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message 1: by [deleted user] (new)

Now that somebody mentioned it, Carrol's Wonderland is a VERY interesting world :)


message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 14, 2019 08:22AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Evgeny wrote: "Now that somebody mentioned it, Carrol's Wonderland is a VERY interesting world :)"

I totally agree 🙂 which is why I voted for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (#79).


message 3: by Tyler (new)

Tyler Groen eh


message 4: by Cam (new)

Cam ok


message 5: by Mark (new)

Mark Bradford I think a good test of an interesting world is if it would survive outside of the book. Meaning, what would happen after a few years in this scenario? Would free will, greed, tribalism allow this world to exist, or does it only exist in an oddly specific set of circumstances inside of the book?


message 6: by Stephen (new)

Stephen Mwangi okay


message 7: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Wilson Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is not meant to be on this list can someone remove it?


message 8: by Jonathan (last edited Jan 16, 2020 07:39PM) (new)

Jonathan Lévis hello goodreaders I would love to suggest my novel YGGDRASIL: The New Saga that is inside an interesting world based on the Norse Cosmology


message 9: by Tammie (new)

Tammie Nancy wrote: "Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is not meant to be on this list can someone remove it?"

What number is it?


message 10: by Malachi (new)

Malachi wow very cool thank you very cool i like wow very so yes wow cool goood list very cool


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Jonathan wrote: "hello goodreaders I would love to suggest my novel YGGDRASIL: The New Saga that is inside an interesting world based on the Norse Cosmology"

Do stop promoting your own book like this... It's annoying.


message 12: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Wilson Hi Tammie I really missed your comment 1 year later.. It is #1734


message 13: by Steve (new)

Steve LaForest This list looked very good, and I was trying to decide which world I would consider most interesting - BUT then I noticed that the list is nonsensical! Why would any list have multiple entries for Harry Potter, or Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, (etc.). Each of these series feature a single world. Since the list is not rationally constructed, it feels like a waste of time participating.


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