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Yes, I've learned about that sort of research the hard way too. So would you say there's magical realism in it too in such a presentation? Sorry for asking, but I latch on to similar themes and work.
It's hard for me to say, as I'm not that up on 'magical realism.' What I will say is that the dragon in my book is a real creature that has no 'magic' about it. He breathes flame (at least he does in the upcoming book two of the trilogy) but that flame has a scientific, biological source rather than magic that never runs out. My dragon's flame is only good for a time before he basically runs out of it. Basically, I'm lifting the solid scientific concept Anne McCaffrey used in The Dragonriders of Pern but going just a wee bit further with it. There are also supermatural elements wrapped up in all the 'real world' aspects but I based that off of ancient Welsh and other Celtic mythology rather than devise my own 'system of magic.' To do my own while placing the story in a real period of history felt like a cheat so I jumped into The Mabinogion and took many, many, many notes. Hope that answers your question.
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Yes, I've learned about that sort of research the hard way too. So would you say there's magical realism in it too in such a presentation? Sorry for asking, but I latch on to similar themes and work.
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It's hard for me to say, as I'm not that up on 'magical realism.' What I will say is that the dragon in my book is a real creature that has no 'magic' about it. He breathes flame (at least he does in the upcoming book two of the trilogy) but that flame has a scientific, biological source rather than magic that never runs out. My dragon's flame is only good for a time before he basically runs out of it. Basically, I'm lifting the solid scientific concept Anne McCaffrey used in The Dragonriders of Pern but going just a wee bit further with it. There are also supermatural elements wrapped up in all the 'real world' aspects but I based that off of ancient Welsh and other Celtic mythology rather than devise my own 'system of magic.' To do my own while placing the story in a real period of history felt like a cheat so I jumped into The Mabinogion and took many, many, many notes. Hope that answers your question.
