sci fi – colonization

Sci fi stories that embody worldbuilding in the truest sense, showing a new world as it is built from the ground up. Return to general Sci Fi

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  • Arthurian Legends
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  • Astral Projection
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  • Band of Brothers/Sisters
  • Band of Misfits
  • Bar Tales
  • Becoming a Monster
  • Benevolent Aliens
  • Beyond the Grave Communication
  • Big Sword
  • Black and White Morality
  • Body Modifications
  • Bodysnatchers
  • Book of Spells
  • Born Hero
  • Burial Ground/Cemetary
  • Changing Painting
  • Chosen One
  • Clones
  • Conspiracy
  • Crazy Clairvoyants
  • Cross-Species Friendships
  • Cryosleep
  • Dark Enemy
  • Dark Lord
  • Death by Sex
  • Demonic Possession
  • Dragonriders
  • Dying World
  • Dystopian Governments
  • Enemy to Ally
  • Evil Megacorporation
  • Evolving Powers
  • Fallen Hero
  • Farmer to Hero
  • Farmer to Royalty
  • Fated Mates
  • Fellowship
  • Fetus of Doom
  • First Contact
  • Fish Out of Water
  • Found Family
  • FTL
  • Galactic Civilization
  • Generation Ships
  • Good Robots
  • Haunted House
  • Here Comes the Cavalry
  • Humanity is Dangerous
  • Humanity is Good
  • Humans Evolved From Aliens
  • Hunted
  • I Am Your Father
  • I See Dead People
  • Immortality
  • Inaccessible Magic
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  • Post-Apocalyptic
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  • Villain to Hero
  • Waiting/Sleeping Evil
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  • what - concept - amnesia
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  • when - period - great war
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  • when - period - prehistoric
  • when - period - prohibition
  • when - period - victorian
  • where - general - alternate universe
  • where - general - carnival
  • where - general - castle
  • where - general - military
  • where - general - private school
  • where - general - rural
  • where - general - small town
  • where - general - uncharted island
  • where - general - underwater
  • where - non-Earth planet
  • where - space - international space station
  • where - space - space station
  • where - space station
  • where - spaceship
  • who - description - alpha male
  • who - description - alphas and omegas
  • who - description - tattoos
  • who - magical humans
  • who - occupation - apothecary
  • who - occupation - archaeologist
  • who - occupation - artist
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  • who - occupation - bounty hunter
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  • who - occupation - cowboys
  • who - occupation - detective
  • who - occupation - doctor
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  • who - occupation - ex-convict
  • who - occupation - federal agent
  • who - occupation - guard
  • who - occupation - hacker
  • who - occupation - healer
  • who - occupation - herbalist
  • who - occupation - inventor
  • who - occupation - journalist
  • who - occupation - king
  • who - occupation - knight
  • who - occupation - law enforcement
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  • who - occupation - lord
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  • who - occupation - pirate
  • who - occupation - police
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  • who - occupation - priest
  • who - occupation - prince
  • who - occupation - prisoner
  • who - occupation - professor
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  • who - occupation - security
  • who - occupation - serial killer
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  • who - occupation - sex worker
  • who - occupation - sheriff
  • who - occupation - soldier
  • who - occupation - space marines
  • who - occupation - spaceship captain
  • who - occupation - spy
  • who - occupation - starship captain
  • who - occupation - student
  • who - occupation - superhero
  • who - occupation - teacher
  • who - occupation - thief
  • who - occupation - undercover agent
  • who - occupation - warrior
  • who - occupation - writer
  • who - religion - catholic
  • who - religion - jewish
  • who - religion - pagan
  • who - religion - shinto
  • who - sea dragon shifter
  • who - shifter
  • who - type - alien
  • who - type - altered human
  • who - type - angels
  • who - type - badass heroine
  • who - type - bear shifters
  • who - type - bigfoot
  • who - type - centaur
  • who - type - cyborg
  • who - type - demons
  • who - type - dragon shifters
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  • who - type - fae
  • who - type - fox
  • who - type - ghosts
  • who - type - god
  • who - type - griffins
  • who - type - incubus
  • who - type - kitsune
  • who - type - merman
  • who - type - panther shifters
  • who - type - reindeer shifters
  • who - type - robot / cyborg
  • who - type - selkie
  • who - type - spirit
  • who - type - succubus
  • who - type - vampires
  • who - type - werecats
  • who - type - werewolves
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  • who - type - wizard
  • who - type - wolf
  • who - type - yokai
  • who - type - zombies
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