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But...but... Chalion exists as a gestalt. To think of it popping up in some other gestalt evokes a disturbing dissonance. Bigtime.
Remembering Sir PTerry's Narrativium as an existential force, and throughout his writing the notion of the gods (Small Gods) originating, waxing and waning according to their followers strength of belief, Calion might be an adopted religion in another world scheme that took on life of its own. Actually, my belief is that they all are anyway, some of them for gain.
“Science would presumably develop differently, and on a different timescale”—but you’re saying that it would develop. As demons and sorcerers are usually rare, any technology would need to be non-magical to be useful to ordinary people on a daily basis, so it could plausibly end up looking roughly like ours.
Penric’s trick for printing documents is handy, but it requires a sorcerer. There seems enough motivation to develop a printing technology that doesn’t need a sorcerer.
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But...but... Chalion exists as a gestalt. To think of it popping up in some other gestalt evokes a disturbing dissonance. Bigtime.
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Remembering Sir PTerry's Narrativium as an existential force, and throughout his writing the notion of the gods (Small Gods) originating, waxing and waning according to their followers strength of belief, Calion might be an adopted religion in another world scheme that took on life of its own. Actually, my belief is that they all are anyway, some of them for gain.
“Science would presumably develop differently, and on a different timescale”—but you’re saying that it would develop. As demons and sorcerers are usually rare, any technology would need to be non-magical to be useful to ordinary people on a daily basis, so it could plausibly end up looking roughly like ours.Penric’s trick for printing documents is handy, but it requires a sorcerer. There seems enough motivation to develop a printing technology that doesn’t need a sorcerer.
