tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post1853195883844941922..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Hard Science FantasyTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-2809989182784723072021-03-18T13:11:11.766-04:002021-03-18T13:11:11.766-04:00Thanks! I'll have to check that one out.Thanks! I'll have to check that one out.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-9892627135201002322021-03-18T12:48:04.214-04:002021-03-18T12:48:04.214-04:00I love your blog and the OSR blogsphere, I've ...I love your blog and the OSR blogsphere, I've been reading for years... revisiting this post it made me think that Arnold K.'s "Centerra" setting is kind of like this. It's definitely fantasy with dwarfs and elfs and wizards and the like, but all of it is hinted to have arisen from a dimly-remembered past and ultratechne and god-tier engineering prowess. Thomas Wordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336350750640402788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-59318769803194096332015-08-12T20:39:58.925-04:002015-08-12T20:39:58.925-04:00Very true!Very true!Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-58213791624349478362015-08-12T20:28:39.220-04:002015-08-12T20:28:39.220-04:00many of So-called Pseudosciences in General are go...many of So-called Pseudosciences in General are good(if not perfect) of "Any Sufficiently advanced Science and Technology are indistinguishable from gonzo"Zakaria shalihhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898119830193676266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-56606807825366718932013-11-24T16:16:40.482-05:002013-11-24T16:16:40.482-05:00Right. That's why I said this was "hard s...Right. That's why I said this was "hard science <i>fantasy</i>." That last word is there for a reason.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-45975588720494803112013-11-24T16:08:46.061-05:002013-11-24T16:08:46.061-05:00This sounds very, very soft science to me, to be h...This sounds very, very soft science to me, to be honest. Hard SF should all be possible based on extrapolation of current technology. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-88900277058968664232013-11-22T12:37:01.759-05:002013-11-22T12:37:01.759-05:00Interesting direction to go explore. Looks promisi...Interesting direction to go explore. Looks promising...garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-85097476083897622832013-11-22T08:03:10.621-05:002013-11-22T08:03:10.621-05:00It's true, you can call anything Clarketech, w...It's true, you can call anything Clarketech, what I would mean (like the Orion's Arm definition I linked) is that it still couldn't do anything that seems outright prohibited by the laws of physics as we know them, so like wormwholes would be in, but psychic powers out.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-32622149685287474962013-11-22T02:32:40.052-05:002013-11-22T02:32:40.052-05:00Jbeltman beat me to it. I would put Tartary forwar...Jbeltman beat me to it. I would put Tartary forward by saying that everything in it is explicable through Clarketech but actually space itself is ambiguous in that one. Are the alien branes actually aliens? actually extradimensional? Or just ancestor-tech?<br />TBH the players haven't asked. They're just having fun getting burned by the toys.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-77912438884304752982013-11-21T23:56:46.137-05:002013-11-21T23:56:46.137-05:00ASE: any sufficiently advanced technology is indis...ASE: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from gonzo.jbeltmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264520619277158883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-6267823819865847872013-11-21T22:04:41.460-05:002013-11-21T22:04:41.460-05:00Agreed. really, Long Sun does that more than Urth ...Agreed. really, Long Sun does that more than Urth of New Sun.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-58741674703545073002013-11-21T21:54:39.949-05:002013-11-21T21:54:39.949-05:00Hard Science? SUPER-SCIENCE!
I think Gene Wolfe ...Hard Science? SUPER-SCIENCE!<br /><br />I think Gene Wolfe does the best job with what you're talking about, especially the Book of the Long Sun.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381628150285913370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-3448906520692803112013-11-21T21:09:11.494-05:002013-11-21T21:09:11.494-05:00@Ben L. - It has the AIs, definitely, but ASE is f...@Ben L. - It has the AIs, definitely, but ASE is far from "hard" in most ways. More gonzo--and very cool.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-79551507750957893312013-11-21T19:06:42.846-05:002013-11-21T19:06:42.846-05:00Subsurface Anomalous Environment has some of this....Subsurface Anomalous Environment has some of this. Gods are orbiting AI's. Spells are programs they download into our brains, etc. Ben L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04568198881628052274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-76557230555075355222013-11-21T16:01:19.554-05:002013-11-21T16:01:19.554-05:00The only game I can think of that comes close to t...The only game I can think of that comes close to this would be The Morrow Project, though, to my recollection there weren't all that many fantastical 'Clarketech' elements in the default setting. This would have been pretty easy to add in, though.Sean Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429301144221551751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-28258137187019539782013-11-21T14:43:04.288-05:002013-11-21T14:43:04.288-05:00Very true. That's another option.Very true. That's another option.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-10975863371107614612013-11-21T13:33:31.984-05:002013-11-21T13:33:31.984-05:00You can probably actually work extradimensional en...You can probably actually work extradimensional entities in, if you use brane cosmology and other iterations of derived super-string theories. <br /><br />At least it gives you something else besides explaining everything as nanotech or AI.Desdichadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-34746974867114315192013-11-21T07:17:24.332-05:002013-11-21T07:17:24.332-05:00I need to get a reading list going for this coming...I need to get a reading list going for this coming year. I haven't read any of the books you mentioned. Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.com