tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post8779130744647758465..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : Building Worlds With WordsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-42757568181772206152012-08-21T11:34:06.010-06:002012-08-21T11:34:06.010-06:00Poe, absolutely! Which reminds me - LOVECRAFT. Wow...Poe, absolutely! Which reminds me - LOVECRAFT. Wow, that guy had a true talent for making you feel like things were crawling around under your skin. <br /><br />As for Outlander . . . ah, Jaaaaaamie. Was it about other stuff? ;-)Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-10300729421368361902012-08-21T09:22:26.068-06:002012-08-21T09:22:26.068-06:00LORD OF THE RINGS above all. i think I lived ther...LORD OF THE RINGS above all. i think I lived there on and off for years. Loved DUNE--vividly drawn down to the last detail. Heinlein's THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS probably created the space outpost world for everybody for years, both in books and movies. I was a huge Dickens fan in high school (yeah, I know, I'm weird) and Edgar Allen Poe, too. Those two know how to set a scene! More recently I've been lost in 18th Century Scotland and North Carolina with OUTLANDER and the very hot, hip urban paranormal romance world of J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Great post, Sharon!Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-45907157522346974862012-08-20T22:44:56.600-06:002012-08-20T22:44:56.600-06:00More great additions, thanks, Laurie!
Confession...More great additions, thanks, Laurie! <br /><br />Confession: I have never read Dune! It is on my ever expanding list. <br /><br />It's been ages since I read Dragonriders - would love to read it again. Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-7860621741987835752012-08-20T18:22:24.214-06:002012-08-20T18:22:24.214-06:00Oh my. So many worlds, so little time. Here are a ...Oh my. So many worlds, so little time. Here are a few faves just off the top of my head.<br /><br />Probably my favorite novel for fabu-tastic world-building is (sorry to sound like a broken record here), Dragonriders of Pern. This dangerous but fascinating world of killer thread, Weir politics and telepathic dragons and riders that can jump "between" to other dimensions captivated me.<br /><br />Another (no surprise here either) is Dune. Warring planetary fifedoms, the mysterious Freman, mind-altering spice addiction, and monstrous sandworms all contribute to a rich universe with some very imaginative twists.<br /><br />The Outback Stars features a complex future that fuses Australian mythology into a future where giant military settlerships traverse an ancient alien transportation web that humans know very little about.<br /><br />Definite honorable mentions are Ann Aguirre's Sirantha Jax series, Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan saga, and Linnea Sinclair's Games of Command universe and Dock Five series. I also loved the 900,000 year old civilization in a tropical Antarctica that was so richly drawn in Rene Barjavel's The Ice People. <br /><br />As a writer, I (naturally) love all the worlds I create, but Draxis is probably the setting I'd most like to become immersed in.<br /> L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-4556821867220251082012-08-20T14:39:57.433-06:002012-08-20T14:39:57.433-06:00This post and discussion inspired me to read up a ...This post and discussion inspired me to read up a little more on Splinter. I did not realize that Foster actually wrote the original Star Wars Episode IV novel, and collaborated with Lucas on fleshing out the Star Wars world. Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-34518993525487198002012-08-20T14:26:50.682-06:002012-08-20T14:26:50.682-06:00Lord of the Rings, how could I leave that one out!...Lord of the Rings, how could I leave that one out! And some new ones for my list too. <br /><br />That is a GREAT analogy. I have some transgenics in my current novel that I keep wishing I could draw.<br /><br />After so many years - and especially after the Star Wars saga unfolded in a way that made Splinter seem to be based on flawed information - it is amazing to me how many people still know and love this book!Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-29462228755828354502012-08-20T13:31:53.414-06:002012-08-20T13:31:53.414-06:00Splinters of the Mind's Eye was one I read and...Splinters of the Mind's Eye was one I read and loved! For me, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Dark Crystal and The Lord of the Rings were my favourite fantasy worlds. The Crystal Singer (Ballybran and the other worlds Killashandra visited) and Drowntide (a marine world with a play on mermaids).<br />But when writing, the world building is the part I love. I can't draw, so I sketch in those worlds in words and then shaped them around my characters. Pippa Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146591827060731958noreply@blogger.com