On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, FFlores wrote:
> Adam Parrish <myth@...> wrote:
>=20
> > One way that I might be able to work around it is this: the
> > Movari and their related history might exist in a distantly future Eart=
h
> > (say, 500-600 million years from now). Surely by then the geography an=
d
> > biology of Earth would have changed far enough and unpredictably enough
> > that I could have my way with them. :)
>=20
> The problem is that then you can't have humans or any very humanoid
> species. Unless your Movari become living fossils.
>
=09I guess I'd rationalize it by saying "somehow, humanity
survived!" or coming up with some grandiose story about cryogenics or
something. Still imperfect. :)
=20
> As far as I'm concerned, the world where I put my Dr=E1selhadh, Ciravesu,
> and the rest, is in a different reality, which is in some respects quite
> similar to ours, and can even 'leak' into ours sometimes (and viceversa).
> I guess I chose to have an Earth-like planet and a human people in order
> not to complicate things further. I like alien species, but creating a
> *really* alien culture ( =3D one that is not ours + some interesting twis=
ts)
> doesn't seem feasible to me, and making a planet for them is boring (you
> have to do a lot of calculations!).
>
=09Indeed. Making a totally alien culture appeals to me, but it
*is* a lot of work. :)
Later,
Adam
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