Nonhuman Timelines [Infinite Worlds]

[thrash]

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

Sluggy

This is one of those worlds that give people nightmares. Literally.

Is it wrong that I immediately thought you were going to tell us about Bun-Bun?

[Pragmatic]

Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl

I will start.

Raccoon-1

Raccoon-1 is a timeline dominated by a TL10 civilization of sapient giant raccoons called the Cyttwt. The Cyttwt evolved on the North American continent from raccoon ancestors starting two million years ago and migrated into the Asian continent through the coastal routes during the glacial periods around 500,000 years ago. The Cyttwt developed agriculture around 50,000 years ago, but they did not develop metalworking until 10,000 years ago, when the advancement of their technology progressed more quickly. They reached TL5 around 2,000 years ago and TL10 around 1,000 years ago, when their technological progress slowed to a crawl, as they developed a world government. In the current era, the Cyttwt have spread throughout the Sol System and, starting 500 years ago, started sending nanostasis colony fleets to terraformable worlds in nearby systems.

Tangent, but I think you'd like the book "Architect of Dreams," about a human who slipped through a portal to a world where apes never developed thumbs, and raccoons became sentient (but without voiceboxes). A whole lot of fun worldbuilding. (Note that the author had a hissy-fit about an editor telling him to trim down the descriptions in book two, so it never got published. Sigh.)

[DangerousThing]

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Tangent, but I think you'd like the book "Architect of Dreams," about a human who slipped through a portal to a world where apes never developed thumbs, and raccoons became sentient (but without voiceboxes). A whole lot of fun worldbuilding. (Note that the author had a hissy-fit about an editor telling him to trim down the descriptions in book two, so it never got published. Sigh.)

That book is "Architect of Sleep" by Steven R. Boyett.