speculative rise of civilization theme
A society's development from pre-historical through various stages of civilization, cultural and scientific development through to some kind of modernity is featured more or less in the whole.
3 total · 3 choice
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e1x16 | choice | The story is about a young couple discovering a civilization of tiny people inside the icebox of their antiquated refrigerator. They observed the civilization quickly progress from a Medieval-era society to the Industrial Revolution before attaining a modern-era level of development. There was a nuclear conflagration out of which a society arose that had technology so advanced that it seemed like magic. |
| novel: Dragon's Egg (1980) | choice | The Cheela developed from an agricultural people into a technologically advanced one in the blink of an eye. |
| voy6x12 | choice | Voyager watched the alien civilization rise in fast forward. |