Create rich, complex fictional settings with tips from a New York Times–bestselling author and Nebula, Hugo, and Bram Stoker Award nominee.
International bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson has created many extensive fictional universes, ranging from sweeping galactic empires to complex steampunk fantasies, to humorous monster-filled cities. He has become known for his skill in worldbuilding. Now, in Worldbuilding: From Small Towns to Entire Universes, he describes the techniques he uses in creating a rich fictional setting, leading writers through the countless questions and topics one must consider.
Whether it's geography, climate, politics, economics, society, religion, science, arts, or history, all of these ingredients form the basis for a believable setting for your story to unfold—and the expertise provided in this book by a prolific master of science fiction, fantasy, and horror with over twenty million of copies in print will show you how to create universes of your own.
