tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post7470907856342586493..comments2024-01-02T16:42:15.732-05:00Comments on Redlines and Deadlines: Worldbuilding TrapsECPI Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-32693947598818179662008-03-19T11:37:00.000-04:002008-03-19T11:37:00.000-04:00I disagree with your first point. A newly coloniz...I disagree with your first point. A newly colonized planet should have one government. If a group of people travel from Earth to form a new world, they would have one government, at least, at first. <BR/><BR/>Later, people could move on and create other governments or there could be a split and cause a civil war. People coming to a new planet would have a reason to start a new world, an agenda, and it is absurd to think that a few hundred or so people would not live under the same government until their colony grows. <BR/><BR/>A large piece of land doesn't mean lots of governments. If man landed on Mars tomorrow and established a permanent base there, how many governments would exist on that base? <BR/><BR/>I am not talking about the people on that base coming from USA, Russia, Japan and other countries. I'm talking about the base itself. One government, I hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-35131594002761396282008-02-21T10:50:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:50:00.000-05:00Mary, you're a gal after my own heart. It drives m...Mary, you're a gal after my own heart. It drives me batty when authors break their own rules or create rules that are implausible.<BR/><BR/>Your number 6 is a pet peeve of mine. I think that using apostrophes in fantasy/sci-fi names has become cliche.<BR/><BR/>As you know, I've recently built my own world in which there is a Universal Wish Federation that employs fairies to grant wishes. It's been fun and challenging to create the rules for that world. More than once I've come up against a rule I established that I had to work around, but I like it. It stretches my imagination.Kate Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923324775303769386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-24713774038724174212008-02-20T22:02:00.000-05:002008-02-20T22:02:00.000-05:00Very well written post. The one government over an...Very well written post. The one government over an entire world drives me insane. <BR/><BR/>I'd like to add to the list...just one thing. It drives me crazy when I read a fooglesnap and realize based on description that it is supposed to be a cat. Orson Scott Card nailed it when he said "call a rabbit a rabbit." Why come up with ridiculous and hard to pronounce names (which usually is a fantasy problem) for things that are, essentially, the same thing. <BR/><BR/>"Old Earth" yes, it has to be done VERY well to keep me interested. <BR/><BR/>I cut my eye teeth on sci fi and fantasy so world building is extremely important to me as a reader.Dawn Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094479667234469671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-47838475310057366412008-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:00i hadn't thought much about this topic, but it's r...i hadn't thought much about this topic, but it's really quite interesting. i have always been more of a <I>multum in parvo</I> type of writer, but when you "go big," you have to get the rules right. <BR/><BR/>the "old earth" fan rule is hilarious -- i can see some old codger on the doorstep of a general store on planet x saying, "weeeeeeeel, back on <I>old earth</I> we didn't have no fancy rocket packs, and we liked it!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-13852129538914145802008-02-19T15:39:00.000-05:002008-02-19T15:39:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for a great post! So many books hav...Thanks so much for a great post! <BR/><BR/>So many books have terrific worldbuilding, which left me completely gobsmacked when I ran into number 5 on your list recently. For a book released this year. By a multi-pubbed science fiction author.<BR/><BR/>I was so angry because it took me out of the story completely and I had to stop reading. "Old Earth" fan is fun the first time around, but it's so distinct that it should be used sparingly.<BR/><BR/>So this post made me feel better because I thought it was just me.<BR/><BR/>JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com