Category Archives: Film

An Interview with Cora, a German cinema scandal, vintage German pulp fiction, writing tips and more

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Cora

First of all, I’ve been interviewed once again and answer 5 questions for authors and talk a bit about Murder in the Family at Randomize Me. You can also find links to other interviews I have done around the web … Continue reading →

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Traffic Gridlock Linkdump

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Cora

Tonight I had to go into town for the monthly translators’ meet-up and wanted to pick up some books from an acquaintance from university beforehand. However, there was a big problem, because seven trucks crashed into each other on the … Continue reading →

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Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Shreck and The Persuaders and adapting globalized pop culture to local tastes

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Cora

The Jewish interest webzine The algemeiner (The spelling is theirs) has an interesting article about the Israeli obsession with Tarzan (found via Charles Tan). Apparently, the Tarzan obsession in Israel was so great once upon a time that plenty of … Continue reading →

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Two Book Cover Links and Two Notable Deaths

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Cora

The Guardian has an interesting article about twenty different theories of book cover design, mostly of the abstract kind. I like quite a few of those, though my own covers tend more towards the concrete. More book cover talk: Shannon … Continue reading →

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Death threats for reviewers, sexed-up classics, judging books by their covers and a dead German singer

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Cora

We’ve all heard about the Stop the Goodreads Bullies uproar by now (I’m not dignifying that site with a link – google it if you must). And now a film critic has received death threats – for daring to give … Continue reading →

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Nora Ephron, Spaceballs and the Golden Age of Romantic Comedy

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Cora

I’ve been busy these past few days prepping the latest Pegasus Pulp release (there should be an announcement tomorrow), hence the lack of posts. While I was otherwise occupied, Germany lost the Euro 2012 semi-finale to Italy 1:2 and the … Continue reading →

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More Lara Croft, more Fifty Shades and some book covers

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Cora

First of all, there’s more on the whole “Hey, let’s rape Lara Croft” affair from the Guardian, the New Statesman, Care2 and Destructoid. I have no idea what that still from The Ewok Adventure has to do with anything, though. … Continue reading →

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Who’s gay at DC, where are all the women in adult SFF and a bit about archetypes

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Cora

DC Comics has finally unveiled its new gay character. No, it’s not Batman or Superman or any other of the first rank of DC heroes, but Alan Scott, the original Golden Age Green Lantern. Considering Alan Scott’s appalling luck with … Continue reading →

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Pentecost Monday Linkdump

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Cora

It’s the long Pentecost/Whitsun weekend in Germany and the long Memorial Day weekend in the US, plus plenty of people seem to be at some con or another, so the Internet has been a bit quiet of late. Nonetheless, I … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Joy of Bad Movies

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Cora

Today, I finally got around to watching a movie with my eighth graders. I usually manage to squeeze in a movie in the last lesson before the holidays, but due to the testing schedule there was no time before the … Continue reading →

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