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Alice Grove MCDLT - MAY 2017
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 18 May 2017, 20:22 ---Btw, are we still on chapter six?
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Yes. We haven't gotten any indication of a chapter break yet.
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retrosteve:
--- Quote from: brasca on 18 May 2017, 21:50 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2017, 16:03 ---I'm keeping my mind open, but to be honest, the 'rescuing a being enslaves them to you' theory doesn't ring true to me.
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It's how genies and some other mythical figures work and seeing as how Church is old and powerful enough to be one I wouldn't rule it out.
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I'd be pretty disappointed if I was reading a science-fiction story and in the last chapter it turned out to be a fantasy.
Storel:
--- Quote from: retrosteve on 19 May 2017, 14:57 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 18 May 2017, 21:50 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2017, 16:03 ---I'm keeping my mind open, but to be honest, the 'rescuing a being enslaves them to you' theory doesn't ring true to me.
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It's how genies and some other mythical figures work and seeing as how Church is old and powerful enough to be one I wouldn't rule it out.
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I'd be pretty disappointed if I was reading a science-fiction story and in the last chapter it turned out to be a fantasy.
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One of my favorite books is Sylvia Engdahl's Enchantress from the Stars, which starts off sounding like a fairy tale and turns out to be a science fiction story. Turnarounds can be awesome if done well.
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: Storel on 19 May 2017, 15:27 ---
--- Quote from: retrosteve on 19 May 2017, 14:57 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 18 May 2017, 21:50 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2017, 16:03 ---I'm keeping my mind open, but to be honest, the 'rescuing a being enslaves them to you' theory doesn't ring true to me.
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It's how genies and some other mythical figures work and seeing as how Church is old and powerful enough to be one I wouldn't rule it out.
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I'd be pretty disappointed if I was reading a science-fiction story and in the last chapter it turned out to be a fantasy.
--- End quote ---
One of my favorite books is Sylvia Engdahl's Enchantress from the Stars, which starts off sounding like a fairy tale and turns out to be a science fiction story. Turnarounds can be awesome if done well.
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Yes ... and no. Charles Stross's The Merchant Princes series starts out looking like a fantasy and turns SF over the first couple of books. That's taking what looks like magic and carefully defining its parameters until you realize it's science. That's actually pretty cool.
Going the other way, where you assume the universe has science rules, and then open it up to arbitrary magic, is... not so cool. It says the writer didn't really make up the rules in advance, he just threw a bunch in later. It's magic ex machina. And I won't have it.
brasca:
--- Quote from: Storel on 19 May 2017, 15:27 ---
--- Quote from: retrosteve on 19 May 2017, 14:57 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 18 May 2017, 21:50 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2017, 16:03 ---I'm keeping my mind open, but to be honest, the 'rescuing a being enslaves them to you' theory doesn't ring true to me.
--- End quote ---
It's how genies and some other mythical figures work and seeing as how Church is old and powerful enough to be one I wouldn't rule it out.
--- End quote ---
I'd be pretty disappointed if I was reading a science-fiction story and in the last chapter it turned out to be a fantasy.
--- End quote ---
One of my favorite books is Sylvia Engdahl's Enchantress from the Stars, which starts off sounding like a fairy tale and turns out to be a science fiction story. Turnarounds can be awesome if done well.
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I would also include Babylon 5's technomages. They have extremely advanced technology that gives them abilities that seem magical, but I think Elric is more eloquent in his explanation: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjToVZTqCbw
Gavia would be right at home with them.
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