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I'm not feeling very well right now. No, I have no reason to believe it's that; I just maybe overindulged in some of my favorite beverages after completing a particularly grueling research / writing project. So today's entry will be blessedly short.

https://www.cracked.com/article_28286_5-weird-details-fictional-universes-nobody...

5 Weird Details Of Fictional Universes Nobody Told You

I have strong opinions about fantasy/SF writing; one of them is the idea that one should overwrite one's backstory, and then never let anyone else see it; just use relevant ideas from it as needed in the story.

Apparently, some of these writers did just that, though not every one of the six examples is an example of pre-plotted backstory; and, obviously, someone else (us) is seeing it.

I won't do my usual call-and-response thing here because I can't be arsed today. Suffice it to say there's something in there for almost every flavor of nerd, including Star Trek, Star Wars, and the ever-popular works of Tolkien.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be in better shape to contribute something marginally more useful.