Category Archives: TV

Some Comments on the 2019 Nebula Award Winners

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Cora

The winners of the 2019 Nebula Awards have been announced tonight. Like most events these days, the ceremony and the associated conference were virtual. There was a livestream of the ceremony, too, but I forgot that it was on and … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam Peter Thomas

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Cora

German film and TV composer Peter Thomas (1925 – 2020) died yesterday aged 94. Unfortunately, there is no English language obituary, though here are some nice German ones from Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Together with Martin … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part II: The 2020 Hugo Awards

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Cora

Here is the second of the long awaited Hugo finalist reaction posts. Part 1 about the finalists for the 1945 Retro Hugos, is here BTW. And yes, it took longer than usual to get these posts up, but since I’m … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Picard offers up space battles, stirring speeches, murder synths and meditations on life and death in part 2 of “Et in Arcadia Ego”

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Cora

Welcome to my final episode by episode review of Star Trek Picard for season 1. Previous installments may be found here. Warning: Spoilers behind the cut! Send to Kindle

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Star Trek Picard heads for the endgame in Part 1 of “Et in Arcadia Ego”

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Cora

Welcome to my latest episode by episode review of Star Trek Picard, once again a little late. Previous installments may be found here. Warning: Spoilers behind the cut! Send to Kindle

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Star Trek Picard puts together some “Broken Pieces”

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Cora

Welcome to my latest episode by episode review of Star Trek Picard, again late this time. Previous installments may be found here. Warning: Spoilers behind the cut! Send to Kindle

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Star Trek Picard visits “Nepenthe” and catches up with some old friends

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Cora

Yes, I know this is late, but I wanted to review as many 1945 Retro Hugo eligible stories as possible before the Hugo and Retro Hugo nominations close on Friday. But welcome anyway to my latest episode by episode review … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Picard tackles “The Impossible Box”

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Cora

Welcome to my latest episode by episode review of Star Trek Picard. Previous installments may be found here. Warning: Spoilers behind the cut! Send to Kindle

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Star Trek Picard does the “Stardust City Rag”

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Cora

Welcome to my latest episode by episode review of Star Trek Picard. Previous installments may be found here. This review is a bit later than usual, because I was tired and not feeling well and therefore didn’t get to watch … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2019 Nebula Award Finalists

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Cora

The finalists for the 2019 Nebula Awards have been announced today. And thankfully – because I’m tired and not feeling at all well today – this year’s Nebula finalists seem to be largely uncontroversial, unlike last year. All in all, … Continue reading →

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