Monthly Archives: November 2011

Midweek Writing Links

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Cora

I had a longer post planned, but school preparation work got in the way, so here’s a quickie linkdump instead: Bloomberg has a neat interview with Margaret Atwood. I particularly like her answer when asked whether it’s possible to write … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Photos Part 4 – Tynemouth

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Cora

During my recent stay in Newcastle I also visited Tynemouth, a small seaside town located, as the name implies, at the mouth of the Tyne.

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The Enterprise versus the Space Nazis – 40 years late

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Cora

More than forty years after it originally aired in 1968, the Star Trek episode Patterns of Force a.k.a. the Space Nazi episode, has finally been broadcast on German TV this weekend.

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Newcastle Photos Part 3 – Architecture

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Cora

Here’s the third installment of my Newcastle photos. This time we have architecture from medieval to ultra-modern:

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Newcastle Photos Part 2 – Monuments

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Cora

As promised, here is the second part of my Newcastle photos. This installment focuses on sculptures and monuments, though some architecture has found its way in here, too, because the two cannot always be neatly separated.

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Newcastle Photos Part 1 – Bridges

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Cora

At last, here are the first of my Newcastle photos. I’ll start off with bridges, because Newcastle has quite a lot of them, including some very interesting constructions. The Tyne bridges have their own website, by the way.

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We are all pornographers now

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, it’s that time of the year again. Time for another go-around of the eternal fight of literary versus genre fiction, cheered on as usual by critics rather than writers. In the past few weeks, Zone One by Colson Whitehead, … Continue reading →

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Still sick linkdump

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Cora

I’m still sick with a rather nasty cold I caught on the plane. Taking my Mom to the cemetery yesterday to visit my grandparents’ graves probably wasn’t the best of ideas, especially as both set of grandparents are buried on … Continue reading →

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