Tag Archives: Galactic Journey

Toy Photo Story: “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter” – and some mixed links

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Cora

I have another toy photo story coming up. Not a Masters-of-the-Universe-piece Theatre story this time, because it involves vinyl figurines (of which I have a huge collection going back more than forty years) rather than Masters of the Universe toys. … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Links: Vintage Crime Fiction, 1960s Protests and New Sword and Sorcery

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Cora

The next Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Trek reviews are coming, but first of all, here are some links to new work by me that may be found elsewhere: To begin with, issue 439 of the fanzine The Drink Tank has … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Links and News

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Cora

Here’s a brief link post, since I have a couple of things to announce: For starters, my latest article is now live on Galactic Journey. This one is about a forgotten tragedy from fifty-five years ago, a devastating fire at … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2022 Hugo Finalists

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Cora

So at last, here is my Hugo finalist reaction post. I know it took a bit, but since I’m a Hugo finalist myself this year, I took some time off to celebrate, congratulate fellow finalists and update everything that needed … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Mixed Links, Mainly Promo-Stuff

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Cora

This week’s Star Trek Picard review is coming and I’ll probably do Moon Knight, too, once I’ve actually watched it. But in the meantime, here are some mixed links to elsewhere on the web. Cause I’ve actually had quite a … Continue reading →

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Volume 7 of The Long List Anthology: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List, edited by David Steffen, is looking for funding – and a bit about Conan

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Cora

To begin with, I’m over at Galactic Journey again today, talking about Conan the Warrior, the second of the Lancer reprints of Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories that revived the character and sent the already smouldering sword and sorcery revival … Continue reading →

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Of Squeecore and Conan

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Cora

No, Conan has not been declared “squeecore” yet, though come to think of it, Conan the Cimmerian is a person from a marginalised background who rises to a high position, he’s something of a wish fulfillment character, there is banter … Continue reading →

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A handy guide to all SFF-related posts and works of 2021

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Cora

I never felt particularly comfortable with eligibility posts, but I posted such an overview for the first time in 2016, when someone added my name to the Hugo Nominations Wiki. Eventually, it paid off, because I was a Hugo finalist … Continue reading →

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Foundation encounters “Death and the Maiden”

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Cora

Looks like I’m doing episode by episode reviews of Foundation – at least for now – so here is my take on episode 6. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as of two actual Foundation stories may be … Continue reading →

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Foundation is “Preparing to Live” and deviates from the books a lot

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Cora

I’m still not sure, if this will be an ongoing series of episode by episode reviews, but I did watch the second episode of Foundation on this shit show of an election night. Reviews of previous episodes (well, just one … Continue reading →

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