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Spheres Revisted: Speculative Faith and Podcast

All the way back in 2014 I had an idea I posted to this blog about a story universe based on magic that parallels the scientific understanding of the four fundamental forces (gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force). The universe would also have planets orbiting relatively close to one another in a complex fashion, within a single atmosphere, making it possible to literally fly from one world to another.

I intended to launch this storyworld as a massive, multi-author project. Or write about it myself. But I never did so. So just as this blog has done for some time, I'm offering up the storyworld idea as inspiration to readers to create likewise.

The main new thing I have to offer by giving a link to that former post (other than reminding everyone about the idea) is to mention I did a voice version on this topic, talking on my podcast about the story world idea, where it came from, and what could be done with it. In different words than I used on the original blog post.


Here's a link to that podcast:

https://travissbigidea.podbean.com/e/free-original-storyworld-ideas-part-1-spheres/

And here's a link to the Speculative Faith article I put together today, which largely repeated what I said in 2014, but with a different twist:

https://speculativefaith.lorehaven.com/free-original-storyworld-ideas-part-1-spheres/

For longtime readers of my blog, I hope this brings back fond memories. I hope new readers enjoy it, too. Feel free to leave me your thoughts on this story world in the comments below!

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