{"id":1005,"date":"2019-09-23T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T21:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindytomamichel.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2024-10-10T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T04:24:46","slug":"world-building-blog-by-cindy-tomamichel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindytomamichel.com\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"World building: Deserts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Humans continually modify much of the environment in order\nto make it more comfortable to live. Yet many places still exist on Earth and\nour Solar system that are dangerous and uninhabitable by humans, at least for\nthe long term. That does not stop many creatures making these places home. How\ndo authors work extremes of environment into their worlds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The earth is full of marvellous examples of physiological and psychological\nor behavioural adaptations to the extremes found in desert environments. These\ncan be used in a novel to add flavour and verisimilitude to the story. Are the\ncharacters passing through and not adapted or used to this environment? Or are\nthey well adapted, even moving past being entirely human?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body adaptations become important when animals, plants or people moving\ninto a niche environment, or are being forced to do so. The environment may\nhave changed gradually, or they are moving to find new food sources. People migrate,\nending up in fringe areas, where the land is so poor or lacking in resources that\nit is not worth fighting over. Over time, the adaptions spread through the\npopulation, as more successful families with mutations produce the most\noffspring. For animals, we can see the development of different sub species,\neventually evolving into an entirely different species. Darwin noticed the\ndevelopment of the different species of finch on the Galapagos Islands, and\neventually formed the theory of evolution from his observations. Mutations plus\npopulation isolation leading to different species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This then can be developed in fiction. A colony planet loses contact with incoming ships. Isolation, and the survival of those most fitted to the environment. A theory beautifully and thoroughly adapted in Andre Norton’s “Breed to Come\u201d. Would they still be recognisably human or think of themselves as such? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physical adaptations include ways to move – wide pads on feet, or conservation of water by concentrating urine. This was used by Randall Garrett in the Gandalara series where the concentrated urine crystals he produced was the first certain proof that he was in a new world. Andre Norton and Herbert in Dune have created worlds were the economy and social structure was heavily influenced by the environment. In Aldous Huxley\u2019s “Brave New World”, human embryos were manipulated in artificial wombs to be able to work better in different places, with inbuilt malaria resistance for tropic areas as an example. Robert Heinlein creates a believable world in his books set on Mars with exotic plants adapted to a cold desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bushmen of the Kalahari have quite distinct physical attributes\nfrom surviving their environment for many thousands of years. Their height, fat\nstorage, and intestinal biota are all different to the human average. Due to\nthe feast or famine of hunting, often vast quantities of food are consumed,\ninfluencing social behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reactions to landing in the desert vary depending on preparation, body morphology and behaviour. In Kenneth Kamler\u2019s book \u201cSurviving the Extremes\u201d he notes that in any change of situation into life threatening, the mind is the most important tool. Quick, clear and correct decisions can make the difference in survival situations. A highly recommended book for those interested in human survival in extremes of environment. Star Trek episodes are often based on the crew\u2019s reactions and decisions in alien environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behavioural adaptations include becoming semi nocturnal, devising ways\nto collect water, dig burrows to stay cool or hunting methods. Humans in Africa\nwere noted to be almost semi nocturnal by early explorers, and desert clothing\nis designed for covering up, and adding layers of protection against the sun\nand sand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plant life too reacts to the low rainfall and nutrient levels. Leaves\nbecome spines in cactus, or silvery and tough to reflect heat. Flowering and\nseeds happen quickly after rains, with the sands blossoming after rainfall,\ndying just as quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the image of desert often conjours sand, there are vast tracts of pebbles, rocks eroded into fantastic shapes, salt lakes with dead trees and salt rich succulent plants, and even salt lakes with bacteria that turn the water pink. Variations in groundwater and geology may produce small pockets of water and lush plant life amidst desolation. Dust, windstorms, and sudden rain deluges can all happen and be incorporated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these things can be incorporated into the novel, either as part of the world, or a source for the plot. In Peter O\u2019Donnell\u2019s Modesty Blaise, they built a sand skimming wind driven vehicle, travelled at night, living off the land because they had the knowledge to do so. When an injury becomes life threatening, again obscure knowledge is a life saver. In the old TV series \u201cMan from Atlantis\u201d, the man that could not stay out of water longer than an hour was saved by the doctor remembering the coolness of the underside of stones. Buried in damp sand and covered in stones, he managed to survive long enough for rescue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The environment affects plants and animals, and by extension the people that live there. Society, diet and activity is dictated by the extreme conditions.\u00a0Even just a visit will influence the behaviour and survival of your characters in significant ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those that have not read Druid’s Portal yet, here is a link to the first chapter of <\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>DruidsPortal<\/a> and to the second in the series<\/em> Druid\u2019s Portal: The Second Journey, <\/strong>and you can read a preview<\/em> <\/strong>here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scifi more your thing? Try my short stories in the anthologies<\/em> Quantum Soul<\/a> and<\/em>\nTales from Alternate Earths 2.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short stories\nand poetry? Try the Rhetoric Askew anthologies<\/em>: Mixed genre<\/a>, Adventure <\/a>or Romance <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tired from\nall that thinking? Try a 5 Minute Vacation! <\/em>5 Minute Vacation <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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