Author Archives: Cora

The Book of Boba Fett takes to “The Streets of Mos Espa”

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Cora

I’m still not convinced that The Book of Boba Fett is truly worth doing episode by episode reviews, but here is my much delayed take on episode 3, “The Streets of Mos Espa”. Reviews of previous episodes may be found … Continue reading →

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How To Define a New Subgenre/Trend: The Speculative Epic and an Addendum to the “Squeecore” Debate

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Cora

I initially put this as an ETA under one of the previous posts in the so-called “squeecore” debate. However, I think it deserves it’s own post. Lincoln Michel has also gotten into the business of defining a new subgenre/trend as … Continue reading →

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More on the Squeecore Debate

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Cora

The so-called “squeecore” debate is still raging and I’ve linked to various entries, responses and comments as ETAs in my other post. However, I think this point deserves a separate post, for Camestros Felapton links to a discussion on Reddit … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Is Never Evenly Distributed

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Cora

Camestros Felapton has an interesting post on his blog asking if there is a currently dominant mode of speculative fiction. Camestros’ post is a response to two episodes of the Rite Gud podcast, namely this one where host Raquel S. … Continue reading →

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The Book of Boba Fett meets “The Tribes of Tatooine” and gets lost in interminable flashbacks again

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Cora

I’m still not convinced that The Book of Boba Fett is truly worth doing episode by episode reviews, but here is my take on episode 2, “The Tribes of Tatooine”. Reviews of previous episodes (well, just one so far) may … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Discovery Decides “…But To Connect”

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Cora

It’s time for the next, somewhat belated installment in my series of episode by episode reviews of season 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Reviews of previous seasons and episodes may be found here. Warning: Spoilers under the cut!

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Star Trek Discovery Experiences “Stormy Weather”

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Cora

It’s time for the next, somewhat belated installment in my series of episode by episode reviews of season 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Reviews of previous seasons and episodes may be found here. Warning: Spoilers under the cut!

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The Book of Boba Fett finds itself a “Stranger in a Strange Land”

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Cora

Disney+ didn’t even give us a single week off, but followed up on Hawkeye with The Book of Boba Fett, a new series focussed on one of the most popular and most mysterious characters of the original Star Wars trilogy. … Continue reading →

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First Monday Free Fiction: The Wolf of Rajala

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Cora

Welcome to the first edition of First Monday Free Fiction for 2022. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on the first Monday of … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Discovery meets “The Examples”

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Cora

It’s time for the next, somewhat belated installment in my series of episode by episode reviews of season 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Reviews of previous seasons and episodes may be found here. Warning: Spoilers under the cut!

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