Category Archives: Film

J.G. Ballard, High-Rise and Brutalist architecture as instant dystopias

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Cora

In the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of articles and posts about J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel High-Rise, inspired by Ben Wheatley’s film adaptation, starring Tom Hiddleston, which opens in the UK this week, following a sort of … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace, Sir Ken Adam

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Cora

On Friday, one of my personal heroes, Sir Ken Adam, died aged 95. Even if you’ve never heard the name Ken Adam, you’ll probably recognise his work when you see it, for Ken Adam determined our ideas of what a … Continue reading →

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More Reactions to the 2015 Nebula Award Nominees

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Cora

I already shared my thoughts on the 2015 Nebula Award nominees in my last post. At the time, I also mentioned that I couldn’t find a whole lot of other analysis and reaction apart from discussion in the comments at … Continue reading →

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Two Literary Deaths and Some Thoughts on the 2015 Nebula Nominees

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Cora

It’s been a sad day for the literary world, because on Friday we lost both Harper Lee and Umberto Eco. Of the two, the death of Umberto Eco probably affects me more, because I vividly remember reading (and shuddering at) … Continue reading →

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SFF, Romance and Abuse Narratives

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Cora

Yesterday, I came across this great post by Foz Meadows about the frequency of abusive romance narratives particularly in media aimed at teenagers. The post is a response to a post by someone named The J. Gatsby Kid, in which … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2015 (with Photos)

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Cora

Christmas 2015 is officially over, though the fact that December 27 is a Sunday sort of makes it an unofficial fourth Christmas day. I spent Christmas at my parents’, as usual, eating food, decorating and gazing at the tree and … Continue reading →

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A Colony of Groots and the Quest for Star Wars Toys

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Cora

I didn’t have school today, but I went out anyway to run some errands and do some grocery shopping for the holidays. This wasn’t the main pre-holiday grocery haul – that’s on Wednesday. But I was glad to get some … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Fever

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Cora

Friday, December 9, 1983, was the day I first saw a Star Wars movie (Return of the Jedi, which had just opened in Germany, since Europe always got Star Wars around Christmas in the time of the original trilogy). And … Continue reading →

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Back from Birmingham and some random pop culture musings

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Cora

In case you noticed my absence, I’ve been away for a few days in Birmingham in the UK. I actually came back a couple of days ago, but I didn’t get around to blogging until now. Photos are forthcoming, but … Continue reading →

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More 2015 Hugo Reactions

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Cora

I posted my massive Hugo reaction post yesterday with links to other reaction posts. But considering that the 2015 Hugo debate started well before the nominations were announced and lasted through the entire period between the announcement of the nominations … Continue reading →

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