tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post4834400204610840226..comments2024-03-10T04:29:20.044-04:00Comments on Mad Genius Club: World BuildingSarah A. Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-57180643410498910882009-03-29T10:03:00.000-04:002009-03-29T10:03:00.000-04:00I guess, just like readers expect a story to have ...I guess, just like readers expect a story to have a satisfactory end, they expect a fictional world to make sense. Something to do with the way our brains are wired, rather than a reflection of the real world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-45361786048741822362009-03-24T05:43:00.000-04:002009-03-24T05:43:00.000-04:00Worldbuilding is an interesting one because critic...Worldbuilding is an interesting one because critics often dislike 'real' worlds.<BR/><BR/>I know a very successful SF author who based his culture on a real model from the ancient world. A critic said it could never funtion - which would have been news to the citizens of the Roman Republic.<BR/><BR/>I wrote a Bronze Age story one based on Greek Mythology, Perseus and Andromeda. A critic hated it because it had an 'illogical magic system'. Actually, I used 'real' Bronze Age magic. Of course it was inconsistent, it was magic.<BR/><BR/>Of course, consistent magic is just science & technology on imaginary priciples.<BR/><BR/>JohnJohn Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.com