Comments on: Setting Description Entry: Desert

By: Luna lovegood

Luna lovegood — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:15:58 +0000

Wow this helped me so much on my essay thanks I have altleast 20 things down for it from this website

By: Juswan

Juswan — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:11:06 +0000

this is a very helpful extract where I could pick out some descriptions of the desert and how the climate is
Thank you very much for doing this because it gives me the feel and the imagination that I am there now in the desert

By: FIS EFISUW

FIS EFISUW — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:35:06 +0000

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By: adiyan

adiyan — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 17:43:08 +0000

this has helped me so much for my gcse exams.that i am glad that somebody helped me

By: Stanley

Stanley — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 05:56:49 +0000

Such vivid descriptions creates a desert picture in my mind. Feel like am already there.
Was doing last chapters of my novel wanted to write something about cold deserts. I come from the tropics and have no idea about cold deserts, any information will see me through.

By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Sun, 07 May 2017 19:41:05 +0000

In reply to Vasumanah. I'm so glad it was timely!

By: Vasumanah

Vasumanah — Sat, 06 May 2017 19:13:22 +0000

This was very helpul for my essay, love it.

By: Marian

Marian — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:08:00 +0000

I do have one story that’s set in a desert land. But the greatest influence on me – in terms of living in so many different places – is that I always have people of different cultures and species having to live together, cooperate or deal with the various tensions that arise from their varying natures and customs. It’s a lot of fun. And because these stories are fantasies, they can be bizarre while still being realistic.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:20:00 +0000

Wow Marian--what a great culture to draw on. Does your work ever reflect where you lived?

And yes please--if you have descriptiors to add, go for it. Often I think of stuff after the fact, and each setting is so vast, there are infinite ways to describe!

Thanks everyone as always for visiting and commenting!

By: Marian

Marian — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:26:00 +0000

I liked the low crime rate (because of the draconian penalties). It was so low that once, when my mom arrived at work to find the office open and burgled, 21 police officers showed up in response to her call (probably the most excitement they had had all week). The forensics people had to shove their way through the crowd.

There’s also the lack of taxes. So provided you’re an indoor person, which I am, you might find it tolerable. Oh, and women always got to go to the front of any line (e.g. at the post office), and had the front seats of buses reserved for them.

One thing I didn’t like was the censorship, which at times bordered on the ridiculous. For instance, the single government-owned ISP wouldn’t let you access the site http://www.ralan.com, which contains lots of useful information about markets in publishing. Why? Because there’s some prominent Israeli whose last name is Ralan. It’s not the same person, but no one bothered to check before blocking the site.

Television programs censor kisses or references to making love, and when I bought a scientific book on human anatomy, the naughty bits were blacked out with a Magic Marker. I once smuggled a Boris Vallejo book into the country and felt very daring. 🙂

So it wasn’t a completely unpleasant experience, but I escaped to Canada as quickly as I could, and I prefer it here.

By: Bish Denham

Bish Denham — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:17:00 +0000

Am starting to catch up on these wonderful posts! Is it OK to mention things I would include in your list of sights?
Reptiles: snakes, lizards etc. Insects: spiders, biting ants, beetles etc.
And sounds?
The slither of sand sliding under the belly of a snake or lizard.

Great stuff.
Bish

By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:52:00 +0000

Gosh, Marian, that sounds intense. Did you like it there?