Tag Archives: US TV

Class in British literature and popular culture – now with bonus Farscape

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, the recent sociological tome on Chavs by seems to have reached the other side of the Atlantic, for the New York Times offers not just a review but an excerpt as well.

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Emmy nominations, George R.R. Martin saves publishing as we know it and three German TV deaths

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Cora

The Emmy Award nominations for 2011 have been announced and as usual there are a lot of nominations for a lot of shows I don’t watch, some that I think are dreadful (The Good Wife, Glee, Law and Order Special … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to… – and the magic of cartoons

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I’d like to point to Shape No. 8, the newest Pegasus Pulp e-book again. Steph Swainston is one of those authors where I sometimes wonder “Whatever happened to her?” When The Year of Our War came out, … Continue reading →

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A Plagalanche, toxic Westeros, responses to romance bashing, rape in fantasy, redneck bashing and Dallas remade

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s plagiarism post has broken the visitor record for this blog, largely due to a link from the VroniPlag press review. The VroniPlag press review also offers a link to this Spiegel Online article about the Althusmann case. Turns out … Continue reading →

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Linkdump has a Headache

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Cora

I’ve got a headache of the nasty, stab behind the eyes sort. Probably an early sign of the upcoming weather change, I tend to get headaches when the weather changes. So here’s just a quick linkdump: Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Quality Drama

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Cora

Rumours of a potential Star Wars live action series have been flowing around for a while now, but apparently the rumours are consolidating. Alyssa Rosenberg at ThinkProgress and Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Atlantic have information (a little) and speculation (a … Continue reading →

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How to kill a fictional character without losing your audience

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Cora

I’d been noticing an uptick of hits on my Game of Thrones related posts in the past few days. And a lot of people googled for things like “is game of thrones depressing” (yes) and “does game of thrones have … Continue reading →

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YA goes dark, Salman Rushdie goes TV, Haruki Murakami goes anti-nuclear, some thoughts on urban fantasy and a headline from a parallel universe

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Cora

The long Pentecost/Whitsun weekend, though I still have one more day of school holidays. I also have links for you: Yesterday, an airship, more precisely the Goodyear blimp, caught fire and crashed in Hessen. This would seem like a news … Continue reading →

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Chavs, Reality TV and Class Prejudice

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Cora

A few days ago, I linked to this discussion of the British slang term “chav” at the Guardian. Now the Guardian has a follow-up article, in which Suzanne Moore says that it’s not the term “chav” itself that’s the problem … Continue reading →

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The internet is still on holiday – and I’m being stalked by my least favourite Star Trek episode

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Cora

The rest of the internet is still off celebrating memorial day or arguing at Wiscon and the unpleasant heat today has fried my brain, so I’m not really in the mood for clever posting. Have you ever experienced the phenomenon … Continue reading →

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