A handy guide to all SFF-related posts and works of 2020

I never felt particularly comfortable with eligibility posts, but I posted such an overview for the first time in 2016, when someone added my name to the Hugo Nominations Wiki. Eventually, it paid off, because I was a Hugo finalist for Best Fan Writer in 2020.

So if you’re interested in what I write, here is an overview of all SFF related blogposts of 2020, in chronological order, as well as a list of all the SFF and other fiction I published.

Because I wrote so many pieces for my Retro Reviews project this year, I separated the Retro Reviews from the other blogposts

At this blog:

Lone Mandalorian and Yoda Cub: Some Thoughts on The Mandalorian
Introducing the 1945 Retro Hugo Spreadsheet and Retro Science Fiction Reviews
Cora is a 2020 GUFF Candidate.
Toss a Coin to Your Witcher: Some Thoughts on The Witcher
A “Rememberance” of The Next Generation: Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek Picard explores “Maps and Legends” in search of the plot
Cora time travels to 1965 and visits a space prison
Star Trek Picard realises that “The End is the Beginning” and gets on a spaceship
Star Trek Picard goes forth with “Absolute Candor”
Some Comments on the 2019 Nebula Award Finalists
Star Trek Picard does the “Stardust City Rag”
Star Trek Picard tackles “The Impossible Box”
Star Trek Picard visits “Nepenthe” and catches up with some old friends
The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign
Star Trek Picard puts together some “Broken Pieces”
Star Trek Picard heads for the endgame in Part 1 of “Et in Arcadia Ego”
Star Trek Picard offers up space battles, stirring speeches, murder synths and meditations on life and death in part 2 of “Et in Arcadia Ego”
Cora is a Hugo Finalist!
Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part I: The 1945 Retro Hugo Awards
Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part II: The 2020 Hugo Awards
Schrödinger’s Hugo Finalist – and Some Birthday Stuff
Genre Vacation: Visit the Pulp Science Fiction Shared Solar System
In Memoriam Peter Thomas
Justice League or Sometimes There’s No Way to Salvage an Unholy Mess
Some Comments on the 2019 Nebula Award Winners
Rogue One Revisited
The Return of Richard Blakemore and a Long Overdue Multiple New Release Announcement
The 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day
Some Thoughts on the 1945 Retro Hugo Winners
Some Reflections on the 2020 Hugo Ceremony a.k.a. Reminiscing with George
More Reactions to the 2020 Hugo Ceremony and a bit about the Retro Hugos
Some Comments on the 2020 Hugo Award Winners
The 2020 Dragon Award Finalists Go Full Tilt Towards Mainstream Respectability
Reactions to the 2020 Dragon Awards Finalists or the Sound of Puppies Crying
Cora’s Adventures at CoNZealand, the Virtual 2020 Worldcon, and Some Thoughts on Virtual Conventions in General
Why the Retro Hugos Have Value
Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2020 NASFiC and More Thoughts on Virtual Conventions
The 2020 July Short Story Challenge Postmortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days
Some Comments on the 2020 Dragon Award Winners
Notes on the Virtual Bloody Scotland Festival and the Differences Between SFF and Crime Fiction Cons
Three New Stories of The Day the Saucers Came…
Star Trek Discovery Goes Back to the Future in “That Hope Is You, Part 1”
Star Trek Discovery arrives “Far From Home”
A Trio of Spooky New Releases and Why I Cannot Write Straight Horror
Star Trek Discovery pays a visit to the “People of the Earth”
The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda are back and meet “The Marshal”
Star Trek Discovery Deals with Trauma and Recovery in “Forget Me Not”
The Mandalorian Deals with Monsters and the Troubles of Parenthood in “The Passenger”
The Elusive Allison V. Harding and How to Suppress Women’s Writing… Again
Star Trek Discovery is determined to fulfill its mission or “Die Trying”
The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda get their bacons saved by “The Heiress”
Two Articles in One Day
Star Trek Discovery goes on an unsanctioned mission in “Scavengers”
The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda meet up with old friends and enemies in “The Siege”
Two New “In Love and War” Stories Available: “Neutral Ground” and “Ballroom Blitz”
Star Trek Discovery visits the planet formerly known as Vulcan in “Unification III”

Star Trek Discovery visits “The Sanctuary”
The Mandalorian and Baby Grogu walk right into “The Tragedy”
Star Trek Discovery lands on “Terra Firma, Part I”
The Mandalorian pay the Wages of Fear in “The Believer”
Star Trek Discovery a.k.a. the Adventures of Empress Philippa the No Longer Quite So Merciless on “Terra Firma, Part II”
The Mandalorian Comes to “The Rescue” of Baby Grogu
Star Trek Discovery mounts a rescue mission and meets “Su’Kal”
The 2020 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents
By Popular Demand: The 2020 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award
as well as twelve regular editions and four holiday editions of Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month and Indie Crime Fiction of the Month

The Complete Retro Reviews:

Retro Review: “Terror Out of Space” by Leigh Brackett
Retro Review: “The Wedge” a.k.a. “The Traders” by Isaac Asimov
Retro Review: “The Big and the Little” a.k.a. “The Merchant Princes” by Isaac Asimov.
Retro Review: “Guard in the Dark” by Allison V. Harding.
Retro Review: “The Man Who Wouldn’t Hang” by Stanton A. Coblentz
Retro Review: “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury
Retro Review: “The Jewel of Bas” by Leigh Brackett
Retro Review: “Catch That Rabbit” by Isaac Asimov
Retro Review: “Morgue Ship” by Ray Bradbury
Retro Review: “The Monster Maker” by Ray Bradbury
Retro Review: “When the Bough Breaks” by Lewis Padgett a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
Retro Review: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak
Retro Review: “Undersea Guardians” by Ray Bradbury
Retro Review: “The Gothic Window” by Dorothy Quick
Retro Review: “Double-Cross” by James McCreigh a.k.a. Frederik Pohl
Retro Review: “The Veil of Astellar” by Leigh Brackett
Retro Review: “The Dear Departed” by Alice-Mary Schnirring
Retro Review: “Highwayman of the Void” by Dirk Wylie a.k.a. Frederik Pohl
Retro Review: “Ride the El to Doom” by Allison V. Harding
Retro Review: “Hoofs” by Manly Wade Wellman
Retro Review: “No Woman Born” by C.L. Moore
Retro Review: “Iron Mask” by Robert Bloch
Retro Review: “I, Rocket” by Ray Bradbury
Retro Review: “Shadow Over Mars” a.k.a. “The Nemesis from Terra” by Leigh Brackett
Retro Review: “The Free-Lance of Space” by Edmond Hamilton
Retro Review: “The Huddling Place” by Clifford D. Simak
Retro Review: “Exile” by Edmond Hamilton
Retro Review: “The Citadel of Lost Ships” by Leigh Brackett
Retro Review: “And the Gods Laughed” by Fredric Brown
Retro Review: “Far Centaurus” by A.E. van Vogt
Retro Review: “City” by Clifford D. Simak
Retro Review: “Arena” by Fredric Brown
Retro Review: “The Children’s Hour” by Lawrence O’Donnell a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore

Retro Review: “The Winged Man” by E. Mayne Hull and A.E. van Vogt
Retro Review: “Intruders from the Stars” by Ross Rocklynne
Retro Review: “Unsung Hero” by Ruth Washburn
Retro Review: “Gambler’s Asteroid” by Manly Wade Wellman
Retro Review: “The Martian and the Milkmaid” by Frances M. Deegan
Retro Review: “The Golden Apples of the Sun” by Ray Bradbury
Retro Review: “Black God’s Kiss” by C.L. Moore or How to Suppress Women’s Sword and Sorcery Writing
Retro Review: “Black God’s Shadow” by C.L. Moore or Overcoming Trauma as a Core Theme of Sword and Sorcery
Retro Review: “The Werewolf’s Howl” by Brooke Byrne
Retro Review: “Blue and Silver Brocade” by Dorothy Quick
Retro Review: “Transparent Stuff” by Dorothy Quick
Retro Review: “Garden of Evil” by Margaret St. Clair

At Galactic Journey:

“The Escape Orbit by James White” in Space Prison of Opera (February Galactoscope #1)
Furnishing the Home of the Future: Interior Design for the Space Age
The Op and the Pop: New Movements in Modern Art
“The Rithian Terror and Off Center by Damon Knight (Ace Double M-113)” in Ace Quadruple (June Galactoscope #1)
A Killer Thriller Double Feature: Again the Ringer and The Face of Fu Manchu
Of Art and Freedom: The Rolling Stones Riots and the Mephisto Case
Knights, Adventurers and Anthropomorphic Animals: Comics in East and West Germany
Oater, West German Style (The Movie Winnetou Part 3)
Humour, Heroes and History: The Comics of France, Belgium and the Netherlands

Elsewhere:

“The #DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster and SFWA Joint Press Conference” at File 770
I also co-run the Speculative Fiction Showcase , a group blog focussed on indie SFF, and the Indie Crime Scene , a blog focussed on indie mysteries, crime fiction and thrillers.

Fiction (SFF):

The Heavy Hand of the Editor (novelette)
The Thing from the Dread Swamp (short story)*
The Tentacled Terror (short story)*
The Beast from the Sea of Blood (short story)*
King’s Justice (novelette)*
Azalea Avenue (novelette)
Appletree Court (short story)
Willowbrook Farm (short story)
“Patient X-5” in Simultaneous Times podcast, Episode #32 (short story)
The Ghosts of Doodenbos (short story)
Puncture Wounds (short fiction collection)
Demon Summoning for Beginners (short fiction collection)
Neutral Gound (novelette)
Ballroom Blitz (novella)
Revolt at the North Pole (short story)

Fiction (other genres):

A Grave Case (mystery novelette)
Driving Home for Christmas (romance novelette)
The Crappiest Christmas Ever (romance novelette)

*published under the name Richard Blakemore

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