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worldbuilding

How to Make an Apple Pie: Building the Ecology of an SFF Universe

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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The Legend of Zelda

What Breath of the Wild Has To Say About Storytelling (and Life)

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detail from the cover of MA Foster's Gameplayers of Zan; art by Michael Whelan
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worldbuilding

Five Ways Science Fiction Can Expand Beyond Homo sapiens

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Comment number: 39
Artist's conception of a planetary disc forming around a new planet
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astronomy

No Two Worlds Are the Same: Planetary Diversity in SF

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Comment number: 21
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, and Joseph Quinn in The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Fantastic Four

Are the Fantastic Four Leading a Planet-Wide Cult in Their Universe?

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Comment number: 5
Closeup photo of a calendar/planner for the month of June
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worldbuilding

Counting the Days: Five SFF Approaches to Calendars

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Comment number: 41
Syril talking to Samm covertly in Palmo's central square in Andor season 2, week 2
Featured Essays
Star Wars

The Worldbuilding of Andor’s Ghorman Speaks Volumes

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Illustration of a succubus and an orc standing back to back behind the counter of a coffee and pastry shop, from the cover of Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes
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Five Books About

5 Books That Worldbuild Through Fashion and Food

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The Rock confronts Roman Reigns in a segment from Road to Wrestlemania: Smackdown
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wrestling

WrestleMania and the Cure to Recursive Mythology

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Photo of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore
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architecture

Arkady Martine in Singapore: On Sci-Fi City Planning and What Makes a “City of the Future”

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fantasy

Fantasy’s Icy Tundra Problem — And How To Thaw It Out

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Comment number: 0
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The Locked Tomb

Are We the Baddies? Magic and Normativity in The Locked Tomb Series

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Comment number: 13

“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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