John-Henri Holmberg
(June 22, 1949 –)
John-Henri Holmberg is a Swedish fan (from age 13), writer, publisher, critic and translator. In the early 1960s, he edited (alone or in tandem with Bertil Mårtensson and/or Mats Linder or with Per Insulander 17 issues of Science Fiction Forum and published over 250 fanzines of his own. He has sometimes used the penname Carl Brandon, Jr., an homage to Carl Brandon.
He led clubs and chaired conventions, including Stockon 5 and Stockon 6. He was a member of the Stockholm in 1976 and Stockholm in 1980 Worldcon bids, and was co-editor of Asgard. One of the fans with whom he worked was fellow Swede Stieg Larsson. He has continued his fannish life alongside his professional career as editor, publisher, critic and translator. A critic and writer also on crime fiction, in 2007 he was elected to the Swedish Crime Fiction Academy.
He was GoH at Helsinki, the 2017 Worldcon.
He is a contributor to John Clute and Peter Nicholls' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and is probably the major voice of both SF and fandom in Sweden. From 2004 until 2010 he has edited and published the resurrected Nova science fiction (which in its earlier incarnation he also edited from 1982 to 1987), the largest Scandinavian prozine.
In 1986, he published Fandom Harvest, a collection of Terry Carr's fanwriting, under his Laissez Faire Produktion AB imprint.
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- Asgard [2 issues, 1970] (with Per Insulander and Ulf Westblom)
- Fanac [in Swedish, 124 issues, 1963-1994]
- Fanzine för mycket [in Swedish MF-APA, 9 issues, 1989-1991]
- Fanzine Too Many [in FAPA, 6 issues, 1993-1996]
- DNQ (final 3 issues, 1975–1982, with Per Insulander and Ulf Westblom)
- The Egoist [1 issue, 1965] (as by Carl Brandon, Jr.)
- Gafiac [50 issues, 1964-1988]
- Science-Fiction Times [Swedish edition, issues 31-40. 1963-1964]
- Swefanac [4 issues, 1964] (as by Carl Brandon, Jr.)
- Translations [oneshot, 1971]
- Zlewwy [9 issues, 8 1962-1963, final 1966]
- Additionally around 15 oneshots, 1960s through 1970s.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1967 -- Swedish Science Fiction Academy Award
- 1980 -- Spacecon 80, Stockholm
- 1984 -- Göcon, Gothenburg
- 1985 -- Swecon, Stockholm
- 1992 -- ConFuse, Linköping
- 2000 -- NasaCon 2000
- 2005 -- Intercon 2005 / Norcon 19, Big Heart Award
- 2009 -- European SF Society Award, Best SF Magazine
- 2011 -- Eurocon 2011
- 2017 -- Worldcon 75
- 2019 -- FAAn Award for Best Article
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