Tag Archives: genre wank

It’s still very grimdark out there

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Cora

Even though I’ve been away for a few days, the blogosphere or at least the SFF corner of the blogosphere hasn’t moved on yet, since we’re still discussing grimdark fantasy. So here is a round-up of the latest entries in … Continue reading →

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More on Grimdark Fantasy

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Cora

The latest reiteration of the debate about grimdark epic fantasy is happily chugging along. You can read my take (with lots of links) here. And now for a roundup of the latest responses: Foz Meadows offers her take on the … Continue reading →

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It’s that time of the year again: Grimdark Fantasy

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Cora

We’re having our annual gritty fantasy debate, because Joe Abercrombie – being one of the prime purveyors of grimdark fantasy today – launches a preemptive strike and defends dark and gritty fantasy against its critics. Of course, nobody is actually … Continue reading →

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The Diminishing Returns of Popular Culture

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Cora

A. Lee Martinez is troubled by the increasing Disneyfication of popular culture, as Disney gobbles up all sorts of media properties, and by the exploitation of popular media properties in general without asking if there really are any new stories … Continue reading →

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The First Gender Debate of the Year

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Cora

2013 is not even three weeks old and we’re already having the first gender balance in speculative fiction debate of the year. The debate was inadvertedly kicked off by Aidan Moher, when he posted about his reading goals for 2013 … Continue reading →

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Links for a Snow Day

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I added a few new haiku to The Haiku Zone in the top left corner of the page. There are now 23 rotating haiku featured. Meanwhile, I’ve also got a bunch of links to share: The Golden … Continue reading →

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Art versus Commerce or Selling Out

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Cora

Apparently, the hot topic du jour in the online SFF sphere these days is selling out. As far as I can tell, the whole discussion was kicked off by Paolo Bacigalupi and a bunch of other SFF writers on Twitter. … Continue reading →

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Three Links and Two Plugs

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Cora

I’m still here for now. The big (or not so big) switchover will happen later today. I hope there won’t be any service interruptions here, though I managed to get the year’s first two translation jobs out of the door … Continue reading →

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Christopher Priest does it again

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Cora

After making waves earlier this year by finding the Clarke Award shortlist inadequate (I posted about that controversy here, here and here), Christopher Priest – the SFF genre’s resident old curmudgeon – is at it again. This time around, however, … Continue reading →

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Genre versus Literary Fiction, Round 715

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Cora

Apparently, it’s that time of the year again, for we’re having our semi-annual genre versus literary fiction debate. Oh yes, and science fiction is still dying of exhaustion as well, though that’s material for another post. This time around, the … Continue reading →

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