Most of us are familiar with Clarke’s third law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic However, there are a number of corollaries to that, one of which is: Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science which makes a lot of sense. This leads straight into my forward to my trilogy, asking what […]
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Most of my fantasy writings are set in one fantasy world: the World of Atria. Atria happens to be the country in which my earliest (1978) creations (characters, stories) resided. In my not-published Tower books, it as the Atosian Empire from 2300 years ago. Magic in that world is repeatable, observable and consistent; therefore it
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I was reviewing one of my stories the other day and reflecting on the behaviour of some drugs (potions). It doesn’t matter whether they are potions, spells, or other magical mechanisms, the effects would be the same. The first was a drug that caused a person to weigh less. Now, to be clear, the potion
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Two very successful movies from Disney. The first was so successful that they made a second. Most people say that Frozen is the better movie, and certainly it has the catchier songs (including “that one”). However, I prefer the second movie. Before going on, the artistry and imagery in the first movie is superb. Winter
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An excellent speech about fantasy – and esp. faerie-tale based fantasy – by Terri Windling. It’s rather long, but well worth listening to. http://www.tor.com/2016/06/22/faerie-led-thoughts-on-writing-meaningful-fantasy/ As the speech progressed, I found myself thinking of my own writings in her terms, and I think they match well. I’ve long maintained that the setting, natural and social, is
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