I never felt particularly comfortable with eligibility posts, but I posted such an overview for the first time in 2016, when someone added my name to the Hugo Nominations Wiki. Eventually, it paid off, because I was a Hugo finalist for Best Fan Writer in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and won in 2022.
So if you’re interested in what I write, here is an overview of all SFF related blogposts of 2022, in chronological order, as well as a list of all the SFF and other fiction I published.
Because I did so many Fanzine/Fancast/Non-Fiction Spotlight interviews this year, I separated the Spotlights from the other blogposts. I also separated the Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Toy Photo Stories from the rest of the blogposts.
That said, I have a shiny rocket and there are many highly deserving fan writers who have never even been nominated, let alone won. Therefore, I’d like to ask folks to nominate some of those other great folks next year instead of me. Once nominations open, I’ll post a list of IMO underappreciated fan writers, so let’s spread the shiny rocket love around.
If you want to nominate me or a project I’ve been involved with in a category other than fan writer or if you’d like to nominate me for an award other than the Hugo, I’d be happy to accept a nomination elsewhere.
At this blog:
- Star Trek Discovery meets “The Examples”
- The Book of Boba Fett finds itself a “Stranger in a Strange Land”
- Star Trek Discovery Experiences “Stormy Weather”
- Star Trek Discovery Decides “…But To Connect”
- The Book of Boba Fett meets “The Tribes of Tatooine” and gets lost in interminable flashbacks again.
- Science Fiction Is Never Evenly Distributed
- More on the Squeecore Debate
- How To Define a New Subgenre/Trend: The Speculative Epic and an Addendum to the “Squeecore” Debate
- The Book of Boba Fett takes to “The Streets of Mos Espa”
- The Book of Boba Fett faces “The Gathering Storm”
- Of Squeecore and Conan
- The Book of Boba Fett moves over for “The Return of the Mandalorian”
- The Book of Boba Fett realises that From the Desert Comes a Stranger and gives us yet another episode of The Mandalorian
- The Book of Boba Fett takes a stand “In the Name of Honor” and finally remembers who its star is
- Star Trek Discovery Goes “All In”
- Star Trek Discovery Crosses the “Rubicon”
- Star Trek Discovery Crosses the “Galactic Barrier”.
- Star Trek Discovery Finds the “Rosetta” Stone.
- Star Trek Picard Meets “The Star Gazer”
- Some Comments on the 2021 Nebula Finalists.
- Star Trek Discovery finally meets “Species 10-C”
- Star Trek Picard Does “Penance”
- An Open Letter to the 2022 Hugo Finalists, Whoever They May Be
- Star Trek Discovery is “Coming Home”
- Star Trek Picard Undergoes “Assimilation”
- Star Trek Picard finally meets the “Watcher”
- Star Trek Picard Sings “Fly Me to the Moon”
- Cora is a Three-Time Hugo Finalist!
- Some Thoughts on the 2022 Hugo Finalists
- Star Trek Picard Gets “Two For One”
- Star Trek Picard Takes a Trip into Jean-Luc’s Mind and Meets “Monsters”
- Star Trek Picard begs for “Mercy” and takes a detour into X-Files territory
- Star Trek Picard Plays “Hide and Seek”
- Star Trek Picard Bides “Farewell”.
- Some Thoughts on the 2021 Nebula Award Winners – and Two SFWA Uproars
- Star Trek Explores “Strange New Worlds” and Returns To Its Roots
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Meets the “Children of the Comet”
- Down and Out in Tatooine and Alderaan: Some Thoughts on Obi-Wan Kenobi Parts I and II
- Road Trip with Jedi and Princess: Some Thoughts on Part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds meets the “Ghosts of Illyria” and uncovers some dark secrets of the crew
- Obi-Wan Kenobi Goes On a Rescue Mission in Part IV
- Obi-Wan Kenobi Deals with Sieges and Double-Crosses in Part V
- The 2022 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day
- The 2022 Dragon Award Finalists Look Really Good… With One Odd Exception
- Obi-Wan Kenobi Heads Into the Grand Finale
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Experiences “A Normal Amount of Rage”
- Some Comments on the 2022 Dragon Award Winners
- I Won a Hugo Award!
- Some Comments on the 2022 Hugo Award Winners and the Hugo Ceremony in General
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Lays Down the “Superhuman Law”
- 2022: A Hugo Odyssey
- New Releases, New Arrivals and Other News
- Spooky Retro Fun: Werewolf by Night
- Small Press – Big Stories: Some of Cora’s Favourite Small Press SFF Books of 2022
- Retro Review: “In a Dead Man’s Shoes” by Harold Markham
- Retro Review: “The Hanging of Alfred Wadham” by E.F. Benson
- Links and New Releases
- The 2022 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents
- The 2022 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award
- as well as twelve regular editions and four holiday editions of Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month and Indie Crime Fiction of the Month
The Complete Fanzine/Fancast/Semiprozine/Non-Fiction Spotlights:
- Fancast Spotlight: GeekShock
- Fancast Spotlight: The Dickheads Podcast and Postcards from a Dying World
- Fancast Spotlight: Octothorpe
- Introducing Non-Fiction Spotlights
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War by Camestros Felapton
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Renegades and Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard by Todd B. Vick
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abe Riesman
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Robert E. Howard Changed My Life, edited by Jason M. Waltz
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Out of This World: Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millennium by Rachel S. Cordasco
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Lovecraft in the 21st Century Dead, But Still Dreaming, edited by Antonio Alcala Gonzalez and Carl H. Sederholm
- Fancast Spotlight: Rogues in the House
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction 1950 to 1985, edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre
- Fanzine Spotlight: Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: More Modern Mythmakers: 25 Interviews with Horror and Science Fiction Writers and Filmmakers by Michael McCarty
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros by Fiona Moore
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller by Alec Nevala-Lee
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Cosplay: A History by Andrew Liptak
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Gillian Polack
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations On Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature In a Pandemic, edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Rising Sun Reruns: Memories of Japanese TV Shows from Today’s Grown-up Kids, edited by Jim Beard
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Cents of Wonder: Science Fiction’s First Award Winners, edited by Steve Davidson and Kermit Woodall
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women Volume 2 (1953 to 1957), edited by Gideon Marcus
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: The Aliens Are Here – Extraterrestrial Visitors in American Cinema and Television by Fraser A. Sherman
- Fancast Spotlight: Tales from the Trunk
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: A Haunted History of Invisible Women – True Stories of America’s Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
- Fancast Spotlight: Fiction Fans Podcast
- Fancast Spotlight: Dennis Frey Books
- Non-Fiction Spotlight: Slaying the Dragon – A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons by Ben Riggs
The Complete Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Toy Photo Stories:
- Secrets of Eternia: A Photo Story or Watch Cora Play with Action Figures, Part 1: The Secret Identity of He-Man
- Secrets of Eternia: A Photo Story or Watch Cora Play with Action Figures, Part 2: The Origin of Teela
- A Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Pride Month Special: “Fisto’s Significant Other”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Dinosaurs and Fists of Steel”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Siblings”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “The Rescue”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Consent Is Sexy, Harassment Stinks”
- Toy Photo Story: “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter” – and some mixed links
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Holiday on Orkas Island”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “The Mystery of He-Man’s Long-Lost Twin Sister”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Peeping Mantenna”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Help”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Fake Out”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “New Look”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Pig Invasion”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Family”
- Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Honeypot”
At Galactic Journey:
- The Return of the Cimmerian: Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard
- Three Facets of Conan: Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard
- “Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman” in A Matter of Life and Death
- Flames over Brussels: The À l’Innovation Department Store Fire
- Blood in the Streets of West Berlin: The Shah Visit and the Shooting of Benno Ohnesorg
- “Chthon by Piers Anthony” and “The Flame of Iridar by Lin Carter” in Highs and Lows (July Galactoscope #2)
- Boxes, Big Steel Boxes: The Rise of the Shipping Container
- “The Snake Pit and the Pendulum” in We Are The Martians: Quatermass and the Pit, Bonnie and Clyde, The Day the Fish Came Out and The Snake Pit and the Pendulum
- “Outlaw of Gor” by John Norman in Long Distance Travel (December 1967 Galactoscope)
Elsewhere:
- Cora Buhlert: Self-Published Science Fiction Competition Round 1 at File 770.
- Cora Buhlert: Notes on Self-Published Science Fiction Competition Semi-finalists at File 770.
- Afterword to “The Queer Ones” by Leigh Brackett in Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women Volume 2 (1953 – 1957), edited by Gideon Marcus
- “Review: The Weird Tales Story – Enhanced and Expanded, Robert Weinberg and et al” in The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies, No. 12.2
- “Harald Harst: The Forgotten Weimar Era Detective Who Fell Afoul of Nazi Book Burnings” in The Drink Tank 439: Crime Fiction Pre-1950
- “Memory Lane: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002 review” in “Pixel Scroll 8/16/22 Faraway Pixels With Strange-Sounding Scrolls” at File 770.
- “Separated at Birth: Cosmic Horror and Sword and Sorcery” in the NecronomiCon Providence 2022 Memento Book
- “The Worst Business Meeting Proposal Ever” in The Gatekeeper September 2022
- “C.L. Moore and Jirel of Joiry: The First Lady of Sword and Sorcery” in New Edge Sword and Sorcery Magazine No. 0: Fall 2022
- “Bright Spots in a Gray World” in Rising Sun Reruns: Memories of Japanese TV Shows from Today’s Grown-up Kids, edited by Jim Beard
- “Dwelling in the Anthropocene” in Journey Planet No. 67: Anthropocene Ruminations
- “G-Man Jerry Cotton: The All-American Crime Fighter from West Germany” in The Drink Tank 442: Crime Fiction 1950 – 2000
- I also co-run the Speculative Fiction Showcase, a group blog focussed on indie SFF, and the Indie Crime Scene, a blog focussed on indie mysteries, crime fiction and thrillers.
Podcast appearances:
- “Shot With a Happy Ending (The Prize of Peril by Robert Sheckley)” in Take Me To Your Reader.
- “Interview with Cora Buhlert” in Retro Rockets.
- “Interview with Cora Buhlert” in So I’m Writing a Novel
- “Dick Adjacent #16 – The Big Jump – Leigh Brackett” in The DickHeads Podcast
- “Flash Science Fiction Night: Cora Buhlert, Todd Sullivan, Jana Bianchi” in the Space Cowboy Books YouTube channel
- “2022 Hugo Nominees for Short Story – Discussion Panel” in Hugos There Podcast
- “2022 Hugo Nominees for Novelette – Discussion Panel” in Hugos There Podcast
- “2022 Nominees for Best Novella – Discussion Panel” in Hugos There Podcast
- “1930s Sci-fi Shambleau by Catherine L Moore w/ guests SF historian Cora Buhlert and author Greg Cox” in Postcards from a Dying World
- “Audiobook/Readalong: The Brethren by H. Rider Haggard” in SFFAudio Podcast #694
- “Audiobook/Readalong: Almuric by Robert E. Howard” in SFFAudio Podcast #697
- “Audiobook/Readalong: Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett” in SFFAudio Podcast #710
Fiction (SFF):
- Twelve Nooses* (novelette)
- The Tear of Chronos* (novelette)
- “Rescue Unwanted” in Wyngraf Magazine (flash fiction).
- “A Cry on the Battlefield” in Wyngraf Magazine (flash fiction).
- “Village of the Unavenged Dead” in Whetstone Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue 5 Spring 2022 (short story)
- “The City of the Screaming Pillars” in Rogues in the House Presents: A Book of Blades, edited by L.D. Whitney and Matt John (short story)
- “The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign” in The Long List Anthology Volume 7: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List, edited by David Steffen (short story, reprint)
- “Demon Child” in Wyngraf Magazine (flash fiction)
- Roadside Horrors (short fiction collection)
- “Legacy of Steel” in Swords and Sorcery Magazine Issue 130, November 2022 (short story)
- “The Vault of the Nine Sigils” in Whetstone Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue 6 Winter 2022 (short story)
- Invasion of the Robot Santas (short story)
*published under the name Richard Blakemore
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