Category Archives: Books

Round-up of Responses to VS Naipaul

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Cora

A few days ago, I blogged about VS Naipaul’s blanket dismissal of women writers. There are a couple of responses to Naipaul’s misogynist remarks:

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The double standard of content is alive and well

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Cora

For me, awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to VS Naipaul has always been one of the big “what the fuck” decisions of the Nobel committee and one of the very few that I vehemently disagree with. Because by all … Continue reading →

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Ascension Day Linkdump

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Cora

Tomorrow is Ascension Day, which is a public holiday in Germany. Of course, most people call it Father’s Day these days (to be celebrated by all males, whether fathers or not, by going out to get drunk with their buddies), … Continue reading →

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Bad news from Germany, the British class system, the invisibility of women in SF and some indie publishing

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cora

The world and the internet seem to have woken up just in time for the next public holiday to hit us on Thursday. Lots of stuff happened, so here is a linkdump: I am saddened by the outcome of the … Continue reading →

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Okay, so the whole Internet hasn’t shut down after all

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Cora

All right, so I did find three interesting posts after all: Mark Charan Newton wonders why secondary world fantasy usually has quasi-medieval settings and why secondary world fantasy is perceived as less relevant than SF. Some nice discussion going on … Continue reading →

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Dust Storm Linkdump

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Cora

I’m tired tonight and not feeling too well and the storm that started up this afternoon has given me one hell of a headache. The storm was odd from the beginning. It began brewing this afternoon, during my afternoon class. … Continue reading →

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Predictable Urban Fantasy Bashing – the female edition

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Cora

In the SFF community, the neverending genre versus literary debate has given way to the equally persistent but not quite so enduring slugfest of “Let’s all bash urban fantasy, because it has relationships and – gasp – sex and is … Continue reading →

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An SFnal Linkdump

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Cora

At school, I was able to squeeze in some creative writing today into one of my afternoon classes. The textbook requires us to discuss travel and adventure stories and the students were supposed to write an adventure story of their … Continue reading →

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Awards and Elections – and some Analysis

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Cora

The ankle is still swollen but otherwise much better. At any rate, I can walk almost normally, though I’m still careful about stairs, particularly when carrying things up and down the stairs. Otherwise, this weekend was the weekend for awards, … Continue reading →

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The New York Times has odd ideas about indie publishing

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Cora

While getting some wine from the cellar, I slipped and sprained my ankle (luckily before I had gotten the wine or there would have been a mess as well). Yeah, in the real world ankles aren’t sprained while being chased … Continue reading →

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