(urth) Inhumi eyes and names
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Fri Sep 28 12:35:25 PDT 2012
Yes, exactly. I had almost added to that "or else the playwright would
have to explain about the demons etc." I assumed that would be taken as
implied, but of course given the context I should not have assumed that
this was obvious.
You're saying the same thing I am, except my example was drawn from
straightforward realism and you are expanding it to non-realism.
On 9/28/2012 3:26 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:
> No, Chekhov's gun does *not* have to be combustive rather than demonic
> *if* demonic forces are part of the narrational storyworld - the
> 'scientific' view in that case would be to admit these forces into the
> causal meshwork. I think that's the best way to read Wolfe's Solar
> Cycle. I think these books are in a similarly 'supernatural' world to
> the Soldier series - just with lots of (what we traditionally know as)
> science also woven in.
>
> -DOJP
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 7:23 PM, David Stockhoff
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
> Absolutely. Still, it should make enough scientific sense to be
> roughly predictive.
>
> In other words, Chekhov's famous gun needs to work by explosive
> combustion, not fiery demons who become enraged when you pray to
> Satan under a full moon.
>
> On 9/28/2012 2:01 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:
>
> António Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com
> <mailto:entonio at gmail.com> <mailto:entonio at gmail.com
> <mailto:entonio at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> Vision:
> - I think this is one case where Wolfe just chose to go with a
> cool idea, not worrying very much whether it can be
> scientifically explained or not.
>
> We do all realise this is a lot of what's going on Wolfe,
> right? And if we need 'explanation' in the Solar Cycle,
> surely it's that the whole work is to some degree a form of
> 'magical realism' or the like, right? It really is 'science
> fantasy' to one degree or another, in one sense or another.
>
> -DOJP
>
>
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