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Researching the Memory Hole Worldcon

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Cora

I have two links to share today. To begin with, I have a story called “Queen of the Communist Cannibals” in Cliffhanger Magazine, a brand-new online magazine for adventure fiction. The story is an homage to the men’s adventure magazines … Continue reading →

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Better Late Than Never: The 2025 Hugo Ceremony Apology

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Cora

It’s been more than two weeks since the pretty disastrous 2025 Hugo ceremony (for all the gory details, see this post) and not only do we finally have the Hugo nomination statistics, we also finally have an apology or rather … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2025 Dragon Award Winners

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Cora

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Toyplosion coverage, because the winners of the 2024 Dragons Awards were announced today at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. The full list of winners may be found here. For my thoughts on the 2025 Dragon … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory 2025 Dragon Awards Ballot Post

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Cora

I was planning to blog about something else, but as they usually do, when you’re busy with other things, the 2025 Dragon Awards decided to drop their 2025 ballot – after posting an empty ballot page for several days.  The … Continue reading →

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He-Man Goes Ruhrpott – Cora’s Adventures at the 2025 Los Amigos Masters of the Universe Convention in Neuss, Part 2: The Con and My Haul

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Cora

On the long Pentecost weekend, I attended the Los Amigos Masters of the Universe convention in Neuss. For the rather eventful trip to get there, see part 1. Like last year, the Los Amigos convention took place in the Stadthalle … Continue reading →

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Robot Hallucinations Revisited

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Cora

Rather than overload my previous post (which got a lot of attention) with ETAs, I decided to write a follow-up post with a round-up of new developments, insights and reactions on the Seattle Worldcon ChatGPT controversy. For starters, Kathy Bond, … Continue reading →

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Robot Hallucinations

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Cora

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will be aware that the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, is embroiled in a massive scandal. Turns out the programming team used ChatGPT to vet people who’d applied to be on programming … Continue reading →

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The Guardian is Clueless about Masters of the Universe

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Cora

Supposedly, we’re getting a Masters of the Universe live action movie in 2026. Of course, a Masters of the Universe live action movie has been in development hell for almost twenty years at this point with production companies, directors and … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2024 Dragon Award Winners

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Cora

The winners of the 2024 Dragons Awards were announced today at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. The full list of winners may be found here. I’ve been following the Dragon Awards since their inception in 2016, so I guess  I’m … Continue reading →

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Brief Worldcon Update – and a Fannish Poem

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Cora

I had a great time at the Glasgow Worldcon, but the internet in my hotel isn’t great. Plus, it turns out that my travel laptop is on its last legs and extremely slow. So you’ll have to wait a bit … Continue reading →

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