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The Space Opera Resurgence

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Cora

At Wired, Charlie Jane Anders talks about the current space opera resurgence and why the subgenre has become more diverse and better than it has been in a long time. The article offers a nice overview of the current crop … Continue reading →

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Genre versus Literary – the Crime Fiction Edition

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Cora

The old genre versus literary fiction debate has reared its ugly head again – and just when you thought that horse was well and truly dead. This time around, the opening volley was fired by one William O’Rourke, emeritus professor … Continue reading →

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The Puppies Are Pooping Again

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Cora

Well, at least the rabid puppies are. No one is quite sure what the sad puppies are up to these days. But as for the rabids, Vox Day has released his rabid puppy slate for 2017 (the link goes to … Continue reading →

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More 2016 Nebula Awards Reactions.

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Cora

For starters, the nominees for the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced as well and some very fine works they are, too, including an anthology we featured at the Speculative Fiction Showcase last year. Meanwhile, further reactions to the … Continue reading →

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Reactions to the 2016 Nebula Award Nominees

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Cora

I already posted my comments on the 2016 Nebula Award nominees in this post, so let’s take a look at some other reactions from around the web: Rich Horton is generally pleased with the 2016 Nebula nominees, for even though … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2016 Nebula Nominees, the Shadow Clarke Award and some other awards

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Cora

Yes, it’s that time of the year again, genre award shortlist time. In the past few days, the nominees for the 2016 BSFA Award, the 2016 Aurealis Award, the longlist for the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award and the winners … Continue reading →

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The Three Fractions of Speculative Fiction

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Cora

A few days ago, Mike Glyer of File 770 linked to this post by Nathaniel Givens at a site called The Loose Canon about the Hugos and the Dragon Awards. It’s a curious post that attempts to offer a neutral … Continue reading →

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More 2016 Dragon Awards Reactions

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Cora

I don’t expect to do four different posts and reaction round-ups about the Dragon Awards like I did for the Hugos, but there have been a few more reactions and responses to the inaugural Dragon Awards in the meantime. My … Continue reading →

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The 2016 Dragon Awards or Participation Trophies for Puppies

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Cora

I posted a lot about the 2016 Hugos, Nebulas and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, so it’s only fair I do the 2016 Dragon Awards, the winners of which were announced at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, as … Continue reading →

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Why we celebrate that so many women and writers of colour won Hugos this year

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Cora

As extensively discussed in a series of four posts to date, the winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards have been announced, the rabid puppies have been resoundingly defeated and all four fiction categories went to women writers, three of them … Continue reading →

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