Tag Archives: paranormal romance

Two Quick Links for an Advent Sunday

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Cora

Good news: Two more of the missing Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s have been found, namely episode 3 of the first Doctor story Galaxy Four, a story which was completely lost except for a brief clip, and episode 2 … Continue reading →

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Speculative YA, the invisible women of SFF and the trouble with Twilight bashing

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Cora

First of all, a happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers. Enjoy your turkey and side dishes. In fact, I always think the vegetable side dishes sound like the best thing about the whole affair. Cheryl Morgan has a great … Continue reading →

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More Hugos, Selkie romances, Star Wars, the sexual doublestandard and some bad news

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Cora

It’s another of those awfully hot and humid days, so here is a linkdump for your pleasure: At File 770, there is a detailed breakdown of the Hugo voting stats. Dan Wells also does some detailed analysis. James Scott Bell … Continue reading →

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Gender roles in SFF romance hybrids

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Cora

Right now, there are a couple of interesting discussions about gender roles in hybrid forms between the speculative fiction genres and the romance genre, that is urban fantasy, paranormal romance, futuristic romance, SF romances, etc… attackfish has a great Bittercon* … Continue reading →

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More Gender Bias in SFF

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Cora

io9 remembers that paranormal romance is a part of the SFF genre and runs an interview with Nalini Singh. The interview itself is good, though there is the usual anti-paranormal-romance trolling in the comments. In particular, we get people complaining … Continue reading →

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Speculative fiction, gender, taste and why “the domestic and mushy stuff” is important

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Cora

The debate over gender imbalances in speculative fiction reviewing rages on across the internet with several interesting posts. There are some links as well as lengthy ruminations by me behind the cut.

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Gender Balance in Speculative Fiction – and a farewell to Mother Drombusch

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, the hot topic du jour is gender balance or rather imbalance in speculative fiction, inspired by this Strange Horizons post about gender imbalance in reviews of speculative fiction. Sherwood Smith, Kari Sperring and Juliet E. McKenna all weigh in. … Continue reading →

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Let us now kick someone else’s genre

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Cora

Yes, it’s definitely that time of year again, at least in the UK. Yesterday, we had Stephen Hunt complaining about anti-speculative fiction bias on The Culture Show and today we have M. John Harrison complaining about an admittedly stupid Guardian … Continue reading →

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“But she can’t live there” – Cultural Assumptions and Kids

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday was a pretty good if busy day. Last night, I attended the monthly translators’ meet-up at Leo’s Restaurant. I had pasta with spicy tuna sauce, red wine and Italian hot chocolate (hot chocolate with a dash of amaretto) not … Continue reading →

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Don’t write off vampires just yet!

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cora

There has been some gleeful reaction to this USA Today article, which states that sales of vampire fiction have dropped compared to 2009. Never mind that the article is actually summing up a whole lot of trends, that Stieg Larsson … Continue reading →

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