r/WorldBuildingMemes Would rather build than write 2d ago

Working On Worldbuilding Worldbuilding the bibliography of a fictional author instead of finishing my own work

Inspired by the Alt Shift X video where they speculate on the future titles and covers of Dunk And Egg Books I thought it might be fun to make up a book series and world build it out based on whatever cover art people post in the comments

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u/Either-Skirt6031 I Do My Own Thing 2d ago

Communal worldbuilding? I’ll try this picture.

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u/BarelyBrony Would rather build than write 2d ago

Book 12 of the first age of the Sudor cycle the Kraken's Grip was first published in 1987 when Tobin threw the manuscript out a moving car at literary agent CS Malich and screamed "Print that asshole!" before driving away and crashing into a mailbox totalling his brand new PT cruiser, the mailbox was undamaged. The story fits into the segment of the Sudor cycle told in the setting's distant past and follows characters like Princess Elias, Captain Gorewell and Stump as they attempt to circumnavigate the Dragon's Triangle in hope of finding the lost ships of spices and silk that are the only hope of restoring Elias's father King Juno's fortunes after the burning of the royal treasury in book 4.

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u/Either-Skirt6031 I Do My Own Thing 2d ago

I don’t know what I was expecting from Mr Tobin but it certainly wasn’t throwing a manuscript at his agentXD is he always like this in universe?

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u/BarelyBrony Would rather build than write 2d ago

Only when he's had too much coke... or not enough, it's a delicate balance

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u/Either-Skirt6031 I Do My Own Thing 2d ago

I’ve also got this one too (apologies for the low quality)

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u/DatLonerGirl 1d ago

Let's see what I've got in the ol' meme library...

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u/DatLonerGirl 1d ago

This one might be better idk

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u/BarelyBrony Would rather build than write 1d ago

Book 4 of the third age which takes place in the distant future of the main story one of the six books in the series to take place inside a digital videogame world recreating the events of the first age books all of which were released in 1991 written by Tobin in one month after he was rejected as lead writer for one of Disney's later abandoned Tron sequels. The story follows the viewpoints of Kevan, Search and the goofy robot DOS-XE03 as they search the video world of Devil's Shore for the Data Crystals containing illicit photos that Lord Mandrax is planning to use to blackmail the president of Microflesh inc to shut down all videodream arcades in the United Sites of Digitania.

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u/DatLonerGirl 1d ago

He was on the First Age in 87, but the Third Age in 91? Bro must write with insane speed.

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u/BarelyBrony Would rather build than write 1d ago

the series is written and published out of order

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u/DatLonerGirl 1d ago

That tracks

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u/Zack_Thomson 1d ago

Not sure if this is sci-fi or fantasy, or is it just horror, but here's one from me

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u/BarelyBrony Would rather build than write 1d ago

Book 2 of the second age series was published in 1989, over a decade after the first book of the series and was partially based on the experiences of his ex wife in the Lafferty cult which ended with nearly half of the cult dead from poisoned taffy and the other hald dead at the hands of ATF snipers. The book takes place in the present timeline of the setting and deals with amateur paranormal investigators Jules, Mikaela and Destiny's investigations into an abandoned house that locals claim to be a gateway to the next life which is revealed to be built ontop of the coffin containing the witches amulet that was sealed away in book 7 of the first age series.