Not because people in the past were morons, but because technology such as this sits far outside their realm of understanding. But do we really understand how they work? Are not radio waves and televisions and the internet essentially sorcery? And if you showed these wonders to someone from a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years ago, they would have very little chance of comprehending what they saw. I mean, these days most of carry incredibly sophisticated computers in our pockets at all times. Clarke once wrote that any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic, and that thesis is a genre unto itself. This is the side of science fantasy that most people think of, and it’s the one I have very little time for. If your characters are running around a spaceship throwing fireballs at each other, you’re probably in this category. The first is the literal combination of science fiction and fantasy. There are, broadly speaking, two types of science fantasy.
But Nyr is not the sorcerer she thinks him to be, and his people’s highest principle is one of non-interference. When a demonic force ravages a nearby realm, Lynesse knows there is only one man who can save her world.
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