(urth) House Absolute

[Jeffrey Brent McBeth]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 11:25:18PM +0000, Son of Witz wrote:
> 
> >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.

You mean like this
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/
?

Jeff

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