Daily life is pretty dreary for eleven year old Reggie. She's already mastered the art of dumpster diving for scraps of food and being her own parent. Her mother, dangerously close to a full break with sanity, is of little help. Reggie has invented a dream world where she and her best friend, Tough Girl, battle aliens for glory. Life is manageable until new neighbors move in and Reggie's dream world begins to unravel.
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PLANET GIRTHThis is the home world of Tough Girl. Its three land masses are close together and the entire world is ruled by one government and one criminal underworld. Humans are far from the dominant species - they are seen as pests that "breed like roaches" and are forced to live in ghettos. Tough Girl and her family ran one particular ghetto until her father was executed.
Like most worlds in the known universe, Planet Girth is controlled by Octhmuslans, though they rarely slither a tentacle on the planet. Planet Girth is not exceptional. It is small and mostly poor, but it has one thing the rest of the universe does not: a life breeding Bublaran.
How is everyone doing with the A-Z so far?
This girl has got a crazy imagination.
ReplyDeleteAnd the A to Z is kicking my butt. Really tough keeping up with writing and reading and commenting.
Wow, you've created such an imaginative setting. I tend to stick to real-life places (mostly U.S. cities) because I can't seem to come up with anything so creative. I admire how detailed you've made Planet Girth.
ReplyDeleteha, Planet Girth sounds like an intriguing place...not one I'd like to visit in person though ;)
ReplyDeleteYour depiction of how humans aren't the dominant species in Girth suddenly reminded of the *really trippy* 1970s film "The Fantastic Planet," which was adapted from the "La Planète Sauvage" novel by Stefan Wuls. If you ever get the chance to see it, do so! It's like watching an hour-long Monty Python cartoon. o_O
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I didn't do the A to Z, but it does look like fun based on what I've been reading in your posts and other people who have participated. It's a good way to deal with writer's block too, which is something that I struggle with more often than not.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read this book! Well, as you know, I'm having a very hard time keeping up with the A to Z. But what I have had time to read has been pretty great!
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