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Fiction: Worlds |
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| It takes imagination and a lot of work to create an alien world or universe, so it is no wonder that many science fiction writers create a world or a universe and set all or many of their works within the framework that they create. | ||
| The first author to systematically order an imaginary universe was Robert A. Heinlein, who devised a Future History, a timeline of events in the far future, and set his stories and novels within that future. | ||
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Isaac Asimov created the universe of his Foundation Trilogy as well as a world in which positronic robots co-existed with men. Eventually as he wrote sequels to his early stories set with those backgrounds, he attempted with some success to connect these futures by eventually weaving together the stories of the Foundation and the positronic robots. |
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| Fans enjoy the familiar, and they enjoy reading more about a universe and a world view they are already acquainted with. Thus, while many of these stories and novels are not sequels in the strict sense, they all benefit from readers familiarity with the setting. | ||
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Guide © 2002 Agatha Taormina Last Revised: July 14, 2002 |