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Comments and questions about translation of Swedish,
German, Danish, and Norwegian crime fiction
as well as "real" literature.

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06 January 2011

Goodreads Choice Awards 2010:
Best Mystery and Thriller


See all the winners here!
Posted by Reg / Steve at 3:25 PM 10 comments:
Labels: 2010, Best Mystery and Thriller, Choice Awards, Goodreads, Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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Freelance literary translator from Swedish, German, Danish & Norwegian.
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Books I've liked recently

  • The Last Good Man - A.J. Kazinski [translated by Tiina Nunnally]
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  • 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)
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  • On Gratitude: Celebrities Share What They're Most Thankful For - Todd Aaron Jensen (lots of nuggets of wisdom here)
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  • Tripwire - Lee Child
  • Black Betty - Walter Mosley
  • The Main Experiment - Christopher Hodder-Williams
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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!
  • Jimmy Reed: I'm Jimmy Reed (1959) The first album I ever bought and still one of the best
  • Eric Gale: Touch of Silk (1980)
  • 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)
  • North by Northwest (1959)

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    6 years ago
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    Shot at the Edgars
    7 years ago
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    Coming Soon
    11 years ago
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    Testing
    13 years ago
  • PETRONA
    Petrona has moved
    14 years ago
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    15 years ago
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