non-SF

The latest SF Signal Mind Meld is up, with me and a whole bunch of others holding forth on what "non-SF/Fantasy" books we'd recommend to readers who generally limited themselves to the "SF/Fantasy" genres.

Melding with Minds Hal Duncan 2009

Over time the portion of non-SF "mainstream" titles at Tor grew, to a point where, by 1993, they made up more than half the list.

Audio Interview with Tom Doherty, Publisher Tor Books, conducted by Nigel Beale 2009

To a non-SF reader, from this list I'd probably recommend Atwood, Le Guin, Nifenegger, Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt, Swanwick, Willis or any of the Wilson.

What SF would you recommend to a non-reader? 2009

I deliberately chose books I thought a non-SF reader could appreciate.

What SF would you recommend to a non-reader? 2009

It's also pretty heavy sledding for a gateway into SF for the non-SF reader.

What SF would you recommend to a non-reader? 2009

Negative, he cannot claim SF, he was assigned to the Signal Company in a non-SF assignment.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE 2010

Namely the SF (and non-SF) writers have their own taboos they are not even conscious of, since these taboos are not perceived as taboos to be challenged at all, but truths to be protected from challenge at all cost.

MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009

Jo Walton on Gateway drugs: what books are good for introducing non-SF readers to SF?

January 2010 2010

As in, why I would read an SF novel over a non-SF novel?

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Madeline Ashby 2010

I'm not sure I'd spring Gene Wolf or Dan Simmons on an unsuspecting, non-SF reader.

What SF would you recommend to a non-reader? 2009