A while ago someone mentioned an author who had a series of books on starting a civilization from the ground up. If anyone remembers it, please let me know! ed

A while ago someone mentioned an author who had a series of books on starting a civilization from the ground up. If anyone remembers it, please let me know! edit: a thread on this, although not exactly what I was thinking of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9084466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9084466