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.

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

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