Madeline Ashby is a science fiction writer, strategic foresight consultant, anime fan, and immigrant. She is represented by Anne McDermid & Associates, and IAM Sports [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: vN is the book you would hope for in a story about an A.I. robot who overcomes her failsafe and struggles not to kill humans. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: vN is [...]
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Recently, a group of futurists predicted that artificial intelligence is a deadlier threat to humanity than any [...]
Madeline Ashby is one lucky author. Not only did she get a strikingly creepy (and awesome) cover for her first novel, vN, she got another one for its sequel, iD. Nice work by [...]
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] One of the hallmarks of genre is the way we distinguish books by means of awards. So we asked this week’s [...]
Continuing our theme of science fiction tropes, we asked this week’s panelists: Q: What are some of the coolest robots in science fiction? Why? Here’s what they [...]
[Interviewer’s Note: This is a series of interviews featuring the contributors of Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic SF edited by Jetse de Vries.] Madeline Ashby can be [...]
This week’s topic comes from Madeline Ashby: What Are Your Top 5 Anime Films of All Time? Read on to see the picks of this week’s illustrious panelists. [Note: [...]