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	<title>Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing&#187; Science Fiction</title>
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		<title>How to Build a Believable Alien</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many books, movies and TV shows show aliens as humans with funny makeup and perhaps a few brow ridges.  However, the products of a completely different evolution are unlikely to be that similar to us.  So how does one go about writing an alien that is believably different, yet comprehensible to the reader?
Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Imaginary Planets: The Lessons from Early Earth Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very Early Earth and the Origin of Life

Earth is our one and only known example of a planet that has supported life and continues to do so.  Long may life here continue&#8230;
We don&#8217;t know for certain where life started.  It may have begun at hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean, in a small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Imaginary Planets: The Lessons From Mars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main problem with creating imaginary worlds with alien life is that we have a grand total of one planet known to bear life.  It is terribly hard to generalize from only one data point&#8230; and from a scientific perspective it&#8217;s a very bad idea.  As a science fiction writer, you have much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build an Imaginary Planet Inhabitable by Humans That Isn&#8217;t an Earth Clone: Human Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer really hinges on the technology of the humans living on the planet.   With high enough technology, even small asteroids might be habitable.   With stone age technology, the requirements are much stricter.
Low Technology:

A food source.
Liquid water, and planetary temperatures sufficient to maintain water in its liquid state &#8211; although liquid water may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exoplanets and the Science Fiction Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Exoplanets Can Tell Us About Building Science Fiction Worlds

Planets exist around other stars.
The dividing line between planets and stars is a lot more blurred than we thought it would be: some very large planets have been found that do not appear to have dueterium (heavy hydrogen) fusion occurring and therefore are not brown dwarfs. There are also [...]]]></description>
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