Tag Archives: German TV

Politics in SF, Tough Women in Fiction and Pop Art Plagiarists

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Cora

Nope, no more awards links today, as the online SFF community seems to have moved on to a new uproar (which I don’t want to comment on due to knowing one of the people involved). So here are some non-Hugo, … Continue reading →

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Mixed Links – mostly SFF but not necessarily Hugo related

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Cora

First of all, here is a signal boost. Ben Wolverton, the 16-year-old son of writer and teacher Dave Farland/Dave Wolverton, has been critically injured in a longboarding accident and is currently in a coma. The treatment costs are enormous and … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on Recent Awards and Nominations

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Cora

The past week has been a good one for awards and nominations, because the shortlists and winners for several more or less prestigious awards have been announced. First of all, the nominations for the 2013 Hugo Awards have been announced. … Continue reading →

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The Last Hurray of Winter and a Linkdump

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Cora

On the cusp of spring, winter returned with a vengeance this weekend for one last hurray. I don’t know how long it will lastm but for now we have approx. five centimeters of snow. I took a bunch of photos, … Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Overload

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Cora

Yesterday evening, I chanced to tune into an episode of the popular and long-running German action TV show Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police). The premise of the show is simple … Continue reading →

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Still Snowy Linkdump

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Cora

We still have snow and even got some new snow today, though it’s supposed to start melting tomorrow, most likely with freezing rain, too – brrr. And that on a day I’m supposed to go to Oldenburg. Anyway, I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Wulff news and some miscellanous links

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Cora

Remember Christian Wulff, former German president who was forced to resign last year after a very underwhelming scandal involving an unremarkable house in a suburb of Hannover, a free Skoda and holidays on the island of Sylt paid for by … Continue reading →

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Downton Abbey hits Germany – with an embarrassing mistranslation

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Cora

Over Christmas, the British series Downtown Abbey has finally come to German TV. Now I am very definitely not a fan of the show. Nonetheless, the German public TV channel ZDF has once again proven its track record of buying … Continue reading →

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Decorating the Christmas Tree

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Cora

I’m at my parents and spent most of tonight decorating the Christmas tree and wrapping presents. Since there are a lot of ornaments, some of them dating from the 1960s, that took a while. And even after I was finished, … Continue reading →

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Snow is Gone and Back Again Linkdump

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Cora

Winter is in full swing here in North Germany. On Friday night, the temperatures dropped to minus 9° Celsius, Saturday night we got heavy snowfalls, so heavy that the two little girls who live in the house across the road … Continue reading →

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