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SFWA Drama: The 2014 Edition

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Cora

You may remember the uproar surrounding sexist and otherwise problematic content in the SFWA Bulletin from last summer (exhaustively chronicled here). The SFWA promised to mend their ways and suspended the Bulletin until a new editor could be found (the … Continue reading →

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More on Internet debates, the tone argument and issues of power and privilege

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Cora

Cheryl Morgan has a great response to my post about internet debates and the tone argument. In her post, Cheryl points out two different ways in which such internet debates progress. The first one goes as follows: Privileged person posts … Continue reading →

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New apocalyptic SF story available: The Iron Border

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Cora

I did another eight-hour e-book challenge the last weekend in January and here is the result, a somewhat gloomy end of the world tale called The Iron Border. There is some more information about the process of writing The Iron … Continue reading →

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Interview with Science Fiction Writer Matthew Alan Thyer

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Cora

It’s time for our irregular series “Interviews with international indie writers” again. Today I welcome science fiction author Matthew Alan Thyer to my blog. Matthew has been kind enough to answer some questions for me. 1. Tell us a bit … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: January 2014

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Cora

Welcome to “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”, a new feature on this blog. 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 for the debut … Continue reading →

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Still Snowy and Frosty Linkdump

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Cora

I’m not sure whether this hit the news abroad at all, but the German TV station ARD did an exclusive TV interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. I only stumbled across the interview by accident, because I was waiting for … Continue reading →

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Interview with Science Fiction Writer Edward M. Grant

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Cora

Today I welcome science fiction author Edward M. Grant to my blog. Edward has been kind enough to answer a few questions for me. 1.   Tell us a bit about yourself. I grew up in Britain and studied Physics … Continue reading →

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Science fiction and Romance Linkdump

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Cora

First of all, science fiction writer, terminal cancer patient and regular reader of this blog Jay Lake has the chance to take part in a clinical trial for a new cancer treatment, which will hopefully help both Jay and other cancer … Continue reading →

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The Latest on the current Genre Debates

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Cora

Two debates are currently raging across the online SFF sphere, namely the debate about the appropriateness of awards eligibility posts (see my previous posts here and here) as well as the debate about “masculine stories” initiated by Paul S. Kemp … Continue reading →

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First Gender Debate of the Year – Hurray!

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Cora

It seems we’re having the first gender debate of the year, though this time around we are not talking about women writers for once, but about masculine writing. The first volley was fired by Paul S. Kemp, author of several … Continue reading →

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