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San Francisco sci-fi...location help needed!!
MouseWynne:
Is San Francisco a good place to set an SF/Fantasy story?
You did know the San Francisco was the location for Star Fleet HQ in Star Trek, didn't you?
It's also the setting for Seananne McGuire's October Daye stories...
So yes - it's not always dark there but it's got loads of "atmosphere" even when the sun shines.
Again - Google is your friend -check San Francisco images...
Quantus:
Well, in terms of history San Fransisco has one of the more layered pasts of any area in the US, a lot of which is still preserved today. From indian era stuff when California was one of the most culturally diverse areas in all of north america, to the Spanish era with the mission settlement, to various wars leading to becomming a US state, then teh explosion that was the Gold Rush, to the massive immigration from various pacific rim areas in the early 1900s to the Pasific front of WW2.
Not to mention various geographic plot fodder from the bay itself, the area's seismological/volcanic activity, gold deposits, and proximity to the Redwood Forests which hold both the worlds largest tree (the General Sherman Tree) and the worlds tallest tree (the Hyperion, part of the Grove of Titans along with teh Del Norte Titan, the Lost Monarch and other record breaking trees. "The location was described by author Richard Preston as "the bottom of a hidden notch-like valley near a glade." The exact location within the park has not been revealed for fear that excessive traffic will damage the grove."
arianne:
Ah. Google maps. Street view.
I think I'm in love ;D
meg_evonne:
My brother has a photograph of one neat home with gargoyles... I'll see if I can find out where it was located for you. Really cool.
arianne:
Cool. Would love to see it!
Wonder if the owners would mind me "borrowing" their house? ;D
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