To see what kind of worlds are in the same solar system of Golarion please check out Distant Worlds, the book that talks about the other planets in the solar system.
Then do a search for the threads with community expansion on said planets (I really like Mikaze's one re Verces).
Then there is Book 4 of the Reign of Winter AP, which takes place on another planet in Golarion's solar system.
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And doesn't Book 5 or 6 take place in another star system altogether? (*cough* Spoiler *cough*)
There's a PFS scenario that takes you off-world, as well.
The planets in Golarion's solar system are based a lot on the pulp, science fiction, and 'sword and planet' books of the 20th century. Things like John Carter of Mars, some Lovecraft, The Destinies of the Stars, Rendezvous with Rama, and such are all inspirations. In addition, some real-world moons/planets inspired the worlds. For example, they took Europa (the moon with an ocean under ice) and gave it a civilization that lives underneath. There's also a planet with a toxic atmosphere that settles on the bottom, so people have to live on mountaintops. And one moon has nothing but silicon lifeforms. So there is a wide collection of crazy worlds from which to draw upon.
There's also some Hyperion influence in Distant Worlds.
Here is a little astronomy lesson! There is only one Solar System, ours! It's name comes from our star's name, Sol (also known as Sun). The generic term is star system! The more you know the better :)
I vaguely remember reading once that once of the planets in the Golarion system had a space faring(as in spaceships) race. I'd love to see some more on them, personally.
Here is a little astronomy lesson! There is only one Solar System, ours! It's name comes from our star's name, Sol (also known as Sun). The generic term is star system! The more you know the better :)
While that's one way to look at it, dictionary definitions disagree.
I'd imagine it as some backwater place finds a Stargate and the local adventurers get tied up in the possible wealth etc from it.
Here is a little astronomy lesson! There is only one Solar System, ours! It's name comes from our star's name, Sol (also known as Sun). The generic term is star system! The more you know the better :)
The star that Golarion orbits is also called the Sun by those in that system. They would call their planetary system 'The Solar System' albeit in whatever language they actually speak.
There's also some Hyperion influence in Distant Worlds.
I think there's some Hyperion influence in *everything* I write. That series is amazing... Jacobs and I are both total Dan Simmons fanboys. :)
There's also some Hyperion influence in Distant Worlds.I think there's some Hyperion influence in *everything* I write. That series is amazing... Jacobs and I are both total Dan Simmons fanboys. :)
I almost wish you weren't. The man is a terrific writer, but a raving bigot. :(
I vaguely remember reading once that once of the planets in the Golarion system had a space faring(as in spaceships) race. I'd love to see some more on them, personally.
Verces has aetherships.
Eox has freaky flaming death-citadel-spaceships.
(and Apostae IS a spaceship.)
And if you're looking for other means of inter-planetary and -stellar transportation, check out the Silver Maiden entry in the artifacts section of the Pathfinder RPG Mythic Adventures book.
I almost wish you weren't. The man is a terrific writer, but a raving bigot. :(There's also some Hyperion influence in Distant Worlds.I think there's some Hyperion influence in *everything* I write. That series is amazing... Jacobs and I are both total Dan Simmons fanboys. :)
Really? I hadn't heard that. Link to source?
Please note that I love to death the Hyperion series as well as his horror books. Carrion Comfort is one of the few books to actually get under my skin.
That said:
Look up reviews and commentary on his book Flashback. The novel takes place in 2030, in a future where America has gone to crap because OBAMA.
Here is an NPR review, although there are more detailed critiques
Also...he wrote this:
I don't know if his belief system was always this way, or if he is suffering "crazy old sci-fi author syndrome
I don't know if his belief system was always this way, or if he is suffering "crazy old sci-fi author syndrome"
Niven has that. As did Heinlein.
That said:
Look up reviews and commentary on his book Flashback. The novel takes place in 2030, in a future where America has gone to crap because OBAMA.
Here is an NPR review, although there are more detailed critiques
Why is this "because OBAMA"? It's not clear in the review. He's not the first to write about rampant entitlement programs; Leigh Brackett talked about the "farers" in her Skaith series (mid seventies).
Also...he wrote this:
I don't know if his belief system was always this way, or if he is suffering "crazy old sci-fi author syndrome
Why would this be "crazy old sci-fi author syndrome"? It's a cautionary tale, like 1984 or the Y2K bug scare.
actually the book regularly implies that everything starts going wrong with Obama getting elected.
as for the second link...he argues that the biggest mistake in our recent middle-east interventions is that we were not brutal enough in our tactics, and pretty much paints Islam (not fundamentalist islam, but every single person who believe it) as the Zerg.
I dunno...I will let people read it for themselves and decide.
But now we are getting into politics and not Distant Worlds, so I will stop here.
I'll just add that if you really look at Fedmahn Kassad's background in Hyperion, you'll see some nasty anti-Islamic bias even then. In the nearly-post-scarcity semi-utopian future, all the Middle Easterners live in slum conditions for no particular reason, and Kassad is special because he was one of the scarce few willing to work and fight his way out.
Simmons was always a bigot, he was merely subtle about it until 9/11.
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Necro'ing this thread because I just got my poster map of Bruce Heard's World of Calidar in the mail today, and it is amazing. I've known the cartographer, Thorfinn Tait, since we were part of the Mystara Mailing List back in the 90s, and have watched his skills grow over the years, but this blew me away. Put me on record to say that if Paizo ever does anything more with the other planets of Golarion's multiverse, they should enlist Thorf to map those planets out for them!
Take a look at his presentation on the Great Caldera of Calidar. And then take a look at the way he goes about developing his maps. Great stuff!