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Reactions to the 2017 Nebula Award Winners

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Cora

Last week, I posted my own comments and reactions to the 2017 Nebula Award winners. Now here is a round-up of reactions from around the web. It’s fairly short, because there wasn’t a whole lot of discussion about this year’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Film, Links | Tagged awards geekery, deaths, fandom wank, gender, genre wank, horror, Hugo Awards, indie versus traditional, linkdump, Nebula Awards, race, science fiction | Leave a comment

Some Comments on the 2017 Nebula Awards Winners

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Cora

So the 2017 Nebula Awards were awarded last night, as was the Palme d’Or (winner: Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kone-eda), the DFB cup (winner: Eintracht Frankfurt), the FA cup (winner: Chelsea). Oh yes, and there was a wedding in Britain, too. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Film | Tagged awards, awards geekery, fantasy, football, gender, horror, indie publishing, LGBT, Muppets, Nebula Awards, race, science fiction | Leave a comment

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for April 2018

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some March … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged alien invasion, aliens, dragons, druids, dystopian, epic fantasy, fairies, gargoyles, historical fantasy, horror, In Love and War, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, media tie-in, military science fiction, monsters, my books, near future science fiction, non-fiction, other people's books, our books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, post-apocalyptic romance, post-apocalyptic SF, science fantasy, science fiction horror, science fiction romance, science fiction thriller, shifters, short fiction collection, space opera, steampunk, time travel, urban fantasy, vampires, weird fiction, YA fantasy | Leave a comment

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for March 2018

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Cora

Posted in Books | Tagged dark fantasy, dragons, elves, epic fantasy, funny SF, horror, humor, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, mages, military science fiction, my books, other people's books, science fantasy, science fiction romance, shifters, short fiction collection, space opera, superheroes, urban fantasy, weird fiction, weird western, werewolves, YA fantasy | Leave a comment

Some Thoughts on the 2018 Oscars and their appreciation for SFF films

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Cora

Yesterday was a day of decisions. Germany finally has a new (old) government after SPD members finally approved the coalition contract approximately half a year after the elections, the Swiss voted for keeping their TV license fee and Italy sadly … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged awards geekery, B-movies, fantasy, gender, German politics, Get Out, Hollywood, horror, LGBT, monsters, Oscars, politics, propaganda is evil, race, retro science fiction, The Shape of Water, toxic masculinity, US cinema | 3 Comments

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for February 2018

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Cora

Posted in Books | Tagged aliens, anthologies, cyberpunk, cyborgs, dark fantasy, dragons, epic fantasy, horror, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, mages, military science fiction, music, other people's books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, post-apocalyptic romance, post-apocalyptic SF, science fantasy, shapeshifters, short fiction collection, slipstream, space colonisation, space opera, surrealism, time travel, time travel romance, urban fantasy, vampires, weird fiction, werewolves, witches, YA fantasy | Leave a comment

Some Thoughts on the 2017 Nebula Award Nominees

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Cora

The nominees for the 2017 Nebula Awards have been announced today. At Barnes & Noble, Joel Cunningham offers an overview of the nominees and shares his thoughts on the nominated novels and at File 770, JJ shares some links to … Continue reading →