(urth) House Absolute

[Son of Witz]

>Lane Haygood wrote:
>> The book very much fits within the "Dying Earth" subgenre (cf. Jack 
>> Vance) and is more closely related to planetary romance/science fantasy 
>> than what we think of as "science fiction."
>>  
>> So basically, magic is real, the laws of physics and science can be bent 
>> or broken by the supernatural, and reality is malleable.
>
>That's still not a "get out of internal consistency free" card.


Yo, but we're talking about a book where the space ships have masts and sails.
It need not conform to science.