tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post2156838055470590219..comments2024-03-28T05:59:52.454-07:00Comments on TalkToYoUniverse: Worldbuilding is not just Fantasy: the Girl with the Dragon TattooJuliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-72110491787759881162011-01-16T08:50:33.904-08:002011-01-16T08:50:33.904-08:00Thanks for the comment, JDsg/JJTM ;)! Thanks for ...Thanks for the comment, JDsg/JJTM ;)! Thanks for giving that terrific example.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-71962785563174777822011-01-16T05:35:21.453-08:002011-01-16T05:35:21.453-08:00I have been meaning to write a blog post since Sep...I have been meaning to write a blog post since September about "worldbuilding" from a non-fiction perspective. I have been reading off-and-on T.E. Lawrence's (Lawrence of Arabia) "Seven Pillars of Wisdom." One of the things that has struck me about his writing is the vast amount of detail he put into his writing, which gives the reader a very strong mental picture of the Arabian landscape and the Arabs living there. That's why, when you say that you disagree with the notion that "if you're not writing science fiction and fantasy, you must not be doing worldbuilding, so you might as well give it a miss," I would agree with you. Lawrence's worldbuilding was not intended as "worldbuilding" from a SF/F perspective, but the world that he described is just as powerful as any one would find in a SF/F novel.<br /><br />JDsg (under a different <i>nom de plume</i>)JJTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503796575688521523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-5244231368720729532011-01-15T21:41:16.367-08:002011-01-15T21:41:16.367-08:00Good thought, Heidi. Thanks for sharing it.Good thought, Heidi. Thanks for sharing it.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-87953447195124411612011-01-15T21:23:25.576-08:002011-01-15T21:23:25.576-08:00This makes me realize that we live in a built worl...This makes me realize that we live in a built world full of built cultures. Not built in the immediate, conscious way a writer does it, but our names and words and customs still had to come from <i>somewhere</i>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11865524260060421873noreply@blogger.com