Comment on Do you think a story that mixes magic with super advanced technology can work?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 days agoJust because they don’t treat it like it’s advanced, doesn’t mean it isn’t advanced. Most tech in most sci-fi works is treated as a fact of life, no one goes “holy shit, they just invented hovercars!”.
Libra@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
We’re talking about technology in the context of a story here, so whether or not it’s high tech to the reader is besides the point. Which, as I was trying to elucidate, is that what matters is how the characters treat technology relative to magic, not the audience.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 days ago
That’s not how science fiction works.
Libra@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Guy’s over here talking about a story involving tech and magic and you’re talking about how sci-fi works? I think you’re confused about how genres work.