Indy Genre: Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
Nazi zombies. If those two words don’t make you perk up your ears like a great dane that just heard the treat bag rattle, then this movie is not going to be for you. But if you feel as if your life could be immeasurably improved by the application of the aforementioned Nazi zombies plus copious amounts of gore and a not inconsiderable amount of vomit? Welcome home, my friends. (Warning, this review will contain spoilers for the original Dead Snow.)
221. Nordic SF (LonCon3 Panel) w/ Tore Høie, Anna Davour, John-Henri Holmberg, Sini Neuvonen, and Marianna Leikomaa
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode221NordiceSFAtLonCon3/SandF%20–%20Episode%20221%20–%20Nordice%20SF%20at%20LonCon3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMoomin, the Arctic Circle, and volcanoes, oh my! In our first panel recording from LonCon3 / Worldcon, Tore Høie, Anna Davour, John-Henri Holmberg, Sini Neuvonen, and Marianna Leikomaa discuss sf/f from the Scandinavian countries. ‘Nuff said. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 221 — Download (MP3) Show Notes ((I may have missed a few things mentioned in the podcast. If pick anything up that is not listed in the show notes, please leave a comment!): Panelists: Tore Høie (Moderator) Anna Davour John-Henri Holmberg Sini Neuvonen Marianna Leikomaa (Cheryl Morgan popped in to offer up titles towards the end, so she gets an honorary slot here) Finnish Weird Magazine Risto Isomäki: Sands of Sarasvati by Risto Isomäki Jaybird by Lauri & Jaakko Ahonen Sing No Evil by JP Ahonen and KP Alare Finnish Tolkien Society (where the Mirrormere Awards are given) Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Best Swedish Crime Novel Award Hans Christian Andersen Song for Eirabu by Kristine Tofte Hulder by Tonje Tornes Odinsbarn (Odin’s Child) by Siri Pettersen Landet under isen (Land Under the Glacier) by Lars Mæhle Jotnens hjemkomst by Andreas Bull-Hansen Strupesang by Liv Margareth Alver Bian Shen by Torbjørn Øverland Amundsen Lucifers evangelium by Tom Egeland Prost Gotvins geometry by Gert Hermod Nygårdshaug Sjelkaagenten by Mari Moen Holsve Lasarusfenomenet by Kjetil Johnsen The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell (available in English!) Thale (film by Alexander Nordaas) Huset mellom natt og dag by Ørjan Nordhus Karlsson (some of his other work has been translated) The Sami Hannu Rajaniemi The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Leena Krohn Tove Jansson Moomin! Anne Leinonen John Ajvide Lindqvist Anders Fager Fruktan (Swedish author collective) Asgard Park by Ronald Simonar Edmund W. Hansen Neils E. Neilsen Peter Høeg The Man Who Remembered by Eiler Jørgensen Jannick Storm The Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction by Brian Aldiss Sky City: New Science Fiction Stories by Danish Authors edited by Science Fiction Cirklen Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff Vladimir Semitjov Dénis Lindbohm The Martin Beck Series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Sture Lönnerstrand Swedish SF (see the paragraph on “Swedish Social Fiction”)(term invented by German author and academic Ulrike Nolte, in German “Schwedisches soziale fiction”) Hulder (fairy tale) Fantastik Podd (Swedish podcast) Boel Bermann Anders Björkelid Erik Granström The Kalevala Johanna Sinisalo Irmelin Sandman Lilius Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder Partial Recall (blog on Finnish fandom) Rising Shadow (reviews; has a Finnish site) Archipelacon Science Fiction Encyclopedia Entries: Sweden Finland Denmark Iceland Norway Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
Film Review: Trollhunter (2010) — A (World) SFF Film Odyssey
Trollhunter (2010)(Trolljegeren in Norway) is André Øvredal’s most popular film, though it is, I’d argue, sorely overlooked by American audiences. Originally released in October 2010, the film was eventually transplanted to U.S. audiences via the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011. The premise is fairly simple: Under the guise of presenting secret footage, Trollhunter follows a trio of student journalists who arrive in the mountains in order to interview and document the actions of a mysterious man named Hans who locals suspect is illegally killing bears. In their attempts to catch the man in the act, they follow him and discover that Hans is actually a trollhunter, protecting the borders between human and troll territories with a UV light gun and other clever amenities. Invited to ride along, the trio document Hans’ journey to determine what has caused a recent series of violent troll events, only to realize that they’re in over their heads.
