Geoffrey Heard wrote:
> Terrific news, T, but worrying. How can you say you don't have groupies
> when all of us here love you with a deep and abiding emotion?
>
> Okay, we're maybe a scabby old bunch and not the kind of groupies you
> had in mind, you rock star wannabe, but on the other side of the coin,
> at least you're not as desperate as your old school contemporary, Tony
> Robinson, who has done dreadful things with turnips, not taken off his
> underpants for 5 years, and collected dog poo for a dye works in his
> pursuit of fame and fortune! I mean, there are limits and he is so far
> over the line he wouldn't be able to see it with a telescope and a
> searchlight!
Well Geoff, We are quite many that count Timothy amongst the very best
classic crime writers - fully in line with people like Agatha Christie,
Dorethy L. Sayers, Michael Dipdin and more of those from the late 20th
century...
> Erik -- no knocking Stig Larsson. I think it is important that his books
> aren't straight thrillers or crime fiction, but rather they are that
> form used to campaign for causes close to his heart. As a vehicle in
> support of democracy, media/speech freedom, women's rights and human
> rights in general, and the control of rampant capitalism (while
> supporting capitalism in general) they are quite remarkable -- putting
> all this heavy stuff into a darned good read.
>
> For anyone who doubts what I'm saying about the underlying stuff, take a
> look in particular at the third in the trilogy, "The Girl Who Kicked The
> Hornet's Nest". It provides you with all the background you need, both
> explicitly and implicitly, to understand the Julian Assange and
> WikiLeaks case, even to the to-ing and fro-ing of the prosecutor. Check
> pages 232-234 for a clear statement on freedom of speech and media
> freedom in Sweden (the best in the world? Certainly better than
> Australia; we have no freedom of speech or freedom of media guarantees);
> read the whole book for the sensitivity of Sweden to matters impacting
> on women's and particularly girls' human rights.
>
> The freedom of speech and media laws tell you why WikiLeaks went to
> Sweden; the human rights themes that run right through the book tell you
> how to attack Wikileaks in Sweden. Not that any secret organization
> hasn't known about and used the honey trap since the beginning of time,
> but it just so happens that the law in Sweden is particularly strong in
> relation to such matters.
I'm not against any kind of freedom, but what I'm against is that a guy
like Sig Larsson uses his socalled'criminal stories' to promote a real
radicalized left-wing communism - a fraction that is so far out left
that even the Kmer rouge in Cambodia was right-winged conservatism! This
very radicalized left-wing group is mostly located in the north of
Sweden, and they do state that they don't accept the society and they
are willing to use force if necessary to reach their goals.
There are also unstated rumors that some of their supporters have been
trained in radical muslim training camps both in the Hamas areas and not
at least in Iran. The Swedish security police (SEPO) are keeping a close
eye upon their activities right now.
On the other hand Sweden also had the very well writing couple, Maj
Sjöwall and Par Walö. They both were communists by heart, but they
managed to write very high quality crime novels that all are made into
films and TV series. They were fighting for anyones rights as well, but
they hated the use of power and force. - Their weapon were the pencils
and the spoken words.
We now also have a new Danish upcomer, Else Egholm, who also is situated
as a left-wing. Her ideals are Sjöwall and Walö. Right now the Danish
TV2 has started a new series about aerial murders written by her. this
TV serie is already now sold to more than 20 countries all over the world.
Cheers, Erik Richard
> Erik Richard Sørensens Wrote:
>> Hei Tim
>>
>> You should have used your own commisario to search, but anyway - here
>> it is.:-)
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2011/mar/13/crime-henning-mankell
>>
>> Hm 'famous'? - well, as a real 'criminal' I think you've been famous
>> the last decades. In my opinion you count even higher than those
>> 'pop-smart authors' like Stig Larsson and most of his kind!
>>
>> Avanti, Commisario!
>>
>> Cheers, Erik Richard
>>
>> THDW wrote:
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> A friend has just skyped me to tell me I am in today's Observer (UK).
>>> I am considered one of the ten best European crime writers and there
>>> is even a photo of me. I can't find the article on the site and
>>> would appreciate any help in locating the link.
>>>
>>> Fame at last. But where are the groupies, for heaven's sake?
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