Re: Furies of Calderon (et seq)

In article <1209666065@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Wayne Throop <throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>This remainds me: how many are are reading the Furies of Calderon
>series?  I'm reminded because one of the groups in that book, the Marat,

I am, and am enjoying it quite a bit.

>I will just comment that the magic system he's invented for the setting
>seems quite interesting, and the connection to the Roman empire (in the
>in-story history I mean) is also an attractive (if currently somewhat
>nebulous) feature.
>
>Oh, also too this is a case of "everybody's got magic" rather than just a
>few (though only a few have the highest power levels), as well as a case
>of "magic displaces technology", ie, gets used for mundane day-to-day
>things, like pulling stumps or heating water for baths and so on and
>so forth.
>

And it's implied that this is sub-optimal in some cases.  The protag
is actually involved with a guy trying to re-invent mechanical tech
though this gets put on hold for the duration once things heat up.

				Ted
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