Tag Archives: science fiction

Strange search terms, gut-wrenching grit, writing about religion and SF art

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Cora

My favourite search term of the day is: “cora has sex with fan”. Nope, sorry, fans (all five of you that I have). I appreciate you, but I won’t have sex with you. Sorry. Frankly, I suspect that most of … Continue reading →

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Best Books by Women and Local Election Results

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Cora

Charles Stross asks his readers which is the most important book of the twenty-first century so far and disqualifies all male authors. The responses are both interesting and sad. First of all, a lot of people seem to have misread … Continue reading →

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Three Anniversaries

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Cora

Exactly fifty years ago today (okay, yesterday, since I didn’t get the post up before midnight), on September 8, 1961, Unternehmen Stardust, the first issue of the German science fiction “Romanheft” Perry Rhodan appeared, in which US-astronaut Perry Rhodan with … Continue reading →

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Hot Topic Discussion Round-up

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Cora

There’s definitely something in the air regarding discussions about diversity as well as non-US and non-Western POVs in the SFF genre, for here is a guest post by Elizabeth Bear at Charles Stross’ blog discussing how the singularity is a … Continue reading →

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Urban fantasy, our genre’s discomfort with emotion and the cultural issues of translation

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Cora

My latest e-book is still missing in action at the Kindle store. I contacted Amazon support today, but haven’t heard back from them yet. This is pretty frustrating. So the book announcement is postponed for another day. In the meantime, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Hugo Awards

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Cora

The 2010 Hugo and Campbell Awards have been awarded. No real surprises, though I’m kind of disappointed that Blackout/All Clear took the Hugo for best novel, because I found it the least interesting book on the shortlist (though I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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A linkdump instead of an announcement

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Cora

I had planned to announce my latest e-book today, but Amazon is slow in putting the pages up, so that announcement will have to wait for tomorrow. So instead of an e-book announcement, here is a linkdump: I noted my … Continue reading →

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Some trends in the SFF genre that I don’t enjoy at all

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Cora

Library Journal has an extensive article on new trends and new books in fantasy and science fiction. The article actually does a good job of highlighting new work both in established subgenres as well as new developments. But it is … Continue reading →

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A Poll with Predictable Results

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Cora

National Public Radio has released its publicly voted upon list of the 100 best SF and fantasy novels. Very unsurprisingly, the list is heavily weighed towards “the classics” (Lord of the Rings at No. 1, Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy … Continue reading →

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Too Hot To Post

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Cora

We’ve had really unpleasant hot and humid weather these past few days. So far, we’ve been lucky with a summer that was not very hot at all, but today and yesterday really reminded me why summer is not my favourite … Continue reading →

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