New Worlds: The Art of Diplomacy
For July, the New Worlds Patreon turns its attention to international affairs with the first of several posts on diplomacy! Comment over there . . .
Posts Tagged ‘book view cafe’
New Worlds Theory Post: Logical Consequences
I’m betting that quite a few of you have examples you could trot out for this week’s New Worlds Patreon essay, which concerns what happens when storytellers fail to think through the consequences of their worldbuilding. Share yours over at Book View Cafe!
New Worlds: A Plague of Vermin
Today’s New Worlds Patreon post comes with a trigger warning for discussion of many unpleasant critters, as we talk about vermin . . . comment over there!
New Worlds: Beautiful Society, Ugly Laws
This week on the New Worlds Patreon, some of the ways in which societies have tried to make themselves better by doing worse things. Comment over there . . .
New Worlds: Making Ends Meet
This week, the New Worlds Patreon looks at what kinds of odd jobs the desperately poor might take in order to make ends meet. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Can You Spare a Coin
Following on the general trend of the last two months of posts, for June the New Worlds Patreon is turning its attention to the very poorest stratum of society. We begin with the practice of begging — comment over at Book View Cafe!
The Onyx Court returns!
Over the last five months, I have re-issued all the novels of the Onyx Court series. Midnight Never Come and In Ashes Lie had been available in ebook for a while, but not print (in the U.S., that is), and in recent years A Star Shall Fall and With Fate Conspire were not available in the U.S. at all.
As of today, though, that is all changed! With the re-publication of With Fate Conspire the entire series is now available everywhere in print, electronic, and audiobook format. I can’t promise it’s at all retailers yet — the process of the print edition filtering out to different stores is an arcane one that moves at its own pace — but whatever market you’re in, you should be able to get hold of it now. I am delighted to have the whole set back in print!
New Worlds: Faithful (and Unfaithful) Servants
Having looked at the people upstairs last week, now the New Worlds Patreon pivots downstairs, for a look at the servants . . . comment over there!
New Worlds: Blue Bloods
And in Year Seven, the New Worlds Patreon finally got around to talking about the aristocracy . . . Comment over there!
New Worlds: The Social Pecking Order
Having looked at the ideas of class and status, now the New Worlds Patreon is turning to the question of how those things get layered: which people are considered to be the most important and respectable in society, and which people are the least? The common answers aren’t always what you might assume . . . comment over there!
New Worlds: Class and Status and Caste
For the month of May, the New Worlds Patreon is turning its attention to the social divisions within society! We begin by clarifying some terminology that often gets carelessly used — that of class, status, and caste. Comment over there . . .
New Worlds: Once and Future Systems
The end of the month means the end of a theme (for now), and so the New Worlds Patreon‘s last economic piece for April is on the complexity of two very different systems, manorialism and post-scarcity. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Visible and Invisible Hands
I promise, the New Worlds Patreon is not going to take you too deep into Econ 101 — but this week, we are talking about how much a given economy is planned and controlled vs. left to do its own thing. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Who Owns What
The next stop on the New Worlds Patreon tour of economic systems is the concept of property ownership! Comment over there . . .
New Worlds: Sources of Wealth
April will be an economics month at the New Worlds Patreon! We’re starting off with sources of wealth — comment over there . . .
New Worlds Theory Post: Magic as Culture
Five Fridays make a theory post! The New Worlds Patreon is still talking about magic, but now we turn our attention to how magic intersects — or all too often doesn’t intersect — with the rest of the world around it. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Death Sentences
I promise the New Worlds Patreon will get less grim very soon now . . . but before then, we have to talk about capital punishment. Comment over there . . .
New Worlds: Torture
Rather dark material this week on the New Worlds Patreon, as we look at the (regrettably) long history and wide use of torture, especially for interrogation purposes. If you’re up for that subject, then comment over there.
New Worlds: Call the Police
The New Worlds Patreon continues its look at police with the question of what kinds of duties fall under their responsibility — comment over there!
New Worlds: Policing the Populace
And so the New Worlds Patreon rounds the corner into a new year! Year Seven, to be precise, and the wheels are turning in the background for the Year Six collection, which will be out next month. If you aren’t a patron, this is a splendid time to become one and get access to additional goodies (which include weekly photos from my travel stash, monthly non-fiction book reviews, behind-the-scenes looks at my own worldbuilding process, and more). And whether you’re a patron or not, this is also a splendid time to mention the project to people you think might enjoy it!
Meanwhile, the project itself marches on. We’re going back to crime again, but this time from the side of how we respond to it — starting with the origins of police. Comment over there!
