Welcome, sci-fi enthusiasts and aspiring world-builders! As a hard science fiction writer, I’ve always believed that the heart of an interesting story lies in blending imagination with scientific precision. When crafting the universes of my stories, I turn to real-world science to ground my speculation, especially for one of the genre’s biggest questions: What about […]
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 the first experiments with radio began, the possibility of detecting alien transmissions became real. If there was an advanced civilization on Mars, it would be […]
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, it is titled: All about Power. In case you’ve missed the previous posts in the thread, Part 1 begins here. The previous post in this […]