{"id":11888,"date":"2012-02-23T03:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=11888"},"modified":"2015-03-19T21:52:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T08:52:20","slug":"sf-signal-mind-meld-favourite-villains-in-fantasy-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/02\/23\/sf-signal-mind-meld-favourite-villains-in-fantasy-science-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Signal Mind Meld: Favourite Villains in Fantasy &#038; Science Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/07\/10\/six-great-heroes-of-epic-fantasy-part-2\/elrico\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6670\" title=\"elrico\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/elrico-86x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/elrico-86x150.jpg 86w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/elrico.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s fun all the way on <a href=\"http:\/\/sfsignal.com\/\">SF Signal&#8217;s<\/a> current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/02\/mind-meld-who-are-your-favorite-villains-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction\/#more-50670\">Mind Meld<\/a>, with a list of authors being asked to name their favourite villains in Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/six-great-non-human-heroes-of-sff-part-two\/summertree2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7617\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7617\" title=\"summertree2\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/summertree2-96x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/summertree2-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/summertree2.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>The authors featured include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottlynch.us\/\">Scott Lynch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mabfan.com\/\">Michael Burstein<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skiffyandfanty.com\/\">Shaun Duke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skiffyandfanty.com\/\">Jen Zink<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lbgale.com\/\">LB Gale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/index.html\">Helen Lowe<\/a> (that&#8217;s, er, me&#8211;yippee! ;-)), <a href=\"http:\/\/thesnowleopard.net\/\">Paula Stiles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/02\/mind-meld-who-are-your-favorite-villains-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction\/www.howardandrewjones.com\">Howard Andrew Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markchadbourn.net\/\">Mark Chadbourn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/iansales.com\/\">Ian Sales<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thecontextuallife.com\/\">Gabrielle Gantz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mdlachlan.com\/\">MD Lachlan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mykecole.com\/\">Myke Cole<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferpelland.com\/\">Jennifer Pelland<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riyria.blogspot.com\/\">Michael Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/04\/03\/what-im-reading-14\/a-betrayal-in-winter-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4499\" title=\"A Betrayal In Winter\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/A-Betrayal-In-Winter-98x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/A-Betrayal-In-Winter-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/A-Betrayal-In-Winter-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/A-Betrayal-In-Winter.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a>Some of these names you&#8217;ll recognise instantly, others you may have to investigate a bit further, but I can assure that the collective take on favourite villains and villainy is diverse and interesting&#8212;definitely worth checking out as are the authors themselves.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/encountering-fantastic-worlds-part-3-scifi-continued\/thesnowqueen1sted\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10009\" title=\"TheSnowQueen(1stEd)\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/TheSnowQueen1stEd-96x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/TheSnowQueen1stEd-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/TheSnowQueen1stEd-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/TheSnowQueen1stEd.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>OK, let&#8217;s go then&#8212;check that Mind Meldout, right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/02\/mind-meld-who-are-your-favorite-villains-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction\/#more-50670\">HERE<\/a>!<\/h3>\n<p>Have a favourite villain of your own you want to talk about? Then you can post about it here, or better still, on the Mind Meld itself&#8212;am sure the SF Signal team and other contributing authors would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/02\/23\/sf-signal-mind-meld-favourite-villains-in-fantasy-science-fiction\/paladin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11892\" title=\"Paladin\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Paladin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>What&#8217;s that? Oh, you want to know where the covers fit in&#8212;well, all these books get a mention in my contribution to the Mind Meld. But you&#8217;ll have to go have a read to learn the whys and wherefores!:)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s fun all the way on SF Signal&#8217;s current Mind Meld, with a list of authors being asked to name their favourite villains in Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction. The authors featured include Scott Lynch, Michael Burstein, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, LB Gale, Helen Lowe (that&#8217;s, er, me&#8211;yippee! ;-)), Paula Stiles, Howard Andrew Jones, Mark Chadbourn, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sf-signal-guest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11888"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28536,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11888\/revisions\/28536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}