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Reunited at last, the Scrolls gang bite off more than they can chew with the titanic topic of World Building in the genres we love so much.\xa0 As the rubber-ball of conversation bounces around we try to get a grip on what makes for a convincing Secondary world - how atmosphere, character, otherworldly physics and location can be combined to produce a satisfying and all-encompassing experience for the reader.\xa0 Through all of this we touch upon themes of authorial imagination and self-indulgence, world vs story building and what a reader's sense of ownership means.

Along the way we also get distracted by trouser disfunctions, podcast power-struggles, what a petard actually is, and trying to figure out just how Frodo could navigate Middle Earth without the handy maps in the front of the book.

Links You May Like -
For an in-depth look at the worlds of HP Lovecraft and JRR Tolkien could could do no better than to check out the following links:
Chad Fifer & Chris Lackey do an incredible job of exploring the literary and wider world of Lovecraft's mythos at\xa0http://hppodcraft.com/\xa0and you can download their brilliant and entertaining podcast\xa0here.
Likewise, Corey Olsen's fascinating explorations of Middle Earth and beyond can be found at\xa0tolkienprofessor.com\xa0and you can download his excellent podcast\xa0here

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