S&S vs. SF in BotNS

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 21 Dec 2011, 16:50 · from 2011-December.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:50:51 -0800
Subject: (urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS
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Gerry Quinn wrote:
> It?s not magic ? it?s bad science, just like FTL travel.? Wolfe doesn?t care
> too much if the science is questionable, what he cares about is that the
> world of the story is underpinned by natural laws.

It seems to me that what the sorcerers in the woods do is "real" magic.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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