{"id":38008,"date":"2020-06-04T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=38008"},"modified":"2020-06-03T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T05:02:06","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-worldbuilding-in-fantasy-5-the-liveship-traders-series-by-robin-hobb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/on-supernatural-underground-now-worldbuilding-in-fantasy-5-the-liveship-traders-series-by-robin-hobb\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: Worldbuilding in Fantasy #5 &#8212; The Liveship Traders Series by Robin Hobb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36221 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>This year on <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2020\/03\/year-of-worldbuilding-in-fantasy-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supernatural Underground<\/a> I\u2019m celebrating the awe-inspiring and downright inspirational worldbuilding of Fantasy literature,\u00a0 because worldbuilding is the vital glue that binds the different strands of the genre together. And also because, quite simply, fantasy worldbuilding is So Much FUN!<\/p>\n<div>This month I&#8217;m featuring my favourite Robin Hobb series, the Liveship Traders trilogy, which hoves between Bingtown and the mysterious Rain Wilds, the Pirate Isles and the Cursed Shore. To find out more about just why I heart this particular world so much, click on:<\/div>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/year-of-worldbuilding-in-fantasy-5-ship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Year of Worldbuilding in Fantasy # 5: &#8220;Ship of Magic&#8221; &amp; the Liveship Traders Series by Robin Hobb<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35812 \" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ship-Of-Magic-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ship-Of-Magic-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ship-Of-Magic-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ship-Of-Magic.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38010 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Mad-Ship_Liveship-Traders-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Mad-Ship_Liveship-Traders-2.jpg 131w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Mad-Ship_Liveship-Traders-2-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38011 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ship-Of-Destiny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ship-Of-Destiny.jpg 130w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ship-Of-Destiny-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh yes, in case I didn&#8217;t mention it, there are sentient ships and sea serpents, pirates and dragons, as well as traders, slavers and great powers all contending in the mix, aka much that will appeal to a range of avid readers. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<pre>#YoW YearOfWorldbuilding\r\n#WiF WorldbuildingInFantasy<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year on Supernatural Underground I\u2019m celebrating the awe-inspiring and downright inspirational worldbuilding of Fantasy literature,\u00a0 because worldbuilding is the vital glue that binds the different strands of the genre together. And also because, quite simply, fantasy worldbuilding is So Much FUN! This month I&#8217;m featuring my favourite Robin Hobb series, the Liveship Traders trilogy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supernatural-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38008"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38016,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38008\/revisions\/38016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}