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Any sufficiently advanced garbage is indistinguishable from magic. [12] Sterling's corollary to Clarke's law) This idea also underlies the setting of the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, in which human stalkers try to navigate the location of an alien "visitation", trying to make sense of technically advanced items ...
In the acknowledgments of his 2003 novel Conquistador, S.M. Stirling wrote: And a special acknowledgment to the author of Niven's Law: "There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'."
Nield concludes by stating that Tchaikovsky uses these juxtapositions to explore ideas including Arthur C. Clarke's well-known adage that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Furthermore, Tchaikovsky uses the language and cultural barriers to draw distinctions between science fiction and fantasy genre tropes. [1]
Spend enough time among fans of dystopian sci-fi, and you’ll hear “Red Rising” enter the conversation.. Penned by Pierce Brown, the six-book series has sold over 6 million copies since the ...
The Bartimaeus Sequence [1] is a series of young adult novels of alternate history, fantasy and magic.It was written by British writer Jonathan Stroud and consists of a trilogy published from 2003 to 2005 and a prequel novel published in 2010.
The book ends with a quote from Arthur C. Clarke: "Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Magyk," hinting that the series is set in the far future. [18] This also hinted at by a dialogue between Lucy Gringe and Wolf Boy in Syren about the Red Tube. Wolf Boy says he has heard stories that people used to travel to the Moon ...
Magic, Inc. (1940) is a science fantasy novella by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was originally published in Unknown Fantasy Fiction of September 1940, under the title "The Devil Makes the Law". In the story, magic is a commonplace profession used by businessmen in various fields. A small business owner fights off an attempt to force ...
Master of the Five Magics is a fantasy novel by Lyndon Hardy, first published in 1980. [1] [2] It is the first of a trilogy set in the same world; the second book is Secret of the Sixth Magic and the third Riddle of the Seven Realms.