I never felt particularly comfortable with eligibility posts, but I posted such an overview for the first time in 2016, when someone added my name to the Hugo Nominations Wiki. Eventually, it paid off, because I was a Hugo finalist for Best Fan Writer in 2020.
So if you’re interested in what I write, here is an overview of all SFF related blogposts of 2020, in chronological order, as well as a list of all the SFF and other fiction I published.
Because I wrote so many pieces for my Retro Reviews project this year, I separated the Retro Reviews from the other blogposts
At this blog:
- Lone Mandalorian and Yoda Cub: Some Thoughts on The Mandalorian
- Introducing the 1945 Retro Hugo Spreadsheet and Retro Science Fiction Reviews
- Cora is a 2020 GUFF Candidate.
- Toss a Coin to Your Witcher: Some Thoughts on The Witcher
- A “Rememberance” of The Next Generation: Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard
- Star Trek Picard explores “Maps and Legends” in search of the plot
- Cora time travels to 1965 and visits a space prison
- Star Trek Picard realises that “The End is the Beginning” and gets on a spaceship
- Star Trek Picard goes forth with “Absolute Candor”
- Some Comments on the 2019 Nebula Award Finalists
- Star Trek Picard does the “Stardust City Rag”
- Star Trek Picard tackles “The Impossible Box”
- Star Trek Picard visits “Nepenthe” and catches up with some old friends
- The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign
- Star Trek Picard puts together some “Broken Pieces”
- Star Trek Picard heads for the endgame in Part 1 of “Et in Arcadia Ego”
- Star Trek Picard offers up space battles, stirring speeches, murder synths and meditations on life and death in part 2 of “Et in Arcadia Ego”
- Cora is a Hugo Finalist!
- Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part I: The 1945 Retro Hugo Awards
- Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part II: The 2020 Hugo Awards
- Schrödinger’s Hugo Finalist – and Some Birthday Stuff
- Genre Vacation: Visit the Pulp Science Fiction Shared Solar System
- In Memoriam Peter Thomas
- Justice League or Sometimes There’s No Way to Salvage an Unholy Mess
- Some Comments on the 2019 Nebula Award Winners
- Rogue One Revisited
- The Return of Richard Blakemore and a Long Overdue Multiple New Release Announcement
- The 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day
- Some Thoughts on the 1945 Retro Hugo Winners
- Some Reflections on the 2020 Hugo Ceremony a.k.a. Reminiscing with George
- More Reactions to the 2020 Hugo Ceremony and a bit about the Retro Hugos
- Some Comments on the 2020 Hugo Award Winners
- The 2020 Dragon Award Finalists Go Full Tilt Towards Mainstream Respectability
- Reactions to the 2020 Dragon Awards Finalists or the Sound of Puppies Crying
- Cora’s Adventures at CoNZealand, the Virtual 2020 Worldcon, and Some Thoughts on Virtual Conventions in General
- Why the Retro Hugos Have Value
- Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2020 NASFiC and More Thoughts on Virtual Conventions
- The 2020 July Short Story Challenge Postmortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days
- Some Comments on the 2020 Dragon Award Winners
- Notes on the Virtual Bloody Scotland Festival and the Differences Between SFF and Crime Fiction Cons
- Three New Stories of The Day the Saucers Came…
- Star Trek Discovery Goes Back to the Future in “That Hope Is You, Part 1”
- Star Trek Discovery arrives “Far From Home”
- A Trio of Spooky New Releases and Why I Cannot Write Straight Horror
- Star Trek Discovery pays a visit to the “People of the Earth”
- The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda are back and meet “The Marshal”
- Star Trek Discovery Deals with Trauma and Recovery in “Forget Me Not”
- The Mandalorian Deals with Monsters and the Troubles of Parenthood in “The Passenger”
- The Elusive Allison V. Harding and How to Suppress Women’s Writing… Again
- Star Trek Discovery is determined to fulfill its mission or “Die Trying”
- The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda get their bacons saved by “The Heiress”
- Two Articles in One Day
- Star Trek Discovery goes on an unsanctioned mission in “Scavengers”
- The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda meet up with old friends and enemies in “The Siege”
- Two New “In Love and War” Stories Available: “Neutral Ground” and “Ballroom Blitz”
- Star Trek Discovery visits the planet formerly known as Vulcan in “Unification III”
- The Mandalorian finally finds “The Jedi” and Baby Yoda finally gets a name
- Star Trek Discovery visits “The Sanctuary”
- The Mandalorian and Baby Grogu walk right into “The Tragedy”
- Star Trek Discovery lands on “Terra Firma, Part I”
- The Mandalorian pay the Wages of Fear in “The Believer”
- Star Trek Discovery a.k.a. the Adventures of Empress Philippa the No Longer Quite So Merciless on “Terra Firma, Part II”
- The Mandalorian Comes to “The Rescue” of Baby Grogu
- Star Trek Discovery mounts a rescue mission and meets “Su’Kal”
- The 2020 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents
- By Popular Demand: The 2020 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award
- as well as twelve regular editions and four holiday editions of Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month and Indie Crime Fiction of the Month
The Complete Retro Reviews:
- Retro Review: “Terror Out of Space” by Leigh Brackett
- Retro Review: “The Wedge” a.k.a. “The Traders” by Isaac Asimov
- Retro Review: “The Big and the Little” a.k.a. “The Merchant Princes” by Isaac Asimov.
- Retro Review: “Guard in the Dark” by Allison V. Harding.
- Retro Review: “The Man Who Wouldn’t Hang” by Stanton A. Coblentz
- Retro Review: “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury
- Retro Review: “The Jewel of Bas” by Leigh Brackett
- Retro Review: “Catch That Rabbit” by Isaac Asimov
- Retro Review: “Morgue Ship” by Ray Bradbury
- Retro Review: “The Monster Maker” by Ray Bradbury
- Retro Review: “When the Bough Breaks” by Lewis Padgett a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
- Retro Review: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak
- Retro Review: “Undersea Guardians” by Ray Bradbury
- Retro Review: “The Gothic Window” by Dorothy Quick
- Retro Review: “Double-Cross” by James McCreigh a.k.a. Frederik Pohl
- Retro Review: “The Veil of Astellar” by Leigh Brackett
- Retro Review: “The Dear Departed” by Alice-Mary Schnirring
- Retro Review: “Highwayman of the Void” by Dirk Wylie a.k.a. Frederik Pohl
- Retro Review: “Ride the El to Doom” by Allison V. Harding
- Retro Review: “Hoofs” by Manly Wade Wellman
- Retro Review: “No Woman Born” by C.L. Moore
- Retro Review: “Iron Mask” by Robert Bloch
- Retro Review: “I, Rocket” by Ray Bradbury
- Retro Review: “Shadow Over Mars” a.k.a. “The Nemesis from Terra” by Leigh Brackett
- Retro Review: “The Free-Lance of Space” by Edmond Hamilton
- Retro Review: “The Huddling Place” by Clifford D. Simak
- Retro Review: “Exile” by Edmond Hamilton
- Retro Review: “The Citadel of Lost Ships” by Leigh Brackett
- Retro Review: “And the Gods Laughed” by Fredric Brown
- Retro Review: “Far Centaurus” by A.E. van Vogt
- Retro Review: “City” by Clifford D. Simak
- Retro Review: “Arena” by Fredric Brown
- Retro Review: “The Children’s Hour” by Lawrence O’Donnell a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
- Retro Review: “A God Named Kroo” by Henry Kuttner
- Retro Review: “The Winged Man” by E. Mayne Hull and A.E. van Vogt
- Retro Review: “Intruders from the Stars” by Ross Rocklynne
- Retro Review: “Unsung Hero” by Ruth Washburn
- Retro Review: “Gambler’s Asteroid” by Manly Wade Wellman
- Retro Review: “The Martian and the Milkmaid” by Frances M. Deegan
- Retro Review: “The Golden Apples of the Sun” by Ray Bradbury
- Retro Review: “Black God’s Kiss” by C.L. Moore or How to Suppress Women’s Sword and Sorcery Writing
- Retro Review: “Black God’s Shadow” by C.L. Moore or Overcoming Trauma as a Core Theme of Sword and Sorcery
- Retro Review: “The Werewolf’s Howl” by Brooke Byrne
- Retro Review: “Blue and Silver Brocade” by Dorothy Quick
- Retro Review: “Transparent Stuff” by Dorothy Quick
- Retro Review: “Garden of Evil” by Margaret St. Clair
At Galactic Journey:
- “The Escape Orbit by James White” in Space Prison of Opera (February Galactoscope #1)
- Furnishing the Home of the Future: Interior Design for the Space Age
- The Op and the Pop: New Movements in Modern Art
- “The Rithian Terror and Off Center by Damon Knight (Ace Double M-113)” in Ace Quadruple (June Galactoscope #1)
- A Killer Thriller Double Feature: Again the Ringer and The Face of Fu Manchu
- Of Art and Freedom: The Rolling Stones Riots and the Mephisto Case
- Knights, Adventurers and Anthropomorphic Animals: Comics in East and West Germany
- Oater, West German Style (The Movie Winnetou Part 3)
- Humour, Heroes and History: The Comics of France, Belgium and the Netherlands
Elsewhere:
- “The #DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster and SFWA Joint Press Conference” at File 770
- I also co-run the Speculative Fiction Showcase, a group blog focussed on indie SFF, and the Indie Crime Scene, a blog focussed on indie mysteries, crime fiction and thrillers.
Fiction (SFF):
- The Heavy Hand of the Editor (novelette)
- “The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign” (short story)
- The Thing from the Dread Swamp (short story)*
- The Tentacled Terror (short story)*
- The Beast from the Sea of Blood (short story)*
- King’s Justice (novelette)*
- Azalea Avenue (novelette)
- Appletree Court (short story)
- Willowbrook Farm (short story)
- “Patient X-5” in Simultaneous Times podcast, Episode #32 (short story)
- The Ghosts of Doodenbos (short story)
- Puncture Wounds (short fiction collection)
- Demon Summoning for Beginners (short fiction collection)
- Neutral Gound (novelette)
- Ballroom Blitz (novella)
- Revolt at the North Pole (short story)
Fiction (other genres):
- A Grave Case (mystery novelette)
- Driving Home for Christmas (romance novelette)
- The Crappiest Christmas Ever (romance novelette)
*published under the name Richard Blakemore
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