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Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding is the process carried out in speculative fiction of constructing an imaginary world or setting, pursued in high fantasy and sometimes recurring as a fictional universe. Developing the world with coherent qualities such as a history, geography, culture and ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writers.

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Types of constructed worlds

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Worldbuilding

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Worldbuilding

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related to Culture · 23
Worldbuilding → Africa, Another, Belgariad, Champions, Champions Universe, Constructed, Creating, Everything, Golden Rule, Long, Mesoamerica, Rome, Shannara, Simon Provencher, Some, Star Trek's Romulans, Steven, The, The Savage Empire, This
related to Geography · 16
Worldbuilding → Cartography, Construction, Desire, Earth-like, Finished, For, Geography, Isaac Asimov's, Maps, Middle-earth, Often, Rings, The, The Lord, The Talking Stone, These
has method · 13
Worldbuilding → Dragons, Dungeons, For, From, In, It, Prominent, Terry Pratchett, The, This, With, World, You
related to Physics · 13
Worldbuilding → Biotics, Dark Tower, For, In, Mass Effect, Midnight, One, Some, Souls, Star Wars, The, Well, While
related to Elements · 8
Worldbuilding → An, Consistency, Designers, From, However, These, Tolkien, Writers
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Worldbuilding → process carried out in speculative fiction of constructing an imaginary world or setting

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Worldbuildingis aprocess carried out in speculative fiction of constructing an imaginary world or setting0.90text
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geographyinstance ofDeveloping the world with coherent qualities0.80text
cultureinstance ofDeveloping the world with coherent qualities0.80text
ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writersinstance ofDeveloping the world with coherent qualities0.80text
filmsinstance ofand visual media0.80text
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George MacDonaldinstance ofThe creation of literary fictional worlds was first examined by fantasy authors0.80text
Jinstance ofThe creation of literary fictional worlds was first examined by fantasy authors0.80text
the world's inhabitantsinstance ofdetermining broad characteristics0.80text
technology levelinstance ofdetermining broad characteristics0.80text

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