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Sep. 29th, 2012
story-eating world-building
Sep. 29th, 2012 01:37 pmBy which I do not mean that world-building, too, can be a form of vacuuming the cat --- which I kinda take for granted.
No, what I mean is when a writer goes to tell a story, often retelling a story, in, say, a SF future. The problem is that the social hierarchy required is not -- futuristic. Indeed, it's rather more often seen in the past than in the present. Or perhaps it requires that there be servants.
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No, what I mean is when a writer goes to tell a story, often retelling a story, in, say, a SF future. The problem is that the social hierarchy required is not -- futuristic. Indeed, it's rather more often seen in the past than in the present. Or perhaps it requires that there be servants.
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religious strife
Sep. 29th, 2012 10:37 pmAh, religion and conflict. . . . the claim that religion caused most wars seems to be either hyperbole or produce by stretching the meaning of "religious war" past all recognition, but it's caused a good number, and there are other conflicts too -- such as the riots during the Iconoclast controversy, or the execution of Socrates for impiety.
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