My guest this week is Anna - ForestOfGlory on Twitter & Dreamwidth. We talked about the details that suck us into stories, and those that knock us out.

Essay on The Canon. (And Renay's post which inspired it)

Books with great worldbuilding!

A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewski
Spirit Gate (Crossroads Book 1) - Kate Elliott
King's Dragon (Crown of Stars Book 1) - Kate Elliott
A Natural History of Dragons - Marie Brennan

Response to Uprooted from Anna. My comments in episode 5.

Pesky details that may knock us out of a story:

Intellectual history of Constitutional Monarchy through Hobbes & Locke
Coppicing (consider The Illustrated History of the Countryside by Oliver Rakham)
Invasive species, alien evolution, and personalities based on alien herbivore/carnivore status
Timescales for civilization development & evolutionary pressure

Recent Short Fiction Recommendations

Below the Root by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.  Green Sky Trilogy book 1. — *Below the Root* by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. *Green Sky Trilogy* book 1.

The amazing art which inspired me to actually get this project off the ground was created by@etrandem

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Music - Jazzy Ashes by The Underscore Orkestra

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