Today’s required reading: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean. It’s a look at chemistry through the lens of history, The Disappearing Spoon talks about every element on the periodic table, […]
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Perils of the Science-Fiction Writer: Avoiding Obsolescence
I’ll admit I’m not a big short story reader, nor am I as versed in the classics as I ought to be. That said, I have a certain fondness for […]
Read moreMilestone Entry: 300th Post, and How To Look To the Future
So, amazingly enough, I’ve made 300 posts here. Though I think the main thing that demonstrates is dogged perseverance. If you look at the earliest days of this blog, when […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Geopolitics in the Interstellar (Part Two))
Last time, I talked about working out every culture’s homeworld, how advanced they are, and when they achieved FTL tech. So, knowing that, the rest is simple, right? Whoever has […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Space Opera and the Future of Food
I take the food aspect of worldbuilding pretty seriously, as you can tell. This is just as true in Sci-fi and Space Opera as it is in Fantasy. On some […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: How I Love Spreadsheets and Map Tools
All right, so I’ve talked about mapping things out and alien civilizations, but when dealing with things on an interstellar scale, when you’re talking about 4660 stars within a 100 […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Geography of the Interstellar
I’m sure my credentials as something of a map geek when it comes to worldbuilding are well established. I don’t know one can seriously do worldbuilding without a sense of […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Unfolding the Future
One thing I’ve noticed in most “future timelines”– be it for books or television or movies– the worldbuilding tends to gloss over the “near” future. This, of course, makes perfect […]
Read moreFurther Smaller Steps For Man
Yesterday was a pretty amazing day, one that gives me a lot of hope for the future of the human race. For one, Curiosity landed on Mars, and even though […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Crawling Towards Advancement
Today’s required reading: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean. A look at chemistry through the lens of history, The Disappearing Spoon talks about every element on the periodic table, its […]
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