(urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Gerry Quinn wrote:

> From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
>> "psi" is a fancy word for magic.

> Psi is SF terminology to indicate that certain powers arise from physical
> causes rather than magic.  It is on occasion used to put a thin veneer of SF
> on a story that might as well be about magic, but in itself it is not a word
> for magic.
>
> Mucor has powers of this kind (though I don’t think Wolfe ever uses the word
> psi), but her brain is physically abnormal.

And yet Mucor's powers turn out to have a great deal to do with the soul.

Magic.

"I say it's spinach, and I say to hell with it." -- James Thurber

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes