Tag Archives: politics

The latest on diversity in genre fiction and other mixed links

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Cora

The monster winter storm Xaver has retreated to more easterly shores and is currently annoying Finland, Sweden and the three Baltic States. However, Xaver or rather the snow and hail he brought us thoroughly messed up St. Nicholas Day before … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, General, Links | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The German Book Prize does it again and other literary news from Germany

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Cora

The German Book Prize 2013 has been awarded to Hungarian-German writer Terészia Mora for her novel Das Ungeheuer (The Monster). Spiegel Online, Tagesspiegel and the Süddeutsche Zeitung have more. Finally, here is a video interview with Ms. Mora about her … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

The latest political plagiarism scandal

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Cora

In the aftermath of the German general election last weekend, we have been seeing heads rolling (metaphorically of course – no one is guillotining politicians) on a scale unseen since the French revolution. Victims so far include Philipp Rösler and … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Back from the UK plus some random observations about Norfolk, TV and the elections

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Cora

Okay, so I’m back from Norfolk. Actually, I got back late Wednesday evening, but I needed yesterday to take care of things that didn’t get done while I was gone. I also took lots of photos, so there will be … Continue reading →

Posted in General, TV | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

A few words about the German general election

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Cora

This Sunday, Germany will hold a general parliamentary election. If this fact has escaped you so far, you’re not alone, for supposedly more than half of all young voters aged 18 to 29 have no idea that there is an … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | 8 Comments

Hugos and Worldcon Redux

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Cora

While some of us are debating about Paul Cook’s rather clueless attempt to define what is and isn’t SF (read the previous two posts for more), the discussion about the Hugos and the future of WorldCon is still happily chugging … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, TV, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Eurovision revisited and more feminism and music links

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Cora

First of all, there is an addendum to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, for Thomas Schreiber, the guy in charge of entertainment at the public TV channel ARD and therefore ultimately responsible for the German entry to the Eurovision Song … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Links, TV | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Pentecost Monday Links with Bonus Maikäfer

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Cora

This year’s Nebula Awards have been handed out and my reactions are mixed. IMO the weakest book by far won in the best novel category – a pity because there were so many interesting nominees. But then Kim Stanley Robinson … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Links, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Books, Comics, Links | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

More on the 2013 Oscars and the ugliness exemplified thereby

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Cora

I finally found the interview with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek that I briefly mentioned in yesterday’s Oscar post. A German text version is here and the full interview (in English) is here. Žižek echoes a concern I have had for … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment