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Do you use unconventional world shapes? (lemmy.radio)

submitted 1 month ago by early_riser@lemmy.radio to c/worldbuilding@lemmy.world

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Flat worlds, toroidal planets, cube planets, etc.

My longest-lasting conworld existed on the inner surface of a sphere with a light source at the center. I briefly considered having Yih (the homeworld of the yinrih) be a toroidal planet, but thought it was too out there and decided to give it a ring instead.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

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If you haven't heard of him, look up Golden Age science fiction writer Poul Anderson.

He'd start with a star, figure out what the planets would look like, and then populate the worlds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson