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Non-Fiction Spotlight: The Life and Art of Dave Cockrum by Glen Cadigan

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Cora

Hugo season is upon us and nominations for the 2023 Hugo Awards have opened, so it’s time for another Non-Fiction Spotlight. For more about the Non-Fiction Spotlight project, go here. To check out the spotlights I already posted, go here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Comics, Non-Fiction Spotlight | Tagged 2023 Hugo eligible, awards, Best Related Work, biography, bronze age comics, Dave Cockrum, Edmond Hamilton, Glen Cadigan, Hugo Awards, interviews, interviews with other writers, Legion of Super-Heroes, Marvel, non-fiction, Non-Fiction Spotlight, other people's books, superheroes, The Life and Art of Dave Cockrum, TwoMorrows Publishing, US comics, x-men | 3 Comments

Non-Fiction Spotlight: Brian W. Aldiss and Robert Holdstock’s Mythago Wood: A Critical Companion by Paul Kincaid

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Cora

Posted in Books, Non-Fiction Spotlight | Tagged 2023 Hugo eligible, awards, Best Related Work, Brian W. Aldiss, fantasy, Hugo Awards, interviews, interviews with other writers, Mythago Wood, mythopoeia, New Wave, non-fiction, Non-Fiction Spotlight, other people's books, Palgrave, Paul Kincaid, Robert Holdstock, Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood: A Critical Companion, science fiction, University of Illinois Press | 1 Comment

Oscars Everywhere All At Once – Some Thoughts on the 2023 Academy Award Winners

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Cora

I used to do an annual post commenting on the Academy Award winners, but a quick check of my archives reveals that the last time I did an Oscar winner comment post was in 2019. Of course, skipping the pandemic … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged All Quiet on the Western Front, awards, awards geekery, celebrity deaths, DC Comics, Everything Everywhere All At Once, German cinema, German literature, historical drama, Hollywood, Marvel, multiverse, nihilism, Oscars, parallel universes, science fiction film, war movies | 2 Comments

Some Comments on the 2022 Nebula Finalists

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Cora

The finalists for the 2022 Nebula Awards were announced today. This time, the announcement didn’t happen that close to the Hugo nomination deadline, but then Hugo nominations close more than a month later than usual this year, which gives Hugo … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Film, TV | Tagged Andor, awards, awards geekery, cozy fantasy, Everything Everywhere All At Once, fantasy, horror, LGBTQ, Nebula Awards, Nope, Our Flag Means Death, science fiction, Severance, SF TV, Star Wars, The Sandman, US TV | Leave a comment

The 2022 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Cora

While I have been awarding the Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents for 42 years now, the Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award is a new prize that I only introduced in 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, TV | Tagged Andor, awards, awards geekery, Darth Vader Parenthood Award, He-Man, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award, Ms. Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, She-Hulk, Star Trek Picard, Star Wars, Wednesday | 3 Comments

Non-Fiction Spotlight: Slaying the Dragon – A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons by Ben Riggs

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Cora

After the Hugos is before the next Hugos, so I’m continuing my Non-Fiction Spotlight project, where I interview the authors/editors of SFF-related non-fiction books that come out in 2022 and are eligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards. For more about … Continue reading →