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Re: science-based fantasy

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From: jpolo...@sympatico.ca (Joel Polowin)
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Subject: Re: science-based fantasy
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 16:46:08 -0400
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by: Joel Polowin - Sun, 22 Oct 2023 20:46 UTC

On 2023-09-18 6:38 PM, WolfFan wrote:
> Poul Anderson once had a fantasy involving all kinds of magical creatures and
> all kinds of magical effects, such as certain creatures turning to stone on
> being exposed to sunlight... and inflicting a curse on any who plunder their
> stoney bodies. Obviously, if carbon is transmuted to silicon, it’ll
> probably be a _radioactive_ isotope of silicon... Similar sciency-stuff for
> other things.
> [...]
> Any more candidates?

Charles Stross's "Laundry Files" books, beginning with _The Atrocity
Archives_, are more or less in this territory. Including a
petrification effect very similar to the above.

Joel

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