Category Archives: Research

Plagiarism, Vampires, Nihilist Fantasy and the latest Genre Dust-up

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy with work, but lots of other interesting things happened online and off. Hence, I have lots of links for you today under the cut:

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Book Haul, Romanheft Woes and the Demise of the Cheque

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Cora

Today, I was at the bank to pay a cheque into my account and had an “Okay, now how does this work again” moment, because I haven’t actually handled a cheque in ages. For something that used to be nigh … Continue reading →

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Genre Nomenclatura

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Cora

Catherynne Valente explains why she doesn’t like the term “speculative fiction”. (Link found via Charles Tan) I don’t agree with her at all, because I find the term “speculative fiction” very useful. If we’re talking about works that are very … Continue reading →

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Don’t write off vampires just yet!

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cora

There has been some gleeful reaction to this USA Today article, which states that sales of vampire fiction have dropped compared to 2009. Never mind that the article is actually summing up a whole lot of trends, that Stieg Larsson … Continue reading →

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Vampires and Supervillains

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Cora

Here are two posts on vampires from Theodora Goss and Nathan Ballingrud. What unites both of them as well as many others in the speculative fiction community is that they see the romanticization of the vampire in decent years as … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Cora

I’m really behind on discussing “recently read books”, since I already finished one and a half books since this one. Still, here it is: Steamed by Katie MacAlister This is exactly the sort of book that the recent Steampunk backlash … Continue reading →

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A Speculative Linkdump

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Cora

I’m pretty busy at the moment with a big translation job, so here’s yet another bunch of links, this time vaguely speculative fiction themed. Sheila Finch has a great post on fairytales, sexual taboos and animal shifters at the SFWA … Continue reading →

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Vampiric Poo

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Cora

On TV tonight, I came across 30 Days of Night. Now I haven’t been remotely interested in the film back when it was in the theatres. But since many people have named it as an example of “vampires done right” … Continue reading →

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Of Christmas Markets, Snow and Zombie Apocalypses

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Cora

This morning started really nice, frosty but clear. Since I have no school on Mondays, I had planned to go into the city and to the Bremen Christmas market with my Mom. I wasn’t really in the mood today, but … Continue reading →

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Random Post is Random

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Cora

We’re still having snow and frost and may actually be getting more snow overnight. It’s supposed to thaw on Sunday, though. Grocery shopping today was truly an exercise in frustration. I had to drive to five different grocery stores (plus … Continue reading →

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