Talk:Science fiction universe

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I think linguistically the examples are "Science Fiction Universes" as opposed to the Worlds they are composed of. Furthermore, I think the point of a Science Fiction World entry should be at best to discuss those places fully imagined and made real in a complete way, places like Dune, rather than places that are barely glossed as the story material is pursued, such as Dorsai. Sure, anyone can tell you that Dorsai looks pretty much like Scotland, except the whole planet is that way. All those fiddly little Fjords! But that's not world-building, and no effort is made to tour that world. The focus of the Dorsai series is variant aspects of culture in direct conflict. Sort of Snow's two cultures, but with five (or whatever; it's a bunch).

So an article that highlighted the well-realized worlds of SF, and gave examples from that part of the Genre--Vance, Banks, Wolfe, Park, etc.--would be more to the point.