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kiya ([personal profile] kiya) wrote2010-07-08 10:03 pm
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Ideas to store for later

In a discussion over in [livejournal.com profile] james_nicoll someone made a comment about not seeing monarchist science fiction.

I now want to build a transhumanist Egyptian-style monarchy virtual world and write stories in it. Possibly with stealth theology, because what doesn't these days? At least that I do.

(I do wish I had an easier time coming up with plots. Settings are easy.)
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[identity profile] metahacker.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's a time-honored tradition to steal plots from older literature. (It being hard to steal them from literature yet to be written.)

[identity profile] duane-kc.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Just out of curiosity, what was your opinion of the pseudo-Egyptian stuff in the Stargate series?

[identity profile] fairoriana.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Vorkosigan! Highly monarchial! Highly Sci-fi!
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[personal profile] whispercricket 2010-07-10 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Slightly tangential, but two other monarchist SF options (not that I'm sure I'm getting monarchist right):

_The Keltiad_ by Patricia Kennealy (at least _The Tales of Aeron_)
_The Jaran_ by Kate Elliott (well, sort of - Empire, and not specifically pro-Empire, but that's complicated)

Someone in the other thread already mentioned Honor Harrington.
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