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Worldbuilding Week Day Three: Politics and Culture

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Worldbuilding Week

Welcome to the second annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and politics; sex, marriage and reproduction; and tools and techniques. It should be a lot of fun. Today we’re talking about culture and politics, and Lloyd A. Meeker will be our moderator. Here’s my take: There are really only two over-arching questions for you to answer in your world-building task: 1) How is it different from the familiar world? 2) How is it similar to the familiar world? Very often a … Read more

Political Speculative Fiction

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Star Wars Senate

It’s the US presidential election (for nearly another 5 months god help us), but do you like to read books with a political angle? This can be other planetary or inter-pack or species. Does the backstabbing double dealing of Washington or Alderon get you hot and sweaty or make you want to blow up a planet? Any great stories with strong political themes that you’ve loved? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

WORLDBUILDING WEEK: Day Four – Navigating Culture & Politics

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Worldbuilting Week

Welcome to the first annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and politics; sex, marriage and reproduction; and tools and techniques. It should be a lot of fun. OK, so you’ve come up with your very own language for your new world. You’ve chosen the most awesome-ever aliens or magical creatures to populate it. And you’ve set up a timeline for your history/ Now you have to build the culture that they’ll live in. Some things to consider – what kind of … Read more