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I'll start one when I get home today. Should it be in this subforum?
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NaNo 2016 thread here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3793864 I hope everyone votes in the poll!
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If you want to write fiction set in a culture you're unfamiliar with, what are reliable academic resources to get a feel for history and practices?
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Nov 7, 2016 19:54
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General Battuta posted:You absolutely have to find some primary sources written by people from that culture. It's the only way to get it even a bit right. I will get to hunting, thanks man
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Nov 7, 2016 22:20
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You have to read what you like. The common factor with people who break the mold is that they looked at what they liked and then they asked themselves "what can I do differently in this genre?"
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But if its a true utopia than nothing is going to happen. DS9 pointed out how foolish that was and that the Federation still had problems.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Surprised nobody has brought up The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, though I think it would take some seriously crazy chops to keep that conceit rolling for an entire novel. (edit: TooMuchAbstraction mentioned it actually, my bad) But doesn't that mean it isn't actually a utopia?
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