eldraeic language
(Seeing as Iāve been getting a lot of enjoyment out ofĀ fyeahconlangsĀ recently, hereās a little piece I wrote some time ago, back in ā09, about how imperatives work in Eldraeic, for the conlangophiles among my readership.) The Eldraeic language possess two forms of the imperative mood, expressing
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For those of you who rememberĀ this post, you might like to know that Iāve just sent out the first of those works of fiction to my subscribers:Ā ElmirĆĆ«nās Truths, a key excerpt from what is probably the most important historical religious document of Eldraeic (or Imperial) history
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The Star Trek Federation is a dissolute slaveholding state, living high on the hog while the conveniently non-human and inorganic AI slaves are cut up for scrap when their ship-bodies are obsolete, killed for amusement in holodecks, and arenāt even recognized as sentient. ā Peter da Silva (Seriously, as youā
sophont rights
[Imported from a post I made to my old blog, 10/12/2007.] I tend to think āhuman rightsā, per se, are a speciesist concept. (As a transhumanist by philosophy, I have to think about the possibility of alien species, human speciation by bioengineering, artificial intelligence, and so forth. A
worldbuilding
Perhaps, if it turns out transhumanism (or, rather, its polyspecific analog, transsophontism) is the development path all species end up taking once they have the ability to do so, the problem is that once theyāve spent much time and effort on engineering themselves into ever-more brilliant and beautiful forms,
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As long-time readers of my assorted blogs will be aware, Iāve been engaged in large-scale worldbuilding and committing occasional acts of fiction for many a year. Thus far, except for that one competition, itās been just for my own personal benefit, it being a satisfying creative outlet in
picofiction
Oops! Space doesnāt fold that way. Prime Directive? But they have money! Contragravity? But this is a spinā¦ faster than light. We are travelling Iāve invented aĀ memetic weaponā¦ aaaargh! Night falls. But no! Orbiting dreadnought.
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(Strictly, this isnāt about my worldbuilding, but about BioWareās worldbuilding for theirĀ Dragon AgeĀ series. Ā Nonetheless, I think it covers some important territory about worldbuilding in general, and so, it goes in theĀ RelevantĀ category.) So, having pleased some people with my post onĀ Dragon AgeĀ and sexuality
diplomacy
(So, I believeĀ I promised yāall a story? Here it is. One 496-word piece of speculative flash-fiction, coming right up.) So, gentlesophs, youāre all familiar with how things work in the Associated Worlds, or at least in the broad consensus of the friendly Associated Worlds. You live there,
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So, back in January I enteredĀ this writing contest? Well, I just popped by the site again today, and theĀ winners have been published! No, Iām not among them. However, I did qualify for an Honorable Mention, which frankly Iām quite delighted by, seeing as this is the
non-canon
If someone had run the linguistic corpus from the first scout probe, the one that it had derived from the planetary data network, past some competentĀ sophontĀ linguists, they might have pointed out the problem. Alas, such are scarce in the far reaches of space, and so the contact probe
eldraeic language
So, over in the worldbuilding department, thinking about the Chant of Light fromĀ Dragon AgeĀ has inspired me to do some polishing of the holy books that exist in my universe, and specifically some of the more commandment-y parts. And then, in thinking about them, I not only came up