Tag Archives: Romanheft

A Trio of Links: Vintage Crime Fiction, 1960s Protests and New Sword and Sorcery

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Cora

The next Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Trek reviews are coming, but first of all, here are some links to new work by me that may be found elsewhere: To begin with, issue 439 of the fanzine The Drink Tank has … Continue reading →

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Cora time travels to 1964 and checks in on Perry Rhodan

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Cora

Today, I’m over at Galactic Journey again with an article on the latest developments of Perry Rhodan – in 1964. It’s a follow-up to my earlier Perry Rhodan article from last July. In addition to the latest developments in Perry … Continue reading →

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A quick post and a couple of links

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Cora

I’m still busy with the 2018 July short story challenge as well as other stuff, so this is just a quick post with some links to elsewhere: First of all, I’m blogging at Galactic Journey again. This month, I talk … Continue reading →

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Cora travels through time to blog elsewhere

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Cora

Blogging has been light here in the past few weeks, because the unseasonably hot weather has been sapping my energy. I have a couple of posts planned and there will be a new release announcement soon as well. But for … Continue reading →

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Rücksturz in die Zukunft – “Raumpatrouille Orion” at Fifty

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Cora

1966 was a landmark year for science fiction television. It saw the premieres of Time Tunnel, Mission Impossible, the Adam West Batman series, The Green Hornet (which also introduced Bruce Lee to western audiences) and of course, Star Trek. What … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Views of Bremen 2015

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Cora

Yesterday, I didn’t have school, so I took the chance to go to Bremen and take a stroll over the Christmas market. And since I was in Bremen already, I had lunch at the Übersee Restaurant, their lunch special of … Continue reading →

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Iron Man goes West

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Cora

Today, while I was grocery shopping I perused the “Romanheft” spinner rack at the supermarket and came across this western novelette, the title of which made me do a doubletake. Now I’m pretty sure the title is a coincidence. For … Continue reading →

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Two posts on the German publishing world

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Cora

I know that many of you are not regular readers of the Pegasus Pulp blog, which is more focussed on publishing related subjects. So I’d like to point you to two recent posts about the German publishing world over on … 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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Of Penny Dreadfuls and Moral Panics

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Cora

The Guardian has an article about the so-called penny dreadfuls, cheap serialized novels of the Victorian era, inspired by the success of the eponymous TV series (which I haven’t yet seen, hence no comment). I usually don’t remember where and … Continue reading →

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