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Great German Movies on YouTube

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Cora

In the comments to my last post, I recommended a bunch of full vintage German movies I found on YouTube to Sherwood. In case somebody else is interested as well, here is the list again, reorganized and expanded a bit. … Continue reading →

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School is Out Linkdump

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Cora

Today was the last day of school in Lower Saxony where I teach, which means six weeks (sort of) without school. And it’s about time, since we hit a late slot with our summer holidays this year, which meant that … Continue reading →

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Treasures from the Trunk: Resurrecting Dead Stories

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Cora

Crossposted to Pegasus Pulp. One of the best things about going indie is that it has made writing a lot more fun again, because it means that I am not constantly worrying about whether there is a market for any … Continue reading →

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That ain’t Kentucky

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Cora

Last night, I chanced to see a bit of Justified, a newish American TV show that only just started in Germany in a late night slot. I hadn’t planned on watching the show, because the trailers made it look like … Continue reading →

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Of Karl May and immersive writing

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday’s edition of the ZDF nachtstudio, a cultural discussion program, features a critic, a scholar of German literature, a writer and a very well known comedian discussing Karl May and his work. The occasion is his 170th birthday and the … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction is dying… – again – and what Downton Abbey and The Help say about contemporary American culture

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Cora

There is another “death of science fiction” debate – this time in Germany. I stumbled upon it while looking for Gauck links of all things. At the tech news site Telepolis, German science fiction writer Michael Szameit laments the impending … Continue reading →

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Bookish Monday Linkdump

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Cora

Glen Duncan, the British writer of literary novels with genre elements, who compared literary writers writing genre fiction to intellectuals dating porn stars in his New York Times review of Colson Whitehead’s literary zombie novel Zone One now offers a … Continue reading →

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Dog Day Disasters – and a Linkdump

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Cora

We’re in the middle of the so-called dog days, i.e. the hottest and most unpleasant days of summer, ruled by Sirius, the dog star. Of course, this year it’s not hot at all, at least in Germany. Today, the highest … Continue reading →

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Home from Holiday Linkdump

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Cora

Even though I’m back home, I’ve been intensely busy these past few days. In retrospect, planning my holiday so that I’d be home at half past nine on the night before I had to be back at school probably wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Time Management for Translators and Jack of All Genre Links

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Cora

Today is another linkdump day, because I spent the evening at the monthly translators’ meet-up and also have two bigger translation jobs going on at the same time. Until yesterday I had three, but I got one of those translations … Continue reading →

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