Category Archives: TV

A killer is captured, politicians plagiarise and the soap opera is dying

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Cora

I have got a couple of mixed news links for today, two serious and one not so much. The good news first: The paedophile serial killer who killed at least three young boys in North Germany in the past twenty … Continue reading →

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Fictional Riches

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Cora

Who would have thought that Forbes Magazine, that indispensable prop carried around by business students hoping to impress girls (I was that girl and distinctly unimpressed), had a sense of humour? But they obviously do, since they published this list … Continue reading →

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Gender Balance in Speculative Fiction – and a farewell to Mother Drombusch

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, the hot topic du jour is gender balance or rather imbalance in speculative fiction, inspired by this Strange Horizons post about gender imbalance in reviews of speculative fiction. Sherwood Smith, Kari Sperring and Juliet E. McKenna all weigh in. … Continue reading →

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Good Sex, Bad Sex and HBO Style Sex

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Cora

While following a link to something else, I came across this neat blogpost from July 2010: Nicola Griffith wonders why good sex in fiction is often considered unrealistic.

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Twin Peaks, Rita nominations, lots of e-book links and democracy at work?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy today, so here’s a linkdump. Lots of e-book and indie publishing links as well as some other stuff: Everybody is talking about Barry Eisler and Amanda Hocking,now they talk to each other. Damien Walter briefly touches upon indie … Continue reading →

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Book fair interviews, sex scenes, tragic endings, Tarzan and cultural omnivores – yes, it’s another linkdump

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Cora

Today is another linkdump day, sorry. It was either that or a rant about the blind techno-optimism of certain SF writers regarding nuclear power, which I would probably delete thirty seconds after posting once I realized that calling some author … Continue reading →

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Leipzig Book Fair interviews, sexualized urban fantasy heroines, lost exchange students, blogs and e-book prices – yes, it’s a linkdump

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Cora

Since I’ve been busy building up the Buhlert Web Empire and lending some moral support to a relative in a difficult situation, today’s post is a linkdump. But then, the Internet has been serving up some very tasty links of … Continue reading →

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Awards, Writing and E-Books

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Cora

I’m tired and busy, so here is a linkdump, mostly writing and e-book related: The Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair, one of Germany’s three most important literary awards, has been won by the 28-year-old Austrian writer Clemens J. Setz … Continue reading →

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Quo Vadis, Epic Fantasy?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Cora

Well, at least we know where Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg is going, namely back to his castle in Franconia. Of the many commentaries on his resignation today, I quite like this one from Deutsche Welle. Nor is Guttenberg the only … Continue reading →

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German TV Parodies… and Authorized Slash!

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Cora

This is hilarious. Clips from classic German TV shows reassembled and redubbed at ZDF mashups. I particularly love the slashy take on Derrick. I mean, it’s a slashy video featuring two beloved TV characters, not just authorized by the copyright … Continue reading →

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