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    This document discusses the theory and history of subcreation, or the creation of imaginary worlds through fiction. It notes that imaginary worlds are often overlooked and only considered as backdrops for stories rather than subjects of study in themselves, since they are more difficult to encapsulate than individual characters or plots. However, these imaginary worlds can be immense in size when composed of words, images, and sounds. Due to their enormous size, it can take a significant amount of time to understand these worlds fully and grasp their overall shape and design. Additionally, imaginary worlds present an interdisciplinary topic that may receive only a partial examination depending on the analytical tools used to study them.

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    This document discusses the theory and history of subcreation, or the creation of imaginary worlds through fiction. It notes that imaginary worlds are often overlooked and only considered as backdrops for stories rather than subjects of study in themselves, since they are more difficult to encapsulate than individual characters or plots. However, these imaginary worlds can be immense in size when composed of words, images, and sounds. Due to their enormous size, it can take a significant amount of time to understand these worlds fully and grasp their overall shape and design. Additionally, imaginary worlds present an interdisciplinary topic that may receive only a partial examination depending on the analytical tools used to study them.

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    This document discusses the theory and history of subcreation, or the creation of imaginary worlds through fiction. It notes that imaginary worlds are often overlooked and only considered as backdrops for stories rather than subjects of study in themselves, since they are more difficult to encapsulate than individual characters or plots. However, these imaginary worlds can be immense in size when composed of words, images, and sounds. Due to their enormous size, it can take a significant amount of time to understand these worlds fully and grasp their overall shape and design. Additionally, imaginary worlds present an interdisciplinary topic that may receive only a partial examination depending on the analytical tools used to study them.

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    Building Imaginary Worlds

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    This document discusses the theory and history of subcreation, or the creation of imaginary worlds through fiction. It notes that imaginary worlds are often overlooked and only considered as backdrops for stories rather than subjects of study in themselves, since they are more difficult to encapsulate than individual characters or plots. However, these imaginary worlds can be immense in size when composed of words, images, and sounds. Due to their enormous size, it can take a significant amount of time to understand these worlds fully and grasp their overall shape and design. Additionally, imaginary worlds present an interdisciplinary topic that may receive only a partial examination depending on the analytical tools used to study them.

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    BUILDING IMAGINARY WORLDS MARK J.P.

    WOLF
    THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF SUBCREATION
    A MAP OF THE WORKD THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE UTOPIA IS NOT WORTH EVEN GLACING AT,
    FOR IT LEAVES OUT THE ONE COUNTRY AT WHICH HUMANITY IS ALWAYS LANDING
    OSCAR WILDE, THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM.

    OFTEN WHEN A WORLD IS NOTICED AT ALL, IT IS ONLY CONSIDERED AS A BACKGROUND FOR
    STORIES SET IN IT, RATHER THAN A SUBJECT OF STUDU IN ITSELF. AT THE SAME TIME, A
    WORLD IS MORE DIFFICULT TO ENCAPSULATE IN A DESCRIPTION OR ANALYSIS THAN A
    PARTICULAR STORY, CHARACTER, OR SITUATION, MAKING IT EASIER TO OVERLOOK. P.13
    Imaginary worlds, built of words, images, and sounds, can be tremendous in size P.13
    Worlds of this size, even closed ones that are no longer being added to (though they may still
    be adapted and interpreted), can be difficult to see in their totality, and much time must be
    spent to learn enough about a world to get overall sense of its shape and design.P.13
    Imaginary worlds are, by their nature, an interdisciplinary object of study, and thus likely to
    either fall between the cracks between disciplines an sub-disciplines or receive only a partial
    examination according to which features are considered salient according to the analytical
    tools being applied. P.14

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