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Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding is the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, sometimes associated with a fictional universe.[1] 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.[2] Worldbuilding often involves the creation of geography, a backstory, flora, fauna, inhabitants, technology and often if writing speculative fiction, different peoples. This may include social customs as well as invented languages for the world.[3][4][5][6]: PT103
The world could encompass different planets spanning vast distances of space or be limited in scope to a single small village.[6]: 104 Worldbuilding exists in novels, tabletop role-playing games, and visual media such as films, video games and comics.[7][8][9][10][11] Prior to 1900, most worldbuilding was conducted by novelists, who could leave imagination of the fictional setting in part to the reader.[6]: 106 Some authors of fiction set multiple works in the same world. This is known as a fictional universe.[12] For example, science fiction writer Jack Vance set a number of his novels in the Gaean Reach, a fictional region of space.[8] A fictional universe with works by multiple authors is known as a shared world. One notable example of such is the Star Wars Expanded Universe.[13]
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- ^ Hergenrader, Trent (2019). Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers. London, UK. ISBN 978-1-350-01666-8. OCLC 1009182095.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wolf, Mark J. P. (2020). World-builders on World-building: An Exploration of Subcreation. New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-429-24286-1. OCLC 1151513107.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Lawrence, Kelly (2014). Building Your Story: A Guide to Structure and Plot. Ropley. ISBN 978-1-78279-607-7. OCLC 883432427.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Wolf, Mark J. P. (2018). The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds. New York. ISBN 978-1-317-26828-4. OCLC 1004848638.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Gavins, Joanna; Lahey, Ernestine (2016). World Building: Discourse in the Mind. London. ISBN 978-1-4725-8655-1. OCLC 950613576.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Wolf, Mark J. P. (2012). Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-22081-4. OCLC 851971993.
- ^ Johnson, Derek (2013). Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4349-2. OCLC 830164533.
- ^ Letizia, Angelo (2020). Graphic Novels as Pedagogy in Social Studies: How to Draw Citizenship. Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-030-44252-1. OCLC 1153082894.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Paterson, Eddie; Simpson-Williams, Timothy; Cordner, Will (2020). Once Upon a Pixel: Storytelling and Worldbuilding in Video Games. Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 978-1-351-01427-4. OCLC 1127387835.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Brooker, Joseph (2020). Jonathan Lethem and the Galaxy of Writing. London. ISBN 978-1-350-00376-7. OCLC 1089274366.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Prucher, Jeff (2007). Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-989140-5. OCLC 608415902.
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