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More German Book Award Reactions and German SF

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Cora

Denis Scheck, probably Germany’s most outspoken and snarkiest literary critic now Marcel Reich-Ranicki has left us, is even less happy about the German Book Prize than me. At any rate, he called awarding the Prize to Terézia Mora an “incredibly … Continue reading →

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The German Book Prize does it again and other literary news from Germany

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Cora

The German Book Prize 2013 has been awarded to Hungarian-German writer Terészia Mora for her novel Das Ungeheuer (The Monster). Spiegel Online, Tagesspiegel and the Süddeutsche Zeitung have more. Finally, here is a video interview with Ms. Mora about her … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on “Under the Dome” and my problem with post-apocalyptic fiction

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Cora

I finally got around to watching the last two episodes of Under the Dome tonight. I had to record them, because for some reason the show is inevitably broadcast when I’m at the monthly translators’ meet-up. Now I have to … Continue reading →

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Time Travel and Gender

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Cora

Back in July, Anna Smith asked at The Guardian “Why can’t women time travel?” and laments that mainstream time travel movies almost always feature male protagonists. My initial reaction to that article was: But women do time travel. There are … Continue reading →

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Yet more Worldcon and Hugo Reactions

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Cora

The discussion about Paul Cook’s attempts to define SF for the rest of us seems to have died down, but it seems we’re still talking about Worldcon and the Hugos and if/how they should change. My last round-up of Hugo … Continue reading →

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New Post-Apocalyptic Novelette: The Hybrids

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Cora

As I’ve hinted at before, I have a story to announce. It’s another foray into science fiction, the genre that still owns my heart. However, instead of the next Shattered Empire story (coming later in 2013), this novelette tackles a … Continue reading →

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Yet more responses to Paul Cook

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Cora

We’re still talking about Paul Cook’s ill thought out post about what does and does not constitute SF, so here are the latest responses: At Teleread, Chris Meadows cames to the conclusion that Paul Cook was deliberately trolling for outraged … Continue reading →

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Hugos and Worldcon Redux

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Cora

While some of us are debating about Paul Cook’s rather clueless attempt to define what is and isn’t SF (read the previous two posts for more), the discussion about the Hugos and the future of WorldCon is still happily chugging … Continue reading →

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More Responses to Paul Cook

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Cora

The uproar sparked by Paul Cook’s badly argued post at Amazing Stories is happily chugging along, so here are the latest reactions. First of all, Steve Davidson, editor of Amazing Stories, has issued an apology of sorts for shutting down … Continue reading →

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“Get your girly stuff out of my SF, for SF should be sciency, manly and hard”

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Cora

At Amazing Stories, Paul Cook rants about SF which is – at least in Paul Cook’s opinion – not SF. This includes such luminaries of the genre as Gene Wolfe (just Arthurian fantasy), Lois McMaster Bujold (romance – ick), Sharon … Continue reading →

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