Comments on: Okay, No, But Seriously, Gimme Topics!

By: StevoR

StevoR — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 06:37:29 +0000

Bit late now and mentioned elsewhere too – but astronomy and planetary geology e.g. Pluto, Ceres, Titan and so on would be my requests topics~wise please Dana!

By: JoeBuddha

JoeBuddha — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 00:47:36 +0000

In reply to Vicki, duly vaccinated tool of the feminist conspiracy. Welcome to the SANE side of the country! ;) (apologize for the Discotute; we can't always be perfict)

By: rq

rq — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 08:28:39 +0000

In reply to Raucous Indignation.

distinguished and delicate sensibilities

Didn't know we had any of that 'round here. Are you sure you're in the right place?

By: Raucous Indignation

Raucous Indignation — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:02:57 +0000

None of my suggestions are appropriate for the distinguished and delicate sensibilities of this forum.

By: rq

rq — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:23:37 +0000

In reply to rq. Speaking of world-building, perhaps you can talk a bit about that on the fictional level - how it happens, how it works, what comes first, what develops out of that, do your worlds have any scientific surprises, etc. Asking for a friend. ;)

By: rq

rq — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:21:06 +0000

I still owe you some photos and information for geology related stuff. Glacier geology, that is. And some fluvial geology that has since been lost.
Ooooother than thaaaaat… I’ll have a small think on this. :)

By: lpetrich

lpetrich — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:48:37 +0000

In reference to heliconia #6, I once wrote essays on these subjects:
World building: climate
World building: geology
World building: moons and rings
World building: planetary systems
World building: exotic stars
World building: ordinary stars
(no links to avoid being spamfiltered; they are at secularcafe.org)
I don’t know if our host would consider them any good.

By: Dana Hunter

Dana Hunter — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:21:16 +0000

In reply to heliconia. Yes, please, send me your pictures! I would love to dig into the geology behind them!

By: Vicki, duly vaccinated tool of the feminist conspiracy

Vicki, duly vaccinated tool of the feminist conspiracy — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:59:48 +0000

Anything about glaciation in the Pacific Northwest, especially how glacial movements interact with young mountains/ongoing uplift.

Having moved to the Seattle area from New York City, I’m struck by the long narrow lakes that I’m told are basically glacial valleys carved into the ongoing Cascades uplift. The most visible glacial remnant where I’m from is Long Island, a moraine rather than a cwm. Here, it’s Puget Sound and Lake Washington and all the narrow clefts that make getting around Seattle so much fun.

By: heliconia

heliconia — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:23:52 +0000

Well, I have plenty of pictures of pretty rock formations from places I’ve travelled, and I don’t know anything about them, so if you want to do a geology write-in column sort of thing, I have rock pictures you could explain…

I also really, really like Kengi’s idea of geology of fictional places! And, since you’re working on fiction these days, maybe you could share some advice for fiction (esp. sci-fi/fantasy) writers in terms of big geological worldbuilding blunders to avoid. (Not entirely geology, but one thing that comes to mind is the lack of rain shadows adjacent to mountains on fictional worlds.)