Author Archives: Cora

Some Thoughts on the 2024 Hugo Finalists

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Cora

The 2024 Hugo finalists were announced today – on Good Friday, which is a really terrible time to do this. I thought that John Scalzi had persuaded the powers that be that announcing Hugo finalists on a long holiday weekend … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2023 Nebula Finalists

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Cora

The finalists for the 2023 Nebula Awards were announced today. The video of the live announcement may be found here. Normally, the Nebula finalists are announced shortly before Hugo nominations close, giving people the chance to catch up with works … Continue reading →

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A Conan by Any Other Name…

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Cora

In episode 5 of Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Teela and friends visit Preternia a.k.a. Eternia’s equivalent of Valhalla, where fallen heroes and heroines spend eternity riding dinosaurs, going on pretend hunts and telling stories by the side of a … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to the 2024 Hugo Finalists, Whoever They May Be

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Cora

This is an updated repost of this post from 2021, this post from 2022 and this post from last year, which a lot of people found helpful. There also a Chinese translation of the 2024 post to be found in … Continue reading →

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My Mom, Barbara Buhlert (1942 – 2024)

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Cora

Once again, this isn’t a post I wanted to write today or any other day. But as some of you may already know, my Mom died February 12, only four and a half months after my Dad. Mom’s death wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The 2023 Hugo Nomination Scandal Gets Worse

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Cora

I already spent thousands of words writing about the 2023 Hugo nomination scandal and frankly I don’t want to deal with this anymore at all. For starters, this is the time when we should be talking about the 2024 Hugo … Continue reading →

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Return of the Son of the Bride of the Grimdark Debate

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Cora

In the early days of this relaunched blog, I wrote several times about the debate about grimdark fantasy, then one of the hottest subgenres on the market, which also attracted its share of criticism both from the left for its … Continue reading →

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The Revolution Will Be Televised: Some Thoughts on Masters of the Universe Revolution

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Cora

When the first half of Masters of the Universe: Revelation came out in the summer of 2021, I watched it with very few preconceptions beyond having seen some really cool looking trailers and promo images and thinking, “This looks like … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Masters of the Universe: Forge of Destiny by Tim Seeley and Eddie Nunez

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Cora

My regular comic collecting days are almost twenty years behind me by now, but I still pick up the occasional comic book that interests me. And so I headed to my local comic shop to pick up Masters of the … Continue reading →

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The 2023 Hugo nomination statistics have finally been released – and we have questions

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Cora

The long-awaited nomination statistics for the 2023 Hugo Awards have finally been published – at the last possible moment according to the WSFS constitution (and at a point when I really don’t have time for Hugo neepery). The voting statistics … Continue reading →

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