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Monthly Archives: June 2010
I’ve fallen into TVTropes and I can’t get out!
This was going to be a post describing the fall of my fictional Solar Union(as opposed to the real Solar Union? Yeah. Not so much.). I realized I needed a link to Magnificent Bastardry. That led me, tragically, into the … Continue reading
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Tagged astrographer, cause I'm sure somebody's looking for that, tvtropes
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The Collapse of a Civilization
or: Big Things Die Hard So right now I have two draft posts, both of which refuse to come together. One rquires me to just sit down and pound away at my notes in a way I just haven’t had … Continue reading
Posted in History, Science Fiction, World Building
Tagged astrographer, concultures, conhistory, conworld, conworlding, futurism, Science Fiction, sf, World Building, worldbuilding
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Physical Planetography: Orbital Parameters
Introduction The first stage of any physical planetbuilding is to figure out where the planet is, and the best way to do that is to build up the system. This post will mostly be regarding a small bit of research … Continue reading
Posted in Planetary Stuff, Science Fiction, World Building
Tagged astrographer, conworld, conworlding, orbits, Science Fiction, sf, stardata, World Building, worldbuilding
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Atmospheric Circulation for Sadwillow
Well, I finally got my air circulation charts put together. Like the ocean currents, these are very generalized. I pretty much used the guidelines in Geoff Eddy’s Climate Cookbook. For the summer diagram, I am not at all sure what … Continue reading
Ocean Currents
I’ve gotten a lot done in the last couple of days. I had some quality time with the kids, I rocked a job interview(one hopes), and I worked out the ocean currents and atmospheric circulation for Sadwillow. I do think … Continue reading
A Little Grounding
For the next stage in detailing Sadwillow, we’re going to be using the Wilbur heightfield editing program by Joe Slayton. Now this is a Windows program, and I’m a definite Mac person. On the other hand it’s the only free … Continue reading
Posted in Planetary Stuff, Projects, Sadwillow Project, World Building
Tagged astrographer, atlas, conworlding, terrain, wilbur, worldbuilding
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Stumped on Sadwillow
Sadwillow is giving me headaches :). Continue reading
Motivations Governing Cultural History
Part of building a world is populating it. Where are the cities? Who are the leaders? What do they speak? What kind of music is playing down in the Market Quarter? Where can I get a good Vilani beer that … Continue reading
Adding Flesh to the Skeleton
Worldbuilder’s Bookshelf is up and running… Continue reading
Last bit of progress on Sadwillow
I figure before I continue the mapping I need to be able to sit down with pencil and paper and do some planning. Right now, I’m working on how the tectonic plates mesh together. This could potentially be done on … Continue reading
Posted in Planetary Stuff, Projects, Sadwillow Project, Science Fiction, World Building
Tagged astrographer, conworlding, worldbuilding
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