Top products from r/artifexian
We found 3 product mentions on r/artifexian. We ranked the 3 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Tor Books
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ah, so Darion is an established character, and not a clever excuse devised by Bill ! didn't realise that \^_\^ looking over some of the other posts again, I think the extracts from their work are fairly consistent and academic in tone, and then comparing that to the more expressive personality in their personal correspondence is kinda a fun !
I've also remembered (another) example of worldbuilding told through a title page and contents : Too like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. the titlepage should be available through the Amazon preview or here on Google books. this isn't, like, some post-modern literature so the narrative actually happens in the novel, but nevertheless I thought the titlepage was constructed really interestingly. (and is perhaps a subtle way for worldbuilders to info-dump without interrupting the plot (although Palmer info-dumps throughout the book anyway but that's besides the point))
since Oa lacks the /ɛ~e/ vowel, which is in the stressed syllable of "Artifexian", the transcriptions needed to find a workaround. I transcribed and syllabified Artifexian thus : [ar.tə.fik.sian], while /u/Yottaphy went with [ar.ti.fə.k͡sian]. it would be interesting to see how a herald working from the blazon alone would go about it !
hope you get over the cold soon, Bill !
Hey, guys. You wondered about the alphabet and how it got into alphabetic order? I listen to another podcast called The History of English. The host (Kevin Stroud) put out an audiobook of just exactly that. The History of the Alphabet.
I HIGHLY recommend the podcast, as well.
ALSO, while I'm thinking about it, I became curious about alphabet songs in other languages/alphabets as well, and found this video on YouTube showing the Arabic alphabet and its sounds. Then he sings the song at the end.
Arabic Alphabet on Youtube
It's a far future topic unfortunately. In the mean time pick up a copy of Aliens and Alien Societies. It's a good beginners guide to aliens.