Category Archives: Books

Book Haul, Romanheft Woes and the Demise of the Cheque

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Cora

Today, I was at the bank to pay a cheque into my account and had an “Okay, now how does this work again” moment, because I haven’t actually handled a cheque in ages. For something that used to be nigh … Continue reading →

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Link Round-up for a Cold and Grey Sunday

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Cora

The snow is gone by now, but it was cold and grey all day long and turned foggy by night. I even started up the fireplace, which I don’t do all that often. And now for some links, mainly writing … Continue reading →

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Link Round-up for a Cold Weekend

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Cora

First of all, the news of the day: Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak has finally resigned. Let’s hope that this marks the beginning of a true democracy for Egypt and not the changeover to the next multi-decade dictatorship. And yes, I … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books – Holiday Edition

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Cora

Crap, I’m really behind with the recently read books discussion, because this is what I read over Christmas and New Year. Since it was the holiday season, I decided to take a break from speculative romance and read something a … Continue reading →

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While I was away – Link Roud-Up

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Cora

Since the Internet didn’t stop, while I couldn’t access my site, here is a link round-up: Steampunk as viewed from a romance perspective at All About Romance. Star Wars tie-in novels viewed from a romance perspective at Smart Bitches, Trashy … Continue reading →

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Michael Moorcock Time Two

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Cora

WordPress won’t let me access most of my administration page, so here’s just a quick post and two links: The Guardian has a long interview of writer Hari Kunzru with Michael Moorcock. And for more Moorcock, here is the man … Continue reading →

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A Cold Day on the Town

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Cora

Since yesterday was the peculiar holiday known as report card holiday, i.e. two days of no school after the half term report cards have been given out, I decided to take the opportunity to go into Bremen. Actually I wanted … Continue reading →

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The Dictatorship of Taste – and James Bond

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Cora

At the Observer, someone named Neal Gabler laments the death of professional criticism at the hands of the Internet. Elsewhere on the Observer site, the critics respond. This whole “The Internet is killing/democratizing criticism” thing isn’t new. In fact, it’s … Continue reading →

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Strunk, White and Sex

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Cora

I dug out a long abandoned short story with the idea of reviving and finishing it and got a lot of writing done. So here are some writing links: The Financial Times discusses style guides and what does and does … Continue reading →

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Genre Nomenclatura

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Cora

Catherynne Valente explains why she doesn’t like the term “speculative fiction”. (Link found via Charles Tan) I don’t agree with her at all, because I find the term “speculative fiction” very useful. If we’re talking about works that are very … Continue reading →

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