Editing Sam J. Lundwall

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[[File:Sam J Lundwall-edit.jpg|thumb|Sam J. Lundwall at [[Eurocon]] 2011 in Stockholm.]]
'''Sam Thore Jerrie Lundwall''' (born 24 February 1941), published as '''Sam J. Lundwall''', is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[science fiction]] writer, translator, publisher and singer. He translated a number of science-fiction-related articles and works from Swedish into English.

==Career==
Lundwall debuted as a writer in the 1950s 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 television producer for [[Sveriges Radio]] and made a 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. He subsequently translated this work into English, where it was published in the US in 1971 as ''Science Fiction: What It's All About''.<ref>''Science Fiction: What It's all About'', Sam J. Lundwall. Introduction by Donald A. Wollheim. Ace, 1971, {{ISBN|0-441-75440-6}}</ref> This work was compared favorably to other studies of science fiction coming out at that time, such as ''[[Kingsley Amis#Literary work|New Maps of Hell]]'', ''[[Brian Aldiss#Works|Billion Year Spree]]'', ''[[Sam Moskowitz|Seekers of Tomorrow]]'', ''[[In Search of Wonder]]'', and ''[[Donald A. Wollheim#Author|The Universe Makers]]''.<ref>"Automata & All That", review of ''Billion Year Spree'' (Brian Aldiss), by Gary Goshgarian, 1975, Duke University Press [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1345075]</ref> 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 published about 200 science fiction books. During the 1990s Lundwall continued publishing science fiction on his own company, Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi.

Lundwall was also the editor of the science fiction magazine ''[[Jules Verne-Magasinet]]'' between 1972 and 2009 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'' (English translation of above) (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 ===
[[File:Fängelsestaden.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover of ''Fängelsestaden'' (1978) featuring an etching by [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]]]]
* ''Mot tidhavets stränder'' (1959–1962)
* ''Jag är människan'' (1963–1965)
* ''Alice's World'' (Ace, 1971)
* ''No Time for Heroes'' (Ace, 1971); translated into Swedish in 1972 as ''Inga hjältar här''
* ''Bernhard the Conqueror'' (Daw, 1973); translated into Swedish in 1973 as ''Uppdrag i universum''
* ''King Kong Blues'' (1974); translated into English in 1975 as ''2018 A.D. or the King Kong Blues''
* ''Alice, Alice!'' (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)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{isfdb name|name=Sam J. Lundwall|id=Sam_Lundwall}}
*[http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n79-43147 Sam J. Lundwall at WorldCat]

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