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9/ Did Gandalf's light spell have rules? Is the magic in Conan or Dying Earth self-consistent? The more rules and consistency you have, the less magic and the more engineering it is. ...which is the entire point I'm making.https://twitter.com/tr0g/status/1251590816210059265 …
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10/ The absolute worst kind of "fantasy" is where the inside of castle or dungeon rooms are lit by crystals embedded with light spells cast on them. Fluorescent lights. Magical phlogistan instead of UV emitting arcs impinging on phosphor...but fluorescent lights all the same
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I think a great example of this is Grimnoir by Larry Correia. Tons of fun, interesting super powers/magic, awesome fight scenes & characters. It is totally SF, not F. It’s just that the characters think it is magic, because they don’t understand it.
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One prob. of talking about this/defining things (aside from the boundaries more often being zones than sharp lines) is people mistake description for value judgements. ‘Grimnoir is SF, not F’ does not say anything about the quality of the books, but people often take it that way.
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