This article is the first follow-on to a series on first contact. This is part of a series of articles about science fiction world building: From the moment […]
Case I of First Contact, an Article by Torn MacAlester
Category: Science of Stories
Worldbuilding for Science Fiction 8 Apr 2025
In the sub-genre of hard science fiction, an attempt is made to ensure that the science in the story is somewhat correct. One issue that I have been following is […]
Is Colonization of Moon or Mars the Same Paradigm as Colonizing New Lands in the Past?
So can we colonize space like homo sapiens moving out of Africa in the stone age, or like the Pilgrims colonized Massachusetts in the 1600s? How about crossing the land […]
First Contact: An Article By Torn MacAlester
First contact is one of the mainstay themes of science fiction. In fact, it would not surprise me if it was the most common theme in all science fiction. To […]
Worldbuilding 4: Articles by Torn MacAlester
Worldbuilding 3: Articles by Torn MacAlester
World Building 2: Articles by Torn MacAlester
Worldbuilding 1: Articles by Torn MacAlester
World Building for Science FictionImage by Snapwire on pexels I wanted to share some insight into the world building process that I am using in my science fiction stories. First […]
The Drake Equation: An Article by Torn MacAlester
Civilization and Power
It’s All About PowerPart 3 of World Building for Science fiction: This is the definition of the Kardashev Scale. Since it is a measure of the power generated by a civilization, […]