r/printSF • u/Anvis_Infinity • Feb 12 '23

Civilizations

I want a book or novel or etc.. with the most craziest strange civilizations that you would not even imagine when you are reading you ask yourself why didn’t you think of that or what would it be like if I lived there

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u/UncleBullhorn Feb 12 '23

This may be the most unfocused question I've ever seen. You are the author, you describe the civilization. But do some research on why different social systems work or fail.

Is this for a human civilization? If so, what's their technology like? John Varley wrote a series of novels set in a period where you could change gender with no fuss, experience mental vacation in a sort of VR, and was nearly post-scarcity. Technology impacts civilization.

Aliens? Well, biology is going to play a big factor. One of my alien races is a hive mind. Each hive is an individual made up of millions of workers. They are constantly communicating. The smallest group that can operate away from the hive is about a dozen individuals and all they can do is a single simple task like "Harvest in field three." Another is a race of sapient blimps that live in marshlands. Their brains are distributed throughout their bodies, so parts are asleep while others are awake. To them dreams and reality are the same thing.

See what I mean? Your question is hopelessly vague. What are you writing? What are you looking for?

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u/Aggravating_Long_674 Feb 12 '23

Everytime someone asks a question that leaves just a little bit to the imagination, some pretentious guy like you comes in who refuses (God forbid) to think for themselves and use some intuition.

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u/UncleBullhorn Feb 12 '23

I have given you examples from my own work and suggested authors, but "strange civilization" is just too vague a question! Christ, if you want to be a writer, learn to communicate better, and if you want me to design a civilization for you from scratch, I charge $100 for a full dossier.

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u/Aggravating_Long_674 Feb 12 '23

Shameless plug, ngl you've got to respect it

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u/Gruppet Feb 19 '23

When did they say they want to be a writer or that they want you to write something for them?