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Comment on Coming down from a Conference high. by staticsan

staticsan — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:40:53 +0000

“prehensile”? My cat ears are not prehensile, I’m afraid; just motile.

Comment on Coming down from a Conference high. by Lily Mulholland

Lily Mulholland — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:03:11 +0000

Have added to the round-up on the Conflux website

Comment on The Edges Of World-Building: The Scale Of Things by staticsan

staticsan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:41:04 +0000

Good catch! It has been argued that the problems Faster Than Light travel solves are unique to the SF genre. But you’re right: they’re not! They are the same problems Fantasy genres have but at the other end of the scale.

Niven’s Motie novels (“The Mote In God’s Eye” and sequels) are one of the few good examples of an original solution to FTL travel that deeply influences the world’s history.

Comment on The Edges Of World-Building: The Scale Of Things by jokeefeoz

jokeefeoz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:38:07 +0000

Very similar in science fiction stories, usually having to rely on faster than light travel to get from one star system to the other.

Comment on The Edges Of World-Building: The Scale Of Things by Melissa McPhail

Melissa McPhail — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:20:04 +0000

Thanks for the great post. I loved the point you made about provincial cultures and cultural differences relating to distance (and short distances at that!). We expect differences in culture from kingdom to kingdom, but it truth, they could vary from village to village depending on how much communication is available from beyond their borders.

It’s a wonderful perspective to keep in mind.

Comment on The Edges Of World-Building: The Scale Of Things by Whoa, Molly!

Whoa, Molly! — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:13:23 +0000

I think this is why I enjoy writing Spec stories. The real world is far too ‘known’.

Great post.

Comment on The Edges Of World-Building: The Scale Of Things by C.B. McCullough

C.B. McCullough — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:51:17 +0000

I find myself anticipating these sorts of problems when I read fantasy novels… When it takes the majority of a book for a group to travel from Point A to Point B, I’m just waiting for the deus ex machina that will conveniently transport them to the next plot point.
It’s interesting that you bring up Rome and the Mediterranean. That’s what I did in my novel. I modeled the world after the Ancient Mediterranean world– much of it being seas– making it more conceivable that characters have been able to travel long distances and not, as you put it, live their entire lives within sight of the same church spire. (I had no interest in magical teleportation, super-speedy flying creatures or any other such tropes). Cool post!

Comment on Who do you write like? by Markus

Markus — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:12:12 +0000

This went round my friends yesterday, I found it via my writing site and just like this says got many different authors as well as several consistent ones from different pieces of work, like J.K.Rowling and Charles Dickens. We all had good fun on it but at the end of the day we are all different, even though it was nice to aspire for a while. .

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fotsfantasy — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:49:33 +0000

I was nominated by a follower for a Liebster Award. I nominated you as well, deservedly so. Details here: http://fotsfantasy.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/liebster-award/