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Another Fifty Shades of Grey Discussion

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Cora

The Guardian reports that the enormous success of Fifty Shades of Grey has pushed erotic fiction into the mainstream and is making even big publishers take notice. Well, I for one thought the success of the early erotic romance e-publishers … Continue reading →

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Easter Monday Link Round-up

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cora

Here in Germany, today was a public holiday and rather slow. Nonetheless, Easter Monday is a work day in the US. Besides, there were at least two big conventions this weekend, so the internet didn’t go into holiday mode. The … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Links

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Cora

I’m taking a day off from the photo posts, because I just spent quite a bit of time finishing the first draft of a short story. So instead of Yorkshire photos, you get a bunch of (hopefully interesting) links:

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More Christopher Priest, more Fifty Shades of Grey and some writing links

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cora

Yorkshire photos will follow later this week, but for now I have a couple of links on the current discussions of the day:

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More Christopher Priest versus the Clarke Award

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday’s post about the latest genre dust-up involving Christopher Priest’s very vocal criticism of this year’s Clarke Award shortlist has been linked by John Scalzi at Whatever, which has sent my stats shooting up since Scalzi gets as many visitors … Continue reading →

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The latest Genre Dust-up: Christopher Priest versus the Clarke Awards

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Cora

While I was away, the nominations for the Clarke Award have been announced. I’m very pleased to see Jane Rogers, whom I ferried around in my ancient Volkswagen Jetta during a visit to Bremen a couple of year ago, on … Continue reading →

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Yet More on the Review Uproar

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Cora

There is yet more on the current review controversy. So here is a whole lot of links on all sides of the issue:

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More on the Reviews Dust-up

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday’s post on genders and reviews got quite a bit of attention. So here are a couple of addenda to the Strange Horizons/A Theft of Swords part of the discussion:

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Gender and Review Bias – 2012 Edition

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Cora

Jennifer Weiner retackles the subject of major newspapers such as the New York Times ignoring women writers in their review sections, offering up plenty of data. There’s a shout-out to the New York Times‘s weirdly condescending portrait of Amanda Hocking … Continue reading →

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Taste Hierarchies and Genre Talk

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Cora

My post on morality in fantasy really seems to have struck a chord, because I’ve been getting a lot more hits than usual in the past two days. Black Gate Theo (does he have an actual surname?) also responded. Needless … Continue reading →

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