Random questions

Inspired by this-- is there any sf about climate wars?

The nearest thing I can think of is Lindholm's Windsinger series, in which the magical control of weather is politically important.

Is there any sf with politically important plate tectonics? I realize it would take immense amounts of time and unlikely cultural attention spans, but I can live with that.

Clarification: When I said "climate war", I didn't mean something usual like fighting over resources which have become limited as a result of natural climate change. I want scope! sense of wonder! difference from the news!-- I'm looking for sf about people who can at least somewhat control the climate and don't agree about what should be done with it.

See also "Primary Education Among the Camiroi", in which a class in world government means actually governing a world (but not a first aspect world, that's cruel).

Random questions

Inspired by this-- is there any sf about climate wars?

The nearest thing I can think of is Lindholm's Windsinger series, in which the magical control of weather is politically important.

Is there any sf with politically important plate tectonics? I realize it would take immense amounts of time and unlikely cultural attention spans, but I can live with that.

Clarification: When I said "climate war", I didn't mean something usual like fighting over resources which have become limited as a result of natural climate change. I want scope! sense of wonder! difference from the news!-- I'm looking for sf about people who can at least somewhat control the climate and don't agree about what should be done with it.

See also "Primary Education Among the Camiroi", in which a class in world government means actually governing a world (but not a first aspect world, that's cruel).

Collect them all!

Barry Deutsch created this....



It showed up a time or two on my friends list, but I didn't repost it because I still believe someone's got to be ideologically opposed to the war on drugs.

But then Davi Bark came up with



I'd have called it 24 types of statist, but considering that there was argument about whether "authoritarian" was clear enough, "statist" would have presumably counted as obscure libertarian jargon.

More discussion, if you like.

And now, behold



Posted here. Deutsch introduces it here.

Collect them all!

Barry Deutsch created this....



It showed up a time or two on my friends list, but I didn't repost it because I still believe someone's got to be ideologically opposed to the war on drugs.

But then Davi Bark came up with



I'd have called it 24 types of statist, but considering that there was argument about whether "authoritarian" was clear enough, "statist" would have presumably counted as obscure libertarian jargon.

More discussion, if you like.

And now, behold



Posted here. Deutsch introduces it here.

Clothes: if there were no prejudice against fat women

I recently asked whether there'd been any improvement in the availability of clothing for fat women, and the answer, in some detail, was almost entirely no, with some aspects getting worse.

Here's what I think the world would be like if the prejudice wasn't there-- there would be no differences in stylishness or quality. There might be some difference in price and availability for the less common sizes-- I think the mere size of the clothing is less important than not having as much advantage from mass production.

There might be some differences in what's stylish-- clothes wouldn't be designed to make women look thinner or to show off thinness-- but I'm not sure what the differences would be.

Clothes: if there were no prejudice against fat women

I recently asked whether there'd been any improvement in the availability of clothing for fat women, and the answer, in some detail, was almost entirely no, with some aspects getting worse.

Here's what I think the world would be like if the prejudice wasn't there-- there would be no differences in stylishness or quality. There might be some difference in price and availability for the less common sizes-- I think the mere size of the clothing is less important than not having as much advantage from mass production.

There might be some differences in what's stylish-- clothes wouldn't be designed to make women look thinner or to show off thinness-- but I'm not sure what the differences would be.