Tag Archives: awards geekery

Dog Day Linkdump

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Cora

The Guardian has a gallery of their top ten Charles and Ray Eames designs. Personally, I’ve always loved the lounge chair and ottoman best. The Task office chair is of course a staple of conference rooms all over the world. … 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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Awards, Deaths and a Trailer

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Cora

I have been somewhat busy in the past few days, because three different translation clients suddenly needed something translated very urgently over the same long holiday weekend. Plus a random “I should write this some time” short fiction idea has … Continue reading →

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Two writing links, two Fifty Shades articles, two awards, two celebrity deaths and the impending death of genre

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Cora

The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin weighs in on the current debate on the impending death of genre due to the rise of e-books that was kicked off by Charles Stross. I think anybody who believes that e-books will destroy … Continue reading →

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Birthday Linkdump

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday was my birthday. I didn’t really celebrate a whole lot, since I had school until the afternoon, though I did buy some rhubarb cake for my parents and myself at the bakery next to the school. I also got … Continue reading →

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Easter Monday Link Round-up

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cora

Here in Germany, today was a public holiday and rather slow. Nonetheless, Easter Monday is a work day in the US. Besides, there were at least two big conventions this weekend, so the internet didn’t go into holiday mode. The … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the 2012 Hugo Awards Nominations

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Cora

The nominations for the 2012 Hugo Awards have been announced just in time for Easter with lots of “What the fuck?” nominations mixed in with the good choices. First of all, the good thing is that there are women nominees … Continue reading →

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More Christopher Priest, more Fifty Shades of Grey and some writing links

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cora

Yorkshire photos will follow later this week, but for now I have a couple of links on the current discussions of the day:

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More Christopher Priest versus the Clarke Award

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday’s post about the latest genre dust-up involving Christopher Priest’s very vocal criticism of this year’s Clarke Award shortlist has been linked by John Scalzi at Whatever, which has sent my stats shooting up since Scalzi gets as many visitors … Continue reading →

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The latest Genre Dust-up: Christopher Priest versus the Clarke Awards

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Cora

While I was away, the nominations for the Clarke Award have been announced. I’m very pleased to see Jane Rogers, whom I ferried around in my ancient Volkswagen Jetta during a visit to Bremen a couple of year ago, on … Continue reading →

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