its amazing how people come up with worlds in their heads

its a true beauty that language has evolved to be able to communicate entire complexities that represent what is years of thinking

i know people dont like it in books because often the story falls flat

one of the first prominent worldbuilders is Tolkein and his impact is synonymous with fantasy

compare with C. S. Lewis who also was one but his method involved story first and then a world justifying it

i think without capitalism and copyright laws we will see a lot of collaborative works that build a world in fiction

think of franchise owned "extended universes" or roleplaying game worlds

you see this emerging online a bit with online roleplaying fiction and open universes like the SCP Foundation