Okay. So The Way of Kings . The question that we had from the forum: Is The Way of Kings the rediscovery of old magic or the invention of new technology? Or maybe a combination of both. Could you elaborate?
That’s an excellent question—somebody’s been reading my mind. First, I do want to say, thank you, guys, all, for reading the books; thank you for all you’re doing supporting me as a writer. With this series, one of things I wanted to approach was…both of those concepts, actually. A lot of fantasy has the feel of magic’s going away. Magic is dying. This goes back to Tolkien, with the idea that, you know, the elves are leaving and magic is going to leave the world, and that’s always made me a little bit sad, that these books have this theme. And so I did want to write a book about the return of magic. But beyond that, I’m very fascinated with technology, and the development of technology, particularly as it relates to magic. And so this series is about the rediscovery of magic and how magic interacts with science, and the treating of magic in a scientific way on a large scale. You know, you see that in each of my books, with magic being treated scientifically, but I really wanted to do it in a way that changes the lives of everyone. The common people—magic changes their lives as much as technology changed the lives of the common people in the technological revolution we went under. And so that’s what I’m going to try to approach in these books.
Brilliant.
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