MIND MELD: Our Favorite Gadgets from SF
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] In part 2 of our Mind Meld duo featuring fictional gadgetry (Part 1 featured magical items from fantasy), we asked [...]
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MIND MELD: Our Favorite Magical Items from Fantasy
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Sure, we’d all like to own a Quidditch broom or a crystal ball, but what magical item would you want the [...]
MIND MELD: Authors You Haven’t Read But Want to Read
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked our participants to tell us about authors & books that they keep intending to read by [...]
MIND MELD: How to Avoid The Suck Fairy of Re-Reads
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked our participants to talk about the perils of re-reading. Going back to a book read in one’s [...]
MIND MELD: Our Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2014 (So Far)
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Where did the time go? It’s hard to believe that 2014 is half over. With that in mind, I asked our panelists this [...]
MIND MELD: Our Favorite SF/F/H Villains and Why We Love to Hate Them
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Villains: We love to hate them and bad guys, and gals (and other things that fit into the baddie category), can [...]
MIND MELD: Marvel and DC and Star Wars, Oh My!
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] DC reportedly has at least seven movies in development. Marvel has movies planned out to 2028. Star Wars kicks off [...]
MIND MELD: How Long Do You Have A Book Before You Read It?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked our participants about their reading habits: Q: How long do you have a book before you read it? [...]
Mind Meld Make-Up: Judith Tarr on the Intersection of Genre, Classical Literature and Myth
We have an additional entry on our Mind Meld on the connections between Myth, Classics and Genre, from None other than Judith Tarr! Q: The Iliad and the Odyssey…the [...]
MIND MELD: When Genre Intersects Classical Literature and Myth
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked our participants to dive into ancient legends, history and myth: Q: The Iliad and the [...]
MIND MELD: Our Favorite Food and Drink From Scifi and Fantasy!
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Stew. Beer. Earl Grey, Hot. I *know* there are more interesting science fiction and fantasy foods out there! With [...]
[GUEST POST] MIND MELD: Jason Andrew Interviews the Authors of THE FUTURE EMBODIED, a Speculative Fiction Anthology That Explores What it Means to be Human
Jason Andrew is the co-Editor (with Mae Empson) of the new anthology The Future Embodied, an anthology of speculative stories exploring how science and technology might [...]
MIND MELD: Publishing Lessons From Debut Authors (Part 2)
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] There were so many wonderful debut authors in 2013, and the last post was so much fun, I asked a few more of them [...]
MIND MELD: Our Dream Anthologies
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Everyone wants to be a anthologist, right? So we asked our panelists to put on their editor’s hats and create [...]
MIND MELD: Books We’ve Worn Out Re-Reading
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] There are books we read once. There are books we re-read. And then there are the books that we wear out because we [...]
MIND MELD: Webcomics You Should Be Reading Right Now
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Be it stand alone comics or an ongoing storyline, everyone enjoys a good webcomic. But I need some new ones to [...]
Mind Meld Make-Up with Paul Kearney: Books That Have Had a Profound Effect on Readers and Writers
[Here’s an addendum to the Mind Meld about Books That Have Had a Profound Effect on Readers and Writers, coming from Paul Kearney.] Books have the power to make us [...]
Mind Meld Make-Up with Robin Riopelle: Books That Have Had a Profound Effect on Readers and Writers
[Here’s an addendum to the Mind Meld about Books That Have Had a Profound Effect on Readers and Writers, coming from Robin Riopelle.] Books have the power to make us [...]
MIND MELD: Books That Have Had a Profound Effect on Readers and Writers
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Books have the power to make us laugh, cry, and everything in between, and there are those books (you know what [...]
MIND MELD: Sentenced to Read One Author for Life
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Your crime? You know what you did! Your sentence? A lifetime reading only one author. Sure, prison is great for [...]
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