ryulongd replied to your post: I wonder how many sci-fi stories feature inhabited…

Anne McCaffrey did a good job of not making Pern a single biome, but I think she had some outside assistance in making things scientifically believable to offset the psychic dragons gallavanting throughout the series.

A writer who asks for informed opinions to make their writing more believable should feel about as much remorse as an artist who draws from real life to make their art more believable (which is to say, none at all)