Monthly Archives: December 2014

Of Hard SF and Messy Emotions

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Cora

At the newly launched Uncanny Magazine, Tansy Rayner Roberts asks “Does sex make science fiction ‘soft’?” Found via Pretty Terrible, the site formerly known as The Radish. Now the debate about whether romance subplots water down science fiction is nothing … Continue reading →

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Two new Helen Shepherd Mysteries available: A Bullet for Father Christmas and Paris Green

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Cora

Just in time for St. Nicholas Day, I have two new stories in the Helen Shepherd Mysteries series to announce. The first novelette is a holiday mystery called A Bullet for Father Christmas. After the success of Christmas Gifts last … Continue reading →

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“Good Bye, Lenin”, Thuringia, ambiguity and the vanishing of two countries

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Cora

Warning: There is a lot of blather about German politics in the following, so if that bores you just skip this post:

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