Unearthing Timbuktu’s Legacy: Using West African Manuscripts in SFF Worldbuilding - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Jason Collins. Explore Timbuktu’s manuscripts and see how their astronomy, law, medicine, and theology can spark original worldbuilding beyond traditional European-centric fantasy.
A. Lincoln, Simulacrum: Approaches to Reanimating the Great Emancipator - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Ben Nadler. Writers have reinvented Abraham Lincoln through many speculative devices, including ghosts, androids, and time travel. Discover how these imaginative approaches reshape history and illuminate Lincoln’s enduring cultural power.
Artifacts of Alt-History: Mining Museum Objects for SFF Inspiration - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Sarah Karwisch. Historical artifacts can bring inspiration to speculative fiction. Here's how you can use museum objects to drive plot turns in your stories, spark conflict, and shape your worldbuilding.
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