Oceana Science Fiction & Fantasy
Inspiration Sources
This is a list of links and books, by general topic, that I've
found useful for designing Oceana. It includes fictional books
and settings I have drawn inspiration from.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy
Inspirational Books
These are books that I have drawn upon for inspiration when
designing this world. This is for flavor, settings, political
situations and such. I have not repeated book titles listed in
the Science Fiction & Fantasy
Research section.
Unsorted - don't have author or other info
- A College of Magics
- Wizenbeak
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David Drake
Leo Frankowski
Eric Flint
- Eric Flint's website
- 1632 - American town from 1999 is transported back in
time to Germany in 1632. Much discussion of technology
from 20th century being modified to 1600s. other books in
series are 1633, 1634: The Galileo Affair
- 1632 Fan website -
devoted to the 1632 series. excellent links
John Ringo
- John Ringo's website
- March series- Upcountry - science fiction tech group of
Imperial Marines stuck on early iron age plant they must
cross. excellent series. other books in series are March
to the Sea, March to the Stars, and four more forth
coming
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S M Sterling
- Islands In the Sea of Time series -
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Harry Turtledove
- Harry
Turtledove's website, Baen
(publisher) page,
- Cross
Time Traffic series- Gunpowder Empire, Curious
Notions. High tech Americans visit alternate time lines
where technology has not advanced
- Empire
of Elabon (Gerin the Fox) series -
- The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump - alternate world where
magic replaces tech. World still looks like 20th century
America despite
- World
of Darkness series - Into the Darkness, Darkness
Descending, Through the Darkness, Rulers of the Darkness,
Jaws of Darkness, Out of the Darkness. Series of books
set in a world where magic is common and integrated into
society. Magic has created a world with a where magic is
yields an equivilent of 1930's technology. The series
recreates an equivilent of world war two using magic
instead of tanks and airplanes.
Lawrence Watt-Evans
- The Spell of the Black Dagger
- With a Single Spell
David Weber
- David Weber's website -
author is most famous for Honor Harrington series
- Heirs
of Empire - advanced tech group gets stranded on on
planet with technology level of muskets and must win a
war
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