Books
Listed below are the books that have been released in print.
Textbook
I have been teaching programming since 2001, and in the summer of 2019, I summarized eighteen years of teaching experience in a textbook on the C++ language.
C++ på riktigt (2019)From the publisher's website (translated): With entertaining allegories, detailed explanations, and precise code examples, as well as a few illustrations, it is shown how some of the most abstract concepts are connected. The book requires no prior knowledge, only an open mind and a little patience.
From a review in BTJ (translated): The explanations are uncomplicated and comprehensive … C++ på riktigt is useful as course literature at high school and college level, but of course also for self-study. The book ends with a number of appendices, advice on further development opportunities and a detailed index.
BTJ's overall rating: 4 (out of 5).
Buy the book  Product sheet The book's website Buy the book: www.bokus.com/bok/9789198570106/c-pa-riktigtProduct sheet (in Swedish): www.riktigcpp.se/Till_biblioteken.pdf
The book's website: www.riktigcpp.se
200 pages (paperback). Publisher: Gothenburg Technical College. ISBN 978-91-985701-0-6. © Simon K. Jensen (2019).
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Poetry
Quite some time ago, I wrote two collections of poems, in Swedish. They were well received with positive reviews. I still have some copies of Fingret (The Finger), contact me if you are interested.
Fingret (2011)From the publisher's website (translated): Fingret is the sequel to Skärmen from 2009. In this new punk-poetry collection, Simon Jensen continues to breathe fire and brimstone over our time's takedown of vital concepts such as togetherness, solidarity and love. We humans are described as the animals we are. Fingret is political and raw. It's a fun book. But at the same time, it's violent, provocative and perverse. Strictly forbidden for children.
From a review in Arbetaren (translated): I rarely laugh when reading poetry, so it's a relief to be able to do so for once. Had Jensen been any less skilled, the laughter might have masked the seriousness, but somehow he avoids those pitfalls. There's something in his writing that evokes recognition, a sense that we're in this mess together.
Buy the book
Buy the book: www.bokus.com/bok/9789197824347/fingret
50 pages (paperback). Publisher: Trombone (trombone.se). ISBN 978-91-978243-4-7. © Simon K. Jensen (2011).
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Skärmen (2009)From the publisher's website (translated): Skärmen is the musician Simon Jensen's critically acclaimed literary debut. Shocking, raw, sad, funny. It is a collection of animalistic poems — critical of civilization — where the overarching theme is death and destruction. But there is hope and love just around the corner.
From a review in NT (translated): A furious rage — a kind of defiant response to a present age that stains what is most human in us... Simon Jensen makes his debut with full force, and spending a couple of hours in his company is more than rewarding.
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Buy the book: www.bokus.com/bok/9789197644099/skarmen
50 pages (paperback). Publisher: Trombone (trombone.se). ISBN 978-91-976440-9-9. © Simon K. Jensen (2009).
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Reviews etc. (in Swedish)
Most reviews have now disappeared from the internet. Below are a few that have survived.
Skärmen
- Civilisationskritik som slår med full kraft (NT)
- Ursinnig hymn över samtiden (HD)
- Sorgen att existera (Tidningen Kulturen)
- Spretig debut med kritiskt ljud i skällan (Borås Tidning)
- Interview (Fria Tidningen)
Fingret
- Fingret (Arbetaren, Kultur)
- Stort, nydanande, smärtsamt och vackert (S. Rahimi)
- Poesi om örnar och hästar (Konflyktlinjer)
- Recension: Fingret av Simon Jensen (Monsterum)