Category Archives: Books

Commercial Break

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Cora

You may have noticed that blogging has been light these past few weeks, but that is because I’m still doing the 2019 July Short Story Challenge, where the aim is to write a story per day during the month of … Continue reading →

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First Monday Free Fiction: Boardwalk Baby

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Cora

Welcome to the July edition of First Monday Free Fiction. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on every first Monday of the month. … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for June 2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 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 May … Continue reading →

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Indie Crime Fiction of the Month for June 2019

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Cora

Welcome to the latest edition of “Indie Crime Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Crime Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some May books I missed … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction is Not Evenly Distributed

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Cora

I’m over at Galactic Journey and back in 1964 again today, where I review Edmond Hamilton’s science fantasy adventure The Valley of Creation as part of Galactic Journey‘s “Galactoscope” feature along with reviews of Outside the Universe, also by Edmond … Continue reading →

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The Gradual Vanishing of the Planetary Romance

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Cora

At File 770, Mike Glyer linked to this list of the “top ten space opera books of all time”, as chosen by the visitors of a site called Discover Sci-Fi. The list is rather idiosyncratic, to say the least, and … Continue reading →

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First Monday Free Fiction: Lovers’ Lane

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Cora

Welcome to the June edition of First Monday Free Fiction. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on every first Monday of the month. … Continue reading →

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More about the Golden Age

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Cora

This is the third in a loose series of posts about the so-called Golden Age of science fiction and how it was less monolithic and more diverse than most people think. Parts one and two may be found here. These … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for May 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 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 April … Continue reading →

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Indie Crime Fiction of the Month for May 2019

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Cora

Welcome to the latest edition of “Indie Crime Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Crime Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some April books I missed … Continue reading →

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