GLBT books, vintage pulp heroes, more genre versus literary fiction and bad...
By now, you’ve probably all heard about Orson Scott Card’s stunningly homophobic Hamlet retelling. In case you didn’t, here is the review at Rain Taxi that kicked off the controversy. Because arguing...
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There have been plenty of tributes to Steve Jobs today, but I particularly like this article by Juan Cole about the multicultural background of Steve Jobs. Lots of stuff I didn’t know, but then I never...
View ArticleBilingual Children and the Challenges for Non-Western Readers and Writers
I’m still busy with a bigger translation job, plus I have to go to a family function on Saturday which will inevitably wear me out, even though I’d rather be anywhere else. On the plus side, just one...
View ArticleYet More on the Review Uproar
There is yet more on the current review controversy. So here is a whole lot of links on all sides of the issue: At Book Riot, Kit Steinkellner offers her take on the YA review conflict. As for that...
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May Day Links with Bonus Cover
Today was May Day a.k.a. Labour Day, which is a public holiday practically everywhere except for the US. We took the opportunity for a day trip to Celle, a town some 120 kilometers southeast of Bremen....
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Even though it’s still September, the original Munich Oktoberfest started today with the traditional tapping of the first beer keg by the mayor of Munich and also kicked off the autumn fair season in...
View ArticleTarzan, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Shreck and The Persuaders and adapting...
The Jewish interest webzine The algemeiner (The spelling is theirs) has an interesting article about the Israeli obsession with Tarzan (found via Charles Tan). Apparently, the Tarzan obsession in...
View ArticleAn Interview with Cora, a German cinema scandal, vintage German pulp fiction,...
First of all, I’ve been interviewed once again and answer 5 questions for authors and talk a bit about Murder in the Family at Randomize Me. You can also find links to other interviews I have done...
View ArticleShort Linkdump for a Foggy February Day
Over at my Pegasus Pulp blog, I have a post on the renaissance of short fiction, inspired by a recent New York Times article on the subject. The Huffington Post has a great article by Caribbean writer...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Crime Genre
The Independent has a nice article about how crime fiction has moved on from the days of the classic “whodunnit” mystery. The article begins by listing Ronald Knox‘s* ten rules for detective fiction...
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The Hugos, the Clarke Awards and what do you want, exactly?
We’re still talking about the Hugo awards and whether they are broken or not. Though as a bonus, we’re now talking about the Clarke awards and whether they are broken as well. So here are links to the...
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Mother’s Day Linkdump
The 2013 Locus Awards finalists have been announced. Many good choices there, though the male dominance (four men and one woman) in the YA category is a bit depressing, especially since YA is heavily...
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Interview with Writer Nathalie Hamidi a.k.a. Irma Geddon
Today I welcome Nathalie Hamidi a.k.a. Poison Godiva a.k.a. Irma Geddon to my blog. Irma is a French writer of dark fantasy and has been nice enough to answer some questions for me. Hi Cora! Thanks...
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Quick Thunderstorm Linkdump
The heatwave of the past few days is in the process of giving way to cooler air, to pretty much everybody’s relief. Unfortunately, hot and cool air colliding means thunderstorms and rather a lot of...
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Interview with Writer K.S. Augustin a.k.a. Cara d’Bastian
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Interviews with Indie WritersToday, I continue my irregular series of interviews with international indie writers and welcome K.S. Augustin a.k.a. Cara d’Bastian...
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Yet more Worldcon and Hugo Reactions
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...
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The latest on diversity in genre fiction and other mixed links
The monster winter storm Xaver has retreated to more easterly shores and is currently annoying Finland, Sweden and the three Baltic States. However, Xaver or rather the snow and hail he brought us...
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The 2014 Hugo Awards Post
The 2014 Hugo Awards have been given out and the slate of winners is highly diverse and overall very good (detailed voting and nomination breakdown here), which is even more remarkable considering that...
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More reactions to the 2014 Hugo Award winners
It’s getting really difficult to find new titles for all of these Hugo related posts. Besides, I forgot to mention that the 1939 Retro Hugos have been awarded as well. Now I have to confess I don’t...
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Some Thoughts on the 2014 Nebula Nominees
So the 2014 Nebula Award nominees have been announced and I could basically just recycle my Nebula reactions post from last year and switch out the names, because my thoughts are largely similar. All...
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