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 […]
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Worldbuilding: Hard and Soft Imports
In the earliest days of this blog, I talked about my “fantasy manifesto“, and part of it was, “Do Not Copy And Paste Cultures“. I still believe in that fundamental […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Geopolitics in the Interstellar (Part Three)
Borders are a hell of a thing in three dimensions. They aren’t lines, of course. They aren’t usually even walls. If anything, they’re planes where spheres intersect. I made a […]
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 moreFuture Worldbuilding: Geopolitics in the Interstellar (Part One)
Now, if you’ve been following me for a while, you know I take working out the geography pretty seriously. I’ve built out a 150 light-year radius from Earth, and while […]
Read moreEverything You Wanted To Know About Worldbuilding
Some time ago, I posted links to my various Worldbuilding posts. I’ve written quite a lot more of them since then, so it was high time to reorganize. It occurs […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Art and Culture in the Fantasy World
The most fundamental way to define a culture is through its art. Geography, food, religion, technology and government are critical as well, of course, but none of those quite get […]
Read moreSpace Opera Worldbuilding: Building the Non-Humanocentric Universe
You are probably familiar with the Bechdel Test*- while not a test of quality or even feminist credential, it is at least an interesting gauge to be aware of as […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Great Forces of History
We present the following not as a matter of law, to be debated by a council of lords or ignored by a monarch, but as a matter of truth: the […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Complexity in the Political Landscapes
As part of Way of the Shield, I’ve been delving deeper into the politics of Druthal. In doing so, I’m taking into account the same thing I said about strawmen […]
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