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Football and other links of interest

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Cora

More photos coming tomorrow, but today I’m starting with a subject that rarely comes up in this blog, namely sports, more precisely football (or soccer to the Americans among you). But here in Bremen, this really is the biggest news … Continue reading →

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Women in Speculative Fiction, News on the Grimdark Debate and the Unsung Heroes of German Literature

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Cora

Strange Horizons is once again fighting the good fight and has broken down book reviews in major SFF venues by gender of the author and reviewer. The results are still largely discouraging. At Salon, Alex Heimbach also reports on the … Continue reading →

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An Attack of Hives and Reflections on Global and Local Writing

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Cora

Sorry for the lack of posting in the past few days, but I’ve been sick. On Thursday afternoon, I was itching at several parts of my body and that small hives had formed in the itchy spots. At first I … Continue reading →

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Snow is Gone and Back Again Linkdump

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Cora

Winter is in full swing here in North Germany. On Friday night, the temperatures dropped to minus 9° Celsius, Saturday night we got heavy snowfalls, so heavy that the two little girls who live in the house across the road … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Scandals and some Links

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Cora

At the Pegasus Pulp blog, I chronicle the latest developments in the sockpuppet review scandal in a series of three posts and respond to some of the more hyperbolic sockpuppeting defenses, which liken being against fake sockpuppet reviews to being … Continue reading →

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Two Football Poems

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Cora

The Euro 2012 finally finished tonight, as Spain beat Italy 4:0 in the final. Germany had already lost against Italy in the semi-finale this Thursday. I did not really have any strong feelings about the final either way, since I … Continue reading →

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Nora Ephron, Spaceballs and the Golden Age of Romantic Comedy

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Cora

I’ve been busy these past few days prepping the latest Pegasus Pulp release (there should be an announcement tomorrow), hence the lack of posts. While I was otherwise occupied, Germany lost the Euro 2012 semi-finale to Italy 1:2 and the … Continue reading →

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Cora cracks the Spanish market and paranormal romance sex excuses

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Cora

Yeah, so the post title is search engine bait, but it’s actually accurate. The German national team made it into the Euro 2012 quarter finals tonight after beating Denmark 2:1 in a not very good game. I actually got bored … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to the Euro 2012 Linkdump

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Cora

The Euro 2012 seems to have usurped everybody’s attention in Europe to the point that even European e-book sales have just died. In case anybody cares, Germany won its first match against Portugal 1:0 by the way. Still, for all … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker and some links for the Euro 2012 kick-off

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Cora

So I finally managed to purchase the science fiction issue of The New Yorker at the airport bookstore, which is the only place in town that carries the magazine. Had to pay twice the US cover price, too – wince. … Continue reading →

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