Chester library has two thematic fiction sections that I've never seen at Swedish libraries. One offers historical fiction. The other, also quite large, is all mystery novels set in the distant past -- labelled "Past Crimes".
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There's a slick new online Sci Fi rag called Lightspeed. I like this one because they also publish nonfiction pieces that are relevant to their fiction stories.
Last Friday I went to at talk by Brian David Johnson from Intel. That sentence sounds like any other that an academic could write--always with the going to seminars we acahacks are.
"The British are sniffy about sci-fi, but there is nothing artificial in its ability to convey apprehension about the universe and ourselves."
Cat and Girl offers a smashing take on facts and fiction. An excerpt from Spoiler Alert:
One of my favorites is the Brother Cadfael series by Elis Peters, about a 12th century monk who solves murders using his knowledge of herbs and past experiences in the Crusades. Some of these were made into a TV series with Derek Jacobi.
Tudor-era settings are also popular.
I didn't notice that you are in Chester. The Brother Cadfael series is set nearby, in Shrewsbury.