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Ravages of Honor: Handwavium Part 4, The Concept of Generations

Worldbuilding isn’t just about establishing how the hyperdrive works or how the government works. It’s about establishing the “social” and “girl cootie” aspects of how their world works, since demography is destiny (to quote philosopher Auguste Comte). Some people dismiss this as “social scifi” as if it somehow makes it less scientific and unworthy of the title. They are wrong.

Ravages of Honor: Handwavium Part 3, The Genetic Engineering

Working the FTL handwavium in my Ravages of Honor universe.

Ravages of Honor: Handwavium Part 2, Nanotechnology

Working the FTL handwavium in my Ravages of Honor universe.

Ravages of Honor: Handwavium Part 1, FTL travel

Working the FTL handwavium in my Ravages of Honor universe.

Age of Samurai–A stunning docudrama

The Ravages of Honor series, has far more in common with feudal Japan than it does with the ballrooms of Regency England.

Quantum Gravity Photon Race

Down the quantum rabbit hole

The handwavium of “quatum” and “nano” diverges from the real limits of quantum entanglement.

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I’m a writer, honest!

It’s not creepy (maybe a little!). As writers we sometimes have to look up really weird stuff.

The color of the Sun

One of my pet peeves is the notion that the Sun is a “yellow” star. It’s not. It’s white. And SF writers ought to know better.