Category Archives: Links

Clash of the Comic Greats

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Cora

It’s the clash of the comic greats of the 1980s: Alan Moore takes on Frank Miller over Frank Miller’s dismissal of the Occupy movement as “louts, rapists and thieves”. I don’t want to dignify Miller’s rant with a link, but … Continue reading →

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St Nicholas Day Linkdump

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday was St. Nicholas Day in Germany (for an explanation, see last year’s post). I got thirteen St. Nicholas Day trick-or-treaters at my door this year and handed out Kinder Surprise Eggs. One of the kids was a toddler who … Continue reading →

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Relationships and gender roles in Twilight, The Hunger Games, Buffy… and Scooby-Doo?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Cora

I’ve got lots of delicious links today, focusing on gender roles, relationships and the portrayal of young women in various pop culture franchises:

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A local author done good, a plagiarist speaks out, Scalzi on literary snobs and the problems with classic and modern SF

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Cora

The local newspaper Weser Kurier profiles Bremen writer Corinna Gerhards whose children’s book Mondläufer debuts today. I met Corinna in the creative writing workshop at Bremen university. I couldn’t find an Amazon link for Mondläufer, so here is the publisher’s … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for my Grandpa’s Birthday

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Cora

Today is my grandpa’s birthday. He would have been 102. I still remember his birthday almost thirty years after he died, because when we went to visit my grandpa for his birthday, my cousins and I always got a chocolate … Continue reading →

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Two short links for a grey Sunday

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Cora

The Observer has a portrait of Alan Moore in connection with the now ubiquitous V for Vendetta mask. I’m always stunned by how many people don’t know where masks actually come from. I also have a new post up at … Continue reading →

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Bookish Monday Linkdump

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Cora

Glen Duncan, the British writer of literary novels with genre elements, who compared literary writers writing genre fiction to intellectuals dating porn stars in his New York Times review of Colson Whitehead’s literary zombie novel Zone One now offers a … Continue reading →

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Two announcements and two links

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Cora

First the announcements: All Pegasus Pulp e-books are now available in various formats at DriveThruFiction. Check them out, particularly if you’re into RPGs. Pegasus Pulp fantasy books are now also listed at Paranormal Indies. And now the links: At Bryan … Continue reading →

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The link between the Occupy movement and V for Vendetta or Downton Abbey respectively – and some other stuff

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Cora

I have come across a lot of interesting links of late, so here is a linkdump:

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Midweek Writing Links

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Cora

I had a longer post planned, but school preparation work got in the way, so here’s a quickie linkdump instead: Bloomberg has a neat interview with Margaret Atwood. I particularly like her answer when asked whether it’s possible to write … Continue reading →

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