Tag Archives: science fiction

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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Two new Shattered Empire stories available: Seedlings and Debts to Pay

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Cora

Today I’ve got a double release in the Shattered Empire series to announce, because both the long awaited novella Debts to Pay as well as a new Shattered Empire short story named Seedlings have just come out. Seedlings is another … 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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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: August 2014

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. And this month, the round-up will even be crossposted to the Speculative Fiction Showcase, a new group blog dedicated to all things speculative fiction. So … Continue reading →

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More WorldCon and Hugo Links

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Cora

We’re still talking about WorldCon and the Hugos, so here are some more links: At The Daily Dot, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw compares WorldCon with Nine Worlds, a newer multi-fandom con also held in London, and detects a notable generation gap. Bethan … Continue reading →

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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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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: July 2014

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some June … Continue reading →

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The Speculative Fiction Blog Hop

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Cora

Over at KBoards, a couple of indie spec fic writers got together and organised the Speculative Fiction Blog Hop, a variation of the popular Writing Process Blog Tour. Every participant answers four questions about our process and then hands on … Continue reading →

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Prometheus and the problem with prequels

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Cora

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012) was on TV yesterday. Now after seeing the bad reviews this film got at the time, I bumped it down from “Head for the cinema now” right past “Get it on DVD” to “Watch when it’s … Continue reading →

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