Charlie Stross on Nostr: Listen, in high fantasy settings you typically get a cod-mediaeval society coexisting ...
Listen, in high fantasy settings you typically get a cod-mediaeval society coexisting beside starships'n'deathray-equivalent magic, right?
So there's got to be a REASON why the folks plodding along behind the mule don't have any truck with flying carpets etc.
My money is on: magic is like software; so you get an integer overflow and your flying carpet turns into a fungal network that eats you alive.
And have you ever MET a wizard? Would YOU use an enchanted broom That Guy created as an MVP?
So there's got to be a REASON why the folks plodding along behind the mule don't have any truck with flying carpets etc.
My money is on: magic is like software; so you get an integer overflow and your flying carpet turns into a fungal network that eats you alive.
And have you ever MET a wizard? Would YOU use an enchanted broom That Guy created as an MVP?