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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2008-03-02 10:06 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2008-03-02 10:06 am
World Building Month
In reaction to what he sees as unimaginative SFnal settings, Pompe makes a declaration:
I think SFRPGs need to rediscover that sense of wonder, not of starship battles and alien empires but of the sunset over an alien world. Maybe some SF fiction would do well to do the same.
Anyway, I hereby declare March 2008 World Building Month on this LJ, in order to put the worlds and the science of them back in SF, games and fiction. I encourage anyone interested in the same things to work for the same goal.
As you can see, he already has put together some relevent articles.
Instead of saying "Maybe some SF fiction would do well to do the same," I'd say that if more did, I'd be a very happy reviewer. There never were a lot of rigorously worked out alien worlds (Mike Resnick has made a career using just the opposite) but more would be better.
I think SFRPGs need to rediscover that sense of wonder, not of starship battles and alien empires but of the sunset over an alien world. Maybe some SF fiction would do well to do the same.
Anyway, I hereby declare March 2008 World Building Month on this LJ, in order to put the worlds and the science of them back in SF, games and fiction. I encourage anyone interested in the same things to work for the same goal.
As you can see, he already has put together some relevent articles.
Instead of saying "Maybe some SF fiction would do well to do the same," I'd say that if more did, I'd be a very happy reviewer. There never were a lot of rigorously worked out alien worlds (Mike Resnick has made a career using just the opposite) but more would be better.