hi Reg
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to meeting you!
Ros Schwartz
Shukran, see you soon.
ReplyDeleteStill hoping to be able to make it!
ReplyDeleteWe're holding our thumbs, as they say in Sweden.
ReplyDeleteWish we could be there!
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Trilby & Sven
Hej Trilby og Sven, prøv at kigge på min profil og send mig en mail... godt at høre fra jer.
ReplyDeleteHi Reg.
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether you could help my daughter who is writing a paper on Stieg Larsson. She wants to know which year and month the first and the second novel were published in Britain (both hardback and paperback), and when they were published in the USA.
UK: nr 1 jan 08, nr 2 jan 09, nr 3, okt 09
ReplyDeleteUS: nr 1 sep 08, nr 2 jul 09
For first softcover see the Quercus books website, I'm not sure. Hilsen fra København!
Reg