14.03: World of Hats
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Margaret, and Howard
Margaret Dunlap joins us during season 14 to talk about worldbuilding. In this, her first episode with us, we talk about worlds in which a monolithic culture (like, say, ‘everyone wears hats’) is represented. We cover how to use the trope to your advantage, and how to avoid the trope if it’s going to cause problems.
Homework: Write some monoculture-defying fanfic, in which you add outliers to your favorite world of hats. Like, say, a Klingon belly-dancer, or the microclimate on Hoth where you can grow peaches.
Thing of the week: An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir.
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