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The 26 pages that link to Worldbuilding, each with the reason it gives.

• Science fictionRelated: Consistent imagined worlds let scientific changes reshape societies rather than remain isolated devices.

• MythopoeiaRelated: A coherent invented past and cosmology help a created mythology feel inherited.

• Transmedia storytellingRelated: A richly developed world gives separate installments room to reveal different story elements.

• Level designCompared with: Worldbuilding defines what a setting contains; level design organizes what players can do there.

• Hard science fictionRelated: Consistent worlds make scientific constraints shape more than isolated plot devices.

• Science fiction filmRelated: Worldbuilding makes unfamiliar futures feel internally consistent rather than arbitrary.

• FantasyRelated: Fantasy relies on invented settings whose internal rules make extraordinary events coherent.

• Fantasy literatureRelated: Fantasy worlds often need coherent histories and societies beyond the plot.

• Space operaRelated: Expansive fictional civilizations make setting-building central to many space operas.

• Shared universeRelated: A shared universe asks multiple stories to build on a common world.

• Alternate historyRelated: A changed past requires consistent consequences across the story’s imagined world.

• Crossover fictionRelated: Combining worlds often requires explaining which setting rules remain in force.

• George R. R. MartinNarrower topic: The scale and layered history of Westeros made Martin’s worldbuilding a major subject of discussion.

• Role-playing video gameRelated: A structured world gives quests and character choices a coherent setting.

• Environmental storytellingRelated: Setting details can reveal the world's past and social conditions.

• Political fictionRelated: A coherent invented state makes its laws and power relations believable.

• Planetary romanceRelated: Invented planets need coherent details that make exploration feel consequential.

• Themed entertainmentRelated: A setting’s internal logic guides what environments and experiences can plausibly contain.

• Fictional universeRelated: It establishes the details that make a fictional universe feel coherent.

• Frank HerbertNarrower topic: Herbert’s layered histories and institutions became a model for expansive science-fiction settings.

• N. K. JemisinNarrower topic: Jemisin builds unfamiliar worlds whose physical laws shape their political arrangements.

• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionRelated: A transformed world needs credible conditions, institutions, and histories to shape its survivors.

• Fictional languageRelated: A language can encode a setting's geography, institutions, and cultural history.

• Jack VanceRelated: Vance’s plots often hinge on sharply differentiated customs and institutions.

• Jean GiraudRelated: His comics make invented worlds persuasive through dense, carefully observed visual detail.

• Widow's BayRelated: Local legends and civic routines give the town a life beyond individual scares.