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Realism and Revolutions in Science Fiction

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Cora

iO9 has a great article by Esther Inglis-Arkell about ten lessons that fictional dystopias and the revolutions that topple them can learn from real life revolutions. The weak worldbuilding of many modern dystopias is a well known problem. It’s particularly … Continue reading →

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And still more Hugo and WorldCon Analysis

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Cora

It’s been three weeks now, since the 2014 Hugos were awarded at LonCon3 and yet we’re still talking about both.

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More reactions to the 2014 Hugo Award winners

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Cora

It’s getting really difficult to find new titles for all of these Hugo related posts. Besides, I forgot to mention that the 1939 Retro Hugos have been awarded as well. Now I have to confess I don’t quite get the … Continue reading →

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The 2014 Hugo Awards Post

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Cora

The 2014 Hugo Awards have been given out and the slate of winners is highly diverse and overall very good (detailed voting and nomination breakdown here), which is even more remarkable considering that the 2014 Hugo shortlist was probably the … Continue reading →

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Dog Days Linkdump

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Cora

It’s the Dog Days of summer, the hottest and sultriest time of the year, and also the time when supposedly there are more serious disasters and tragedies than usual. Thankfully, the dog days don’t always live up to this particular … Continue reading →

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Austrian SF legend Dietmar Schönherr dies

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Cora

Austrian actor and television personality Dietmar Schönherr died yesterday aged 88. Here are two obituaries from Die Welt und Der Tagespiegel as well as a video obituary courtesy of kulturzeit. In spite of the surfeit of world news on this … Continue reading →

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Eurovision 2014 or It ain’t over till the bearded lady wins

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Cora

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest not just offered a surprising number of decent songs and performances (they probably weeded most of the bad ones out during the semi-finals), but also struck a blow for tolerance, equality and non-binary gender, when … Continue reading →

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More 2014 Hugo Reactions

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Cora

First of all, the winners of the BSFA awards have been announced as well with much less controversy than the Hugo nominations. This slate of winners hews a lot closer to my own choices than the Hugo nominations, e.g. Ancillary … Continue reading →

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More Maischberger and more SFWA

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Cora

The Maischberger talkshow featuring two raging homophobes debating whether the fact that GLBTQI people exist should be included in school curricula that I mentioned in yesterday’s post is now available online at the ARD Mediathek. Alas, it’s 75 minutes long, … Continue reading →

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Still Snowy and Frosty Linkdump

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Cora

I’m not sure whether this hit the news abroad at all, but the German TV station ARD did an exclusive TV interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. I only stumbled across the interview by accident, because I was waiting for … Continue reading →

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