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Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2021 Octocon

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Cora

As I mentioned on this blog some time ago, I spent the first October weekend at Octocon, the Irish National Science Fiction Convention, which was virtual this year for obvious reasons. But before I get to my adventures at Octocon, … Continue reading →

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Cora Goes to the Virtual 2021 Octocon

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Cora

Octocon is the Irish national science fiction convention, which normally takes place every October in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. However, as you may have noticed, 2021 is not a normal year and therefore Octocon is virtual this year. Which means … Continue reading →

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Cora’s Adventures at Flights of Foundry, the Obligatory 2021 Birthday Post and Some Other News

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Cora

Life has been busy this last week, so here is an overview post about several of the things that happened in the meantime. As you may recall, I took part in the virtual 2021 Flights of Foundry convention last weekend. … Continue reading →

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Cora Goes to Flights of Foundry

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Cora

I promise you that the detailed analysis of the 2021 Hugo finalists is coming, but for now I want to focus on a completely different convention. Because this weekend, April 17 and 18, 2021, I will be at Flights of … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Virtual Bloody Scotland Festival and the Differences Between SFF and Crime Fiction Cons

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Cora

Bloody Scotland is a crime fiction festival that normally takes place in Stirling, Scotland. But like pretty much every other con or literary festival this year, Bloody Scotland has gone virtual for obvious reasons. Now Bloody Scotland is somewhat more … Continue reading →

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Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2020 NASFiC and More Thoughts on Virtual Conventions

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Cora

  In January of this year, there were four SFF conventions/events I was tentatively planning to attend, namely CoNZealand, the 2020 Worldcon, in Wellington, New Zealand, Futuricon, the 2020 Eurocon in Rijeka, Croatia, Hinterm Mond in Leer, East Frisia, and … Continue reading →

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Cora’s Adventures at CoNZealand, the Virtual 2020 Worldcon, and Some Thoughts on Virtual Conventions in General

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Cora

So far, I’ve talked a lot about the Hugo ceremony at CoNZealand, the virtual 2020 Worldcon, but little about the con itself, which is a pity, because CoNZealand was actually pretty good, all things considered. Normally, this would be a … Continue reading →

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Cora Goes to CoNZealand, the Virtual 2020 Worldcon

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Cora

CoNZealand, the virtual 2020 Worldcon, kicks off tomorrow or rather tonight. If you’re a member of CoNZealand, you can see me on the following panels: The Evolution of Fanzines Format: Panel 29 Jul 2020, Wednesday 16:00 – 16:50, Programme Room … Continue reading →

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Cora is a 2020 GUFF Candidate

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Cora

The ballot for the 2020 Going Under Fan Fund (GUFF) race has been announced and I am one of the candidates. What is GUFF, you ask? The Going Under a.k.a. Get Up and Over Fan Fund is a great project … Continue reading →

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Steampunk in East Frisia: Steamfest Papenburg 2019

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Cora

Papenburg is an East Frisian town of about 38000 people near the Dutch border, which is probably best known these days as the home of the Meyer Werft , where many of the giant cruise ships carrying tourists across the … Continue reading →

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