Tag Archives: genre bashing

Speculative fiction, gender, taste and why “the domestic and mushy stuff” is important

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Cora

The debate over gender imbalances in speculative fiction reviewing rages on across the internet with several interesting posts. There are some links as well as lengthy ruminations by me behind the cut.

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The Dictatorship of Taste – and James Bond

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Cora

At the Observer, someone named Neal Gabler laments the death of professional criticism at the hands of the Internet. Elsewhere on the Observer site, the critics respond. This whole “The Internet is killing/democratizing criticism” thing isn’t new. In fact, it’s … Continue reading →

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Fire, Pulp and Romance

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Cora

First the good news, the Moerdijk fire I mentioned in my post yesterday is under control. Locals are still warned to keep their doors and windows closed and not to eat vegetables grown in the open. Shipping on the Hollandse … Continue reading →

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Snow… and some links

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Cora

We did get a snowpocalypse of sorts today. It started snowing at around nine, then stopped briefly around noon, only to begin snowing again at one PM. My county, Landkreis Diepholz, did not close its school and thus my afternoon … Continue reading →

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Literary versus Genre Fiction, Round 315

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Cora

Some bloke named Edward Docx (Honestly? He’s named after a Microsoft file format?) bashes genre fiction, all genre fiction, in the Observer, because he’s caught a few glimpses of Dan Brown’s and Stieg Larsson’s work and – oh shock and … Continue reading →

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