/lit/ - Literature

>>18472131
So how exactly does one go about writing a book with a rather unique setting without it inevitably succumbing to "world building faggotry?" Obviously one of the big things is realizing that most setting won't work and you'll have to just leave it out of the story but are there any good examples of a unique world where the setting is well woven into the narrative?

>>15553111
Set the series in some kind of strange foreign culture, people will praise it for being a "unique, truly alien feeling setting"

So what are some fantasy books or sci-fi with genuinely unique settings, some really alien worlds that when you initially go in seem a bit overwhelming but when you start getting into the swing you want to know way more about.
I've already read Dune, which I'd say is a decent example of what I mean.