Perspectives on World Building
Helen Marshall
A Flare of Light or The Great Clomping Foot of Nerdism? M. John Harrison’s Radical Approach to Worldbuilding
This paper explores M. John Harrison’s provocative approach to a language-oriented worldbuilding as developed in Viriconium, a collection of his short novels and stories.This paper explores M. John Harrison’s provocative approach to a language-oriented worldbuilding as developed in Viriconium, a collection of his short novels and stories.
Barbara Postema
Wordless Worldbuilding: SFF Storyworlds in Comics
This paper will discuss several science fiction comics to demonstrate some of the visual methods used for worldbuilding in comics, from iconography to transmedia techniques.