At what point would mapping all those changes How big aĬhange would that anti-gravity stone bring about? Think of the impact on theĪge of Expansion. Technology tree is simply the sheer difficulty in mapping the result.
With more than an element of magic about it) or the kind of World Behind storyįound in Gaiman's Neverwhere or Rowling's Potter books – magic is present butīut perhaps the reason for the rarity of magic altering the To come is a 'steampunk sensibility' (which appears to use clockwork technology Which has undergone a paradigm shift because magic is real. Working for, say, customs, sniffing out drugs, but we rarely get technology Shortcut scientific testing, point out the correct result, and leave science toĮven in the genre of 'modern magic', urban fantasy, we rarely see any significant shift of this world's technology tree. Science, with its need forĬomprehension and proof, with its systematic testing and extrapolation, should Make magic an enemy of scientific advancement. Thus, to the fantasy author, it is only natural to Instead of partners inĪdvancement, they are foes. Science disproves magic, reveals its smoke and mirrors. Magic in our world belongs to the charlatan. Instead magic is often depicted as stultifying and backward instead of an instrument of revelation and advancement. We simply get "the Industrial Age + Magic" or "Feudalism + Magic" or "Faerie + Computers" without the complete revolution which that injection of other should surely bring. Other worlds have magic assisting technology (see all of Final Fantasy), but the injection of magic into a world of technology, or technology into a world of magic, rarely seems to massively alter the technology tree.
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One series which does seem to marry technology to magic is Terry Pratchett's Discworld - from the Hex computer to cameras - but this appears to be a parallel technology tree rather than advancements in practical science. Immunology, and the importance of sterilisation. Teaching non-mages that there's different blood types, the basics of
Rare to the point of almost never to have a healing mage show up and start Technology, causing more advanced examples to fail when in its presence. Hierarchical development of technology, and through technology to significantlyĬhange social and cultural development. Series, that it's rare to see magic used to significantly alter this I've discussed previously in my Impacts of Magic To construct floating cities and give every person fast, inexpensive and Nor do you ever discover anti-gravity stones which allow you To crush your Empire, and you never lose half your clever construction techniques. Never have your Great Library burn down, never have barbarians banding together Iron Working, and you don't get to skip a step. Technology tree where Pottery leads to Masonry, and Bronze Working leads to You start with a group of settlers, and you end up in space.Īlong the way you build an Empire, clawing your way up a hierarchical Theresa Crater, Sylvia Kelso and Warren Rochelle join me in discussingĪndrea K Höst Have you ever played Civilization?
Roaming discussion on aspects of fantasy literature! Today, Carole Welcome to Part 12 of the Travelling Fantasy Round Table, a
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