Tag Archives: Game of Thrones

Non-Fiction Spotlight: Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings: Organisation Theory, Leadership and Sustainability on Middle-Earth by Fiona Moore

Posted on October 9, 2026 by Cora

My spotlight projects have been lying dormant the past few years, as life got in the way. But I always planned to bring them back and today we celebrate the return of the Non-Fiction Spotlight project. For more about the … Continue reading →

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The 2025 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Cora

It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a bit of background: I … Continue reading →

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Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz or How to Suppress Women’a Writing – The Fantasy Edition

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Cora

I’m over at Galactic Journey again – for the second time this month and a third article is coming later this month, which must be a new record for me – to talk about Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz, a … Continue reading →

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The 2024 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Cora

It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a bit of background: I … Continue reading →

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Return of the Son of the Bride of the Grimdark Debate

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Cora

In the early days of this relaunched blog, I wrote several times about the debate about grimdark fantasy, then one of the hottest subgenres on the market, which also attracted its share of criticism both from the left for its … Continue reading →

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The 2023 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Cora

While I have been awarding the Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents for 43 years now, the Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award is a new prize that I only introduced in 2020 … Continue reading →

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Foundations Goes “Where the Stars Are Scattered Thinly” and largely treads water

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Cora

Season 2 of Foundation is currently streaming, so I guess I’m doing episode by episode reviews again, at least for now. For my takes on previous episodes, go here. This review is a little delayed, because the 2023 Dragon Award … Continue reading →

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Non-Fiction Spotlight: Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros by Fiona Moore

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Cora

First of all, I was at the Hugos There podcast again as part of a great panel discussing the 2022 Hugo finalists for Best Novella. You can listen here or watch us blabber on YouTube here. After the Hugos is … Continue reading →

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Toss a Coin to Your Witcher: Some Thoughts on The Witcher

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Cora

I have to admit that initially, I wasn’t even going to watch The Witcher. For while I am cursorily familiar with the books, I have never played the videogames nor watched the Polish TV series from the early 2000s. And … Continue reading →

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And the Iron Throne Goes to…

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Cora

I already offered my take on the final season of Game of Thrones and a problem I haven’t seen acknowledged (in addition to plenty of problems with the final season and the show as a whole that have been acknowledged) … Continue reading →

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