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Vampires and Supervillains

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Cora

Here are two posts on vampires from Theodora Goss and Nathan Ballingrud. What unites both of them as well as many others in the speculative fiction community is that they see the romanticization of the vampire in decent years as … Continue reading →

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Brenda Starr, Stieg Larsson and some Housekeeping

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Cora

Today, I took down the Christmas tree and the rest of the holiday decorations. Epiphany Day, i.e. January 6th, is the traditional deadline for getting rid of holiday decorations in my area (though in some regions, e.g. in part of … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Cora

I’m really behind on discussing “recently read books”, since I already finished one and a half books since this one. Still, here it is: Steamed by Katie MacAlister This is exactly the sort of book that the recent Steampunk backlash … Continue reading →

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A Speculative Linkdump

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Cora

I’m pretty busy at the moment with a big translation job, so here’s yet another bunch of links, this time vaguely speculative fiction themed. Sheila Finch has a great post on fairytales, sexual taboos and animal shifters at the SFWA … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Cora

December 24th, i.e. Christmas Eve, is over now. Here in Germany, Christmas Eve is the main event, while Christmas Day and Boxing Day are the time for family visits, eating too much food and hangovers. The snow fall has stopped … Continue reading →

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A Day on the Town

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Cora

Since I didn’t have any classes today, I finally got around to picking up my certified translator diploma. I already passed the exam in late September, but since I work at a school and the office where I had to … Continue reading →

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Links and Miscellany

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Cora

I still have some prep work to do for school, so here are some miscellaneous links in lieu of a proper post: Here is a nice post on fiction written by fictional characters from the All About Romance blog. Quite … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Cora

One of the things I used to do a lot on the old blog was talk about books I’d read, films and TV shows I’ve seen. I already had one TV post (well, sort of), so here’s a book post. … Continue reading →

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