Tag Archives: retro science fiction

Cora goes to the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland – plus bonus He-Man and Teela

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Cora

This week, I’m off to Glasgow for Worldcon. I’ll be flying very early on Tuesday morning and will be gone for a week, then I have two days at home to do laundry, etc…, before I’m off to Rotterdam for … Continue reading →

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Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: The Maiden and the Monster

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Cora

We still don’t have any Hugo voting and nomination statistics – more than a week after the winners were announced. And apparently we’re not getting them until January. However, merely asking when the stats can be expected is apparently an … Continue reading →

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Non-Fiction Spotlight: Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women Volume 2 (1953 to 1957), edited by Gideon Marcus

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Cora

After the Hugos is before the next Hugos, so I’m continuing my Non-Fiction Spotlight project, where I interview the authors/editors of SFF-related non-fiction books that come out in 2022 and are eligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards. For more about … Continue reading →

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Non-Fiction Spotlight: Cents of Wonder: Science Fiction’s First Award Winners, edited by Steve Davidson and Kermit Woodall

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Cora

After the Hugos is before the next Hugos, so I’m continuing my Non-Fiction Spotlight project, where I interview the authors/editors of SFF-related non-fiction books that come out in 2022 and are eligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards. For more about … Continue reading →

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A Podcast and a New Story

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Cora

The next Star Trek Picard review is coming, but for now I just want to point out two other places where you can find me on the web this week. For starters, I was a guest on the Dickheads Podcast … Continue reading →

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Fanzine Spotlight: Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Cora

I initially started the Fanzine/Fancast Spotlight project to highlight Hugo-eligible fanzines, fansites and podcasts. For more about the Fanzine/Fancast Spotlight project, go here. You can also check out the other great fanzines and fancasts featured by clicking here. The Hugo … Continue reading →

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Cora Talks About Old SFF Elsewhere

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Cora

“But what’s new about that?” some of you will ask. She always talks about old SFF somewhere. However, today I had not one but two items coming out elsewhere. The first is my latest post over at Galactic Journey, where … Continue reading →

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“The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign” is now available as a free e-book

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Cora

Almost a year ago, I wrote a short story in response to the famous 1954 science fiction story “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin, which reimagines the classic story as a crowdfunding campaign. I then posted the story to my … Continue reading →

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Fanzine Spotlight: Young People Read Old SFF

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Cora

We’re heading into the homestretch for the 2021 Hugo nominations, so it’s time for the next entry in my Fanzine/Fancast Spotlight project. For more about the Fanzine/Fancast Spotlight project, go here. You can also check out the other great fanzines … Continue reading →

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The Elusive Allison V. Harding and How to Suppress Women’s Writing… Again

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Cora

Allison V. Harding, horror and fantasy author of the 1940s, is nigh forgotten these days, even though she was prolific, publishing thirty-six stories in Weird Tales between 1943 and 1951, as well as six non-genre stories in Weird Tales‘ sister … Continue reading →

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