Designing Aliens From an Alternate Earth
How to spice up the workings of your extra-terrestrials.
Brandon Kier
Scientist by day, mad scientist by night, Brandon is well-known for his super speed and magnanimity. His favorite peptide origami shape is a crane. His favorite planet is Earth (at least so far - they haven't built a better one).
Crafting Plausible Maps
How to build your world's geography—and no square mountain ranges, please.
Looking Under Your World’s Skin
How your world's underground shapes those who live above it.
Tweaking Your World’s Geology
How the world beneath your world influences the landscape above it.
Changing the Way Your World Moves
How planetary science can help your fictional world stand out.
Spicing Up Your World’s Chemical Makeup
How your planet's elemental breakdown can change your story.
Giving Your World Fantastic Skies
How a brilliant celestial visual will change the world it's seen from.
Obeying the Celestial Speed Limit
What this universal constant means for your interstellar stories.
Using Animals for Transport and Labor
How these four-legged creatures can carry your fantasy world.
Poisons: How to Use Them
Follow these tips for putting toxins in your story.
How to Color Your Map Using SCIENCE!
Physics can be more than just a restriction for storytellers.
Terraformed Solar System: The Final Planets
What these icy worlds have in store for future visitors—and vice versa.
Tour of Our Terraformed Solar System: Jupiter and Saturn
What these enormous gas giants mean for human colonization.
Tour of Our Terraformed Solar System: The Asteroids
How these space rocks' enormous resources can pave the way for interstellar settlers.
Tour of Our Terraformed Solar System: Inner Planets
How the worlds closest to our own can look a lot more like our home.
Five Crazy Things That Look Like Fantasy – but Aren’t
These earthly phenomena are stranger than fiction.
Five Ways to Get Carbon-Based Life Outside the Goldilocks Zone
Why life on these extreme planets might be more practical than you think.
The Planet Construction Kit Gives +2 to Worldbuilding
How this instruction manual can help you plan your fictional world.
Should You Put a Ring on It?
Whether your fictional planet should tie the knot with its asteroid belt.
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