Joram, it is well established that the correct way to build a sci-fi or fantasy world is to make certain fantastic assumptions, but otherwise make it as realistic as possible. In other words, a fantasy world can establish its own rule set, but these rules must be consistent with themselves and with the rest of the world. You starts off with a fantastic premise and then develop the world around this premise, not keep adding more and more fantastic assumptions on top of one another. This is how good fantasy works. Bad fantasy, on the other hand, is self-contradictory and/or pushes itself arbitrarily far every time it finds it convenient.
Last edited by neatfires; 15/02/11 02:14 PM.
