“If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.” PeopleIfsLooksSeemsGamesHouseIssuesCarNewsCrisisLibraryDrivenSettingSettingsMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Graham Nelson
“The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsKindMadeDoneEnoughJobsFantasyAddCornersSettingSettingsAppealsExtrasDimensionsWhat IfRootedThinking What If Author:Tamora Pierce
“I don't think the jet-setting life is really for most people.” PeopleThinkingLife IsSettingSettingsJet Author:Jim Parsons