William X. Adams
Right now, I’m editing the next volume in my philosophical psychology (“Philo-Psych”) nonfiction series. It’s tentatively titled “Mind, Body, World.”
Why do this? I ask myself. Who reads philosophical psychology? Well, somebody might, and anyway, for me, the nonfiction series is the intellectual foundation that stimulates the novels.
That's why I call my work "psi-fi" (for psychological fiction) rather than sci-fi. I stick to scientific plausibility where I can, but the truth is, scientists don't have a clue about how the mind works and psychology is not a real science (don't tell anyone I said that).
Fiction is the perfect art form to explore the labyrinth of the mind. Once I finish "Mind, Body, World," who knows what new characters might start talking to me.
Why do this? I ask myself. Who reads philosophical psychology? Well, somebody might, and anyway, for me, the nonfiction series is the intellectual foundation that stimulates the novels.
That's why I call my work "psi-fi" (for psychological fiction) rather than sci-fi. I stick to scientific plausibility where I can, but the truth is, scientists don't have a clue about how the mind works and psychology is not a real science (don't tell anyone I said that).
Fiction is the perfect art form to explore the labyrinth of the mind. Once I finish "Mind, Body, World," who knows what new characters might start talking to me.
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