March is Worldbuilding Month! Leave me a question about any of my worlds, and I will do my best to answer it! (I need more questions, guys)
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This tenth one is from ladyRowyn: Do you have any worlds that arenât Earth-like in general shape/climate/vegetation? why/why not?
Okay, I have to think about that one!
Okay, so something like 9/10 of my worlds are immediately out of the running because theyâre âin a world much like our own;â i.e., urban fantasy, for the most part, the sort of thing where itâs very familiar to readers because itâs Earth (and usually America), just with magic: Aunt Family, Stranded World, Fae Apoc, Planners, Facets, Shadow Rebellion, TĂr na Cali, Bug Invasion, Fairy Town, Cracks, Science! (okay, Science! is Earth, just with Science!), Inner Circle.
Then thereâs settings where we never really see the world – Dragons Next Door, Unicorn/FactoryâŚ
Okay, things actually set on a different world: Reiassan, which is goats and linen and rice and parsnips, just after a little ice age. Thatâs pretty earth-like. I mean, the continents are differentâŚ
Things Unspoken is a giant sprawling Empire in something that is pseudo-European in many ways. I havenât really looked at the climate, but I havenât explored much of the World, although there is at least a map.
Space Accountant is on a ship in space. Foedus Planatarum is in space – but starts with Earth, if you look far enough back. Jahnanâs planet would be a lot different from Earth, but weâve never seen it.
Iâm thinking the closest I get here is enclosed environments – asteroids, that sort of thing. Maybe something on Colonies, but they donât get a whole lot of attention.
Now that Iâve looked at this, I think the âwhy notâ is that, while I enjoy worldbuilding, Iâve never really gotten a kick out of âhow do things turn out if the environment is completely different?â and thatâs really what those stories seem to be, to me. But now I might feel the need to try something like that, because challenges.
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