Category Archives: TV

Time Travel and Gender

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Cora

Back in July, Anna Smith asked at The Guardian “Why can’t women time travel?” and laments that mainstream time travel movies almost always feature male protagonists. My initial reaction to that article was: But women do time travel. There are … Continue reading →

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Hugos and Worldcon Redux

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Cora

While some of us are debating about Paul Cook’s rather clueless attempt to define what is and isn’t SF (read the previous two posts for more), the discussion about the Hugos and the future of WorldCon is still happily chugging … Continue reading →

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2013 Hugo and Campbell Awards: Get out the popcorn!

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Cora

The winners of the 2013 Hugo and Campbell Awards have been announced. You may recall that this year’s nominations proved to be unexpectedly controversial, when a bunch of people did not agree with the nominated works and creators at all. … Continue reading →

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A Pop Culture Fatigue Themed Linkdump

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I have been interviewed by Brianna Lee McKenzie at The Cozy Corner Reading Room, so come on over and say hello. I’ve also got a round-up of writerly links and plugs over at Pegasus Pulp. iO9 asks … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Valeyard

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Cora

The BBC has announced who will play the Twelfth Doctor and has chosen Scottish actor Peter Capaldi. Now Capaldi is undoubtedly a fine actor and supposedly a fan. Nonetheless, I think it’s a horrible decision. Part of the reason for … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on the 2013 Emmy Nominations and the State of US Television in general

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Cora

The nominations for the 2013 primetime Emmy awards have been announced. Some love for Game of Thrones, which makes me happy, particularly the acting nominations for Diana Rigg (who stole pretty much every scene she was in), Peter Dinklage (his … Continue reading →

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Sick of Summer Linkdump

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Cora

Sorry for the lack of blogging these past two weeks, but I have not just been insanely busy ever since the summer holidays began, but I also caught a nasty summer flu bug last week and have been pretty sick. … Continue reading →

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In which Cora totally fails to grasp the appeal of “Girls”

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Cora

So I tried watching the supposedly generation defining US sitcom Girls tonight, when it had its German TV premiere. And yes, I know you shouldn’t judge any foreign TV show, particularly not one that’s supposed to be a comedy, on … Continue reading →

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No place for literature on TV – Ingeborg Bachmann Prize under threat

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Cora

I’ve blogged before about the Ingeborg Bachmann prize for German language literature and how fascinating I find the live readings of the competing texts as well as the jury commentary. Now the only reason that I can follow along with … Continue reading →

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The Great Westeros Wedding Massacre

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Cora

So the axe came down on Game of Thrones last week. The much anticipated and feared Red Wedding happened. And a lot of people are bothered. Warning, spoilers behind the cut!

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