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Notes on the Virtual Bloody Scotland Festival and the Differences Between SFF and Crime Fiction Cons
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
Posted in Books, Con Reports
Tagged Bloody Scotland, con reports, crime fiction, international writer, legal thriller, music, mystery, scotland, thriller, writing craft
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Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2020 NASFiC and More Thoughts on Virtual Conventions
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
Posted in Con Reports
Tagged Columbus, con reports, crafting, crochet, fanzines, Galactic Journey, NASFiC
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Cora’s Adventures at CoNZealand, the Virtual 2020 Worldcon, and Some Thoughts on Virtual Conventions in General
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
Posted in Books, Con Reports, General, Personal
Tagged 1960s, con reports, CoNZealand, cover art, crafting, crochet, Edgar Wallace, fanzines, Fu Manchu, Galactic Journey, golden age science fiction, Hugo Awards, science fiction, translation, WorldCon
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Cora Goes to CoNZealand, the Virtual 2020 Worldcon
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
Posted in General
Tagged con reports, CoNZealand, Hugo Awards, shameless self-promo, WorldCon
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Cora is a 2020 GUFF Candidate
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
Posted in General, Personal
Tagged con reports, CoNZealand, fandom, fantasy, GUFF, New Zealand, science fiction, travel, WorldCon
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Steampunk in East Frisia: Steamfest Papenburg 2019
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
Posted in Con Reports, General
Tagged architecture, con reports, dieselpunk, East Friesia, German history, Papenburg, photos, pirates, Steamfest, steampunk
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Cora goes to WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland, and TitanCon in Belfast, Northern Ireland
This week, I’m off to Ireland for WorldCon 77 in Dublin and TitanCon, the 2019 EuroCon in Belfast the weekend after. I’ll be leaving early on Tuesday morning and am really looking forward to the experience. I’m particularly excited to … Continue reading
Posted in General, Personal
Tagged awards geekery, Belfast, comics, con reports, craft, crochet, Dublin, EuroCon, food, Franco-Belgian comics, Hugo Awards, Retro Hugos, science fiction, science fiction TV, speculative romance, TitanCon, travel, WorldCon, WorldCon 77
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Convention Programming in the Age of Necromancy – A Short Story
In my blogpost about the 2018 July Short Story Challenge, I wrote that every year that challenge generates one or two stories that are not something I can publish either in e-book form or send to a magazine. Often, these … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged con reports, funny, golden age SF, humor, July short story challenge, parody, satire, short fiction, short story, WorldCon, writing challenges
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WorldCon 75 Photos and a Report
Now the extended Hugo commentary is out of the way, here is my WorldCon 75 report with plenty of photos. Many of the photos are already in this video I posted on YouTube, but here you can see them without … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Con Reports, General, Personal
Tagged architecture, con reports, drink, fandom, food, Helsinki, Hugo Awards, linguistics, photos, science fiction, travel, WorldCon, WorldCon 75
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Cora goes to WorldCon 75 in Helsinki, Finland
Next week, I’m off to Finland for WorldCon 75 in Helsinki. I’ll be leaving on Monday and am really looking forward to the experience. So there will be light to no blogging next week and plenty of photos and con … Continue reading
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Tagged awards geekery, con reports, Helsinki, linguistics, science fiction, translation, travel, WorldCon
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