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SpyglassRealms

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Cowabunga and groovily met, folks!

My nickname is Spyglass because I'm a gigantic space nerd, though most folks tend to shorten that to Spy. Either is fine. I'm an astrobiology major and a fanatical worldbuilding geek. I’ve been properly worldbuilding since around 2010 (and creating stories since before I even figured out how language works.) I make a scripted podcast called Starhopper Radio that is currently available on select podcatchers, though it’s been put on hiatus for now.

I can't say I'm terribly active, but I try.



THE REALMS

Astra Planeta

Astra Planeta [ASP] Hard sci-fi / Speculative fiction / Hopepunk

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Arcverse [AV] Hardsoft sci-fi / Space opera / Nihilistic cosmic romanticism

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Orion's Echo [OE] Soft sci-fi / Tabletop RPG world / Cosmic horror

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Sphaera [SPH] Hard sci-fantasy / Speculative fiction / Arcanepunk

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The Midnight Sea [TMS] High-magic space fantasy / Tabletop RPG world / Arcanepunk

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Crundle [CDL] High surrealist fantasy / [setting structure goes here] / Absurdist

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Bleakworld [LOR] Ambiguous fantasy / Speculative fiction / Experimental

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Pinereach [PR] Modern weird fiction / Collaborative story project / Mystery


Favourite Visual Artist
Alex Ries / Wayne Barlowe / Kazu Kibuishi
Favourite Movies
Treasure Planet / The Martian / Spaceballs / Monty Python
Favourite TV Shows
Have some podcasts instead: Wolf 359 / Startripper!! / The Adventure Zone / The Cryptonaturalist
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Various Filkers / Anberlin / Search the City / Rush / Rise Against / Crypt Patrol / HMT / Jeremy Soule
Favourite Books
Pale Blue Dot / Cosmos / The Martian / Wayfarers series / Amulet series / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Favourite Writers
Carl Sagan / Andy Weir / Becky Chambers
Favourite Games
Minecraft / D&D (5e) / The Elder Scrolls / Hyperlanes / No Man's Sky / Hollow Knight
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC / Tabletop
Tools of the Trade
Paint.NET / Krita / Flowscape / SpaceEngine / Google Docs / mE NOGGIN, GROMMET

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Thanks very much!! Funny enough, the entire reason why humanity was able to spread through the solar system and beyond in Astra Planeta is because they shed their militaristic worldviews and actually, properly cooperated on the international level. "War" is a word found only in history books here.

Map of the Solar System (2921 CE)

Thank you! I really should add some labels, shouldn't I? I'll see about trying a new labeled format when I finish the Uranus flag redesign.

Flags of the United Sol System

Thanks so much!! I have not written a book yet, heheh. My plan has always been to create an anthology of short stories set at various places and times in the Astra Planeta universe rather than a full novel, but progress on that has been slow going since I want to build up the setting itself before publishing much. However, you can read the few short stories that I have published on WorldAnvil! The best of these is Alone Together, which can also be found here on DeviantArt and recently won an award!

Map of the Alpha Centauri System (2921 CE)

Think of Vulcan like a turbo-Venus. It's 8 times the mass, has more than four times the atmospheric pressure, and its surface is more than twice as hot. It's also tidally locked to Toliman, which means its solar hemisphere is covered by an enormous cyclone.



Don't plan to go there on vacation.

Map of the Alpha Centauri System (2921 CE)

That is an orthogonal map of the local stellar neighborhood. It may have been presumptive of me to leave that unlabeled; I'll update the map with the appropriate edits when I'm able. Thanks for catching that!

Map of the Solar System (2021 CE)