Category Archives: Books

Away for a Few Days Linkdump

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Cora

I’ll be away for a few days and since I’m not sure about Internet availability, it may be until the middle of next week until I can post again. However, there will be photos when I’m back. But in the … Continue reading →

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Can’t you guys take a joke? – Policing women’s speech

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Cora

Here in Germany, Walpurgisnacht, i.e. the night from April 30th to May 1st, is traditionally a time for partying and having fun, especially since the following day is a public holiday. Most of the time, that fun takes the form … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: April 2014

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some March … Continue reading →

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Yet more on the Hugos and the problem of divorcing an author from their work

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Cora

Rose Lemberg has a great post about the pitfalls of demanding that works nominated for the Hugos and other awards be judged only on the basis of merit, independent of the author and their personality or political views. She never … Continue reading →

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More 2014 Hugo Reactions

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Cora

First of all, the winners of the BSFA awards have been announced as well with much less controversy than the Hugo nominations. This slate of winners hews a lot closer to my own choices than the Hugo nominations, e.g. Ancillary … Continue reading →

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The Annual Hugo Nomination Reaction Post

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Cora

There are certain debates that reoccur with clockwork-like regularity in the SFF world, e.g. the gender debate, the race debate, the grimdark debate, the genre versus literary fiction debate, etc… However, there is only one debate that reoccurs at exactly … Continue reading →

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New Silencer story available: The Great Fraud

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Cora

Richard Blakemore a.k.a. the Silencer, pulp writer by day and crimefighter by night, is back. His latest adventure is entitled The Great Fraud and was inspired by the weird ads for X-ray specs, sea-monkeys, amazing muscles in only seven days … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday Linkdump

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Cora

True story, I actually was in Rome on Palm Sunday once. Our hotel was near the Vatican and so I even chanced to see the Pope (John Paul II, i.e. two popes ago) holding mass on St. Peter’s Square. I … Continue reading →

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Two gorgeous new fantasy covers

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Cora

I should actually have a new release to announce in the very near future, but for now feast your eyes on these gorgeous new covers for two of my existing fantasy stories. You can see the covers under the cut … Continue reading →

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More on the anthology “Something to Take on the Trip”

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Cora

You’ve already seen my post about Something to Take on the Trip, the brand-new charity anthology in which I have a story. Now let’s hear from some of the other authors involved: Editor Stella Wilkinson, who also contributed a story, … Continue reading →

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