On Worldbuilding: Beware The “Expository Lump!”

Open for some serious worldbuilding business…

Over the last month I’ve been relooking at previous worldbuilding posts. (See the end of this post for links to the current series.)

I also took a wee sidetrip to Ursula Le Guin’s Steering The Craft, with a specific nod to the chapters that touch on worldbuilding. The term “expository lump” also stems from Steering The Craft.

Le Guin cites it as a general science fiction* writing term, but her book is the only place I’ve seen it used, so in my mind i...