Nordic Visions: The Best of Nordic Speculative Fiction
**The first true celebration of contemporary Nordic science fiction, fantasy and horror! **
Tales of the dark, fantastical and delightfully strange from the best voices in Nordic fiction.
Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, from the epic Icelandic Sagas to best-selling crime with a noir flair. This anthology collects stories by the best names in Nordic speculative fiction, many of which are appearing in English for the first time.
Across dark dystopian sci-fi, mythical fantasy, and terrifying horror, from the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a deep sense of place with social criticism, themes of loneliness and identity, and the concern for humanity’s impact on the wilderness.
Stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Maria Haskins, Karin Tidbeck, Kaspar Colling Nielsen, Jakob Drud, Lene Kaaberbøl, Rakel Helmsdal, Johann Thorsson, Tone Almhjell, Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Thore Hansen, Margrét Helgadóttir, Johanna Sinisalo, Hannu Rajaniemi and Emmi Itäranta.
Tales of the dark, fantastical and delightfully strange from the best voices in Nordic fiction.
Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, from the epic Icelandic Sagas to best-selling crime with a noir flair. This anthology collects stories by the best names in Nordic speculative fiction, many of which are appearing in English for the first time.
Across dark dystopian sci-fi, mythical fantasy, and terrifying horror, from the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a deep sense of place with social criticism, themes of loneliness and identity, and the concern for humanity’s impact on the wilderness.
Stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Maria Haskins, Karin Tidbeck, Kaspar Colling Nielsen, Jakob Drud, Lene Kaaberbøl, Rakel Helmsdal, Johann Thorsson, Tone Almhjell, Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Thore Hansen, Margrét Helgadóttir, Johanna Sinisalo, Hannu Rajaniemi and Emmi Itäranta.
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I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher
A compilation of speculative fiction short stories by sixteen different nordic authors that has a lot of fascinating ideas and wide variety of writing styles. Some of the stories worked for me, others not so much. I did appreciate the taste of the different cultures of the region, I think it's the strongest part of this anthology, so I highly recommend it to anyone out there who is tired of reading the same over and over again.
I think most of them were, at the very least, interesting but I didn't enjoy all of them. The standouts for me were Sing by Karin Tidbeck from Sweden, which shows the way humans adapted to life in an alien planet. From Iceland I quite enjoyed Johann Thorsson's The Dreamgiver, a story about nightmares and family secrets. My favorite of all of them was The Cormorant by Tone Almhjell from Norway, I found it well written, intriguing and full of love.
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher
A compilation of speculative fiction short stories by sixteen different nordic authors that has a lot of fascinating ideas and wide variety of writing styles. Some of the stories worked for me, others not so much. I did appreciate the taste of the different cultures of the region, I think it's the strongest part of this anthology, so I highly recommend it to anyone out there who is tired of reading the same over and over again.
I think most of them were, at the very least, interesting but I didn't enjoy all of them. The standouts for me were Sing by Karin Tidbeck from Sweden, which shows the way humans adapted to life in an alien planet. From Iceland I quite enjoyed Johann Thorsson's The Dreamgiver, a story about nightmares and family secrets. My favorite of all of them was The Cormorant by Tone Almhjell from Norway, I found it well written, intriguing and full of love.
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