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At the risk of putting this post even further into Books board territory... Legolas Send a noteboard - 10/07/2013 06:33:02 PM

View original postBack to the original, yeah I think the general sci-fi plot revolving around little colonies of a few thousand/million work a lot better if the 'planet' is some habitat a million miles from anyone else and only the size of a smallish country. It also justifies the repeat use of scenery and filming location, if some company mass produced the "Montana Hab, perfect for 10,000 settlers interested in cabin in the woods life. It's just like Montana, before we erected thousands of mile high skycrapers there!" There's a lot of fiction options though, you could dump a few thousand in a clump somewhere and have little feudal realms with the aristocrats being the original main shareholders, dukes and barons and so on based on the size of their habitat, etc. I'd love to see more writers tackle such things.

I think there are some writers who do this sort of thing, no? What your description most reminds me of is the wonderful Otherland - sure, the "little realms" are purely virtual there, while the real world background setting is only somewhat futuristic, but the principle is remarkably similar to what you describe.
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Gallup - Conservatives more proud to be American than Liberals..... Anonymous2000 - 04/07/2013 09:12:12 PM 1498 Views
I'm not surprised either. *NM* nossy - 04/07/2013 09:19:25 PM 426 Views
How does one American? *NM* Stephen - 04/07/2013 09:58:03 PM 439 Views
That seems like a no-brainer. What I find more remarkable... Legolas - 04/07/2013 10:15:10 PM 883 Views
I'm not all that surprised by that, either. nossy - 04/07/2013 10:47:41 PM 842 Views
I'm trying to think my way through this, and I keep running into holes. Nate - 04/07/2013 10:48:59 PM 923 Views
I really don't want to get into the sickness known as nationalism (patriotism) imlad - 05/07/2013 07:10:09 PM 1091 Views
I'm curious — how would you avoid regionalism? Nate - 05/07/2013 08:15:02 PM 895 Views
P.S. (more thoughts on worldwide government) Nate - 05/07/2013 08:57:01 PM 882 Views
Interesting general thought train, let me hop on board Isaac - 07/07/2013 12:52:18 PM 1001 Views
Mmm. Nate - 09/07/2013 05:44:04 PM 942 Views
Interplanetary just doesn't leave much interdependence Isaac - 09/07/2013 08:14:18 PM 928 Views
Them's some cool beans. Nate - 09/07/2013 09:11:50 PM 854 Views
Re: Them's some cool beans. Isaac - 09/07/2013 10:11:50 PM 822 Views
At the risk of putting this post even further into Books board territory... Legolas - 10/07/2013 06:33:02 PM 818 Views
I've decided to pretend we're still entirely on the original subject Isaac - 11/07/2013 01:13:15 AM 890 Views
Hold the phone, Mabel: Patriotism and nationalism are not synonymous. Joel - 11/08/2013 08:04:40 PM 820 Views
There were two questions on that poll. ranagrande - 05/07/2013 07:53:13 PM 1142 Views
That's because being born in America is the best thing they ever did imlad - 05/07/2013 07:04:54 PM 1048 Views
Congrats! You win the bitterness award. Anonymous2000 - 05/07/2013 09:49:00 PM 976 Views
Bitterness? How so? imlad - 08/07/2013 05:26:50 PM 1062 Views
Nice post. Your honor, I rest my case! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 08/07/2013 06:15:47 PM 424 Views
Er. Obviously? beetnemesis - 06/07/2013 02:24:44 PM 916 Views
Actually, liberals say, let's make the US a socialist state and control everything people do. Anonymous2000 - 06/07/2013 04:54:00 PM 965 Views
By what measure, I wonder... Dannymac - 06/07/2013 04:21:57 PM 907 Views
Being proud of America has zero to do with our government..... Anonymous2000 - 06/07/2013 04:57:30 PM 809 Views
I don't think this is accurate. ranagrande - 06/07/2013 10:58:43 PM 923 Views
Re: I don't think this is accurate. nossy - 06/07/2013 11:46:47 PM 900 Views
You'd have to list the study Isaac - 07/07/2013 12:10:13 AM 1021 Views
Every study. ranagrande - 07/07/2013 01:14:48 AM 1017 Views
Really, you have a list of every single study conducted on the matter? Isaac - 07/07/2013 02:51:05 AM 1021 Views
I have a list of every study I listed! ranagrande - 07/07/2013 03:55:21 AM 1098 Views
Damn, you just got schooled! Good Job by Isaac. Anonymous2000 - 07/07/2013 04:27:45 AM 891 Views
Were you actively trying to prove the point of your opponents there? Legolas - 07/07/2013 09:10:06 AM 854 Views
I hope you'll understand that I don't find that compelling Isaac - 07/07/2013 05:07:52 AM 1064 Views
I noticed that too in the Cato study. Legolas - 07/07/2013 09:50:19 AM 913 Views
There is admittedly a big difference between BBC and Pravda but I think mistrust is often justified Isaac - 07/07/2013 11:39:03 AM 1023 Views
I'm thinking the board is dead enough to quality for "rainy day" status, but okay. Legolas - 08/07/2013 06:49:57 PM 1005 Views
Also it was raining at the time here, still is, NE Ohio has been a giant mud puddle all month Isaac - 08/07/2013 11:14:57 PM 894 Views
Catos study is a transparent joke, hence ranking a city in Red China second for capitalisms sake. Joel - 11/08/2013 08:44:04 PM 826 Views
Nice non-reply. Dannymac - 09/07/2013 05:23:25 PM 891 Views
You didn't say anything meriting an in-depth response Isaac - 09/07/2013 08:52:13 PM 832 Views
Actually.... Dannymac - 10/07/2013 03:00:42 AM 806 Views
One of your examples was bad and you want me to do the others too? Isaac - 10/07/2013 03:52:20 AM 867 Views
Pride comes before the fall. *NM* heartbreak - 12/07/2013 06:33:56 PM 478 Views
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