Tag Archives: genre vs. literary

GLBT books, vintage pulp heroes, more genre versus literary fiction and bad author blogging advice

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Cora

By now, you’ve probably all heard about Orson Scott Card’s stunningly homophobic Hamlet retelling. In case you didn’t, here is the review at Rain Taxi that kicked off the controversy. Because arguing with or yelling at Orson Scott Card doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Quality Drama

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Cora

Rumours of a potential Star Wars live action series have been flowing around for a while now, but apparently the rumours are consolidating. Alyssa Rosenberg at ThinkProgress and Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Atlantic have information (a little) and speculation (a … Continue reading →

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A Pentecost Linkdump

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Cora

Today is Pentecost or Whitsun weekend, which is a public holiday in Germany. Well, tomorrow, i.e. Monday is a public holiday and those of us working in school like yours truly get Tuesday off as well. So hurray for a … Continue reading →

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Writing Links for the Weekend

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Cora

I came across some really good writing posts and articles of late, so have some links:

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An SFnal Linkdump

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Cora

At school, I was able to squeeze in some creative writing today into one of my afternoon classes. The textbook requires us to discuss travel and adventure stories and the students were supposed to write an adventure story of their … Continue reading →

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The New York Times has odd ideas about indie publishing

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Cora

While getting some wine from the cellar, I slipped and sprained my ankle (luckily before I had gotten the wine or there would have been a mess as well). Yeah, in the real world ankles aren’t sprained while being chased … Continue reading →

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Space opera and the latest round in the forty year genre war

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Cora

It seems to be the week for science fiction discussions, because I found a few more: Dave Trowbridge tries to explain the appeal of space opera via Albrecht Altdorfer’s 1528 painting Alexanderschlacht. Found via Sherwood Smith.

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More Game of Thrones Reactions

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Cora

The uproar about the negative reviews of the TV adaption of A Game of Thrones at the New York Times and Slate is still going on (you can read my take here).

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Pulitzer Prize winner manages to insult chick lit authors

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Cora

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction goes to Jennifer Egan’s novel A Visit From the Goon Squad. National Public Radio has more on the novel and why it won. Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Jennifer Egan. Jennifer Egan also … Continue reading →

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Historically accurate misogyny, anti-genre bias at the BBC and another Doctor Who death

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Cora

Paul Jessup wonders why misogynist tendencies in some epic fantasy works are always excused with “But that’s the way it was in medieval times”, when authors are otherwise not particularly interested in maintaining historical accuracy. Of course, historical accuracy is … Continue reading →

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