tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post2021537274512833001..comments2023-08-12T03:14:16.855-05:00Comments on The Least Read Blog on the Web: CSFF Blog Tour: Starlighter Day TwoJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919292358655167603noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-41276004018722000042010-07-20T20:11:38.732-05:002010-07-20T20:11:38.732-05:00Great stuff, John. I agree with Becky. I think the...Great stuff, John. I agree with Becky. I think the book is squarely in the fantasy category. As I wrote, I didn't feel the need for an explanation about the strange technology issues. Yet, as I continued to write, the thought that a very cool back story lurked gnawed at me.<br /><br />Since I am a seat-of-the-pants writer, I didn't outline the story in advanced. It came to me as I wrote. So I enjoyed filling in hints about the back story, especially in book #2. The reason for the technology blend turned out to be very intriguing, and it will be fun hearing from readers who will discover the reasons the same way I did, a little bit at a time.Bryan Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871857864446371127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-62515110839521142892010-07-20T13:45:51.000-05:002010-07-20T13:45:51.000-05:00See, that's why I think this is fantasy. You d...See, that's why I think this is fantasy. You don't have to ask "why," just accept that this is the world in which we find ourselves. I don't see this as science fiction or even science fantasy. <br /><br />There might even be an explanation, but I just don't need it. They have photo guns and DNA-coded keys to courier tubes because they have photo guns and DNA-coded keys to courier tubes. <br /><br />To me it's like asking how a fawn got goat feet or why a Hobbit is so short. It's just the way things are in Narnia and in Middle Earth. <br /><br />So in Starlight dragons have technology. That's the way fantasy works.<br /><br />BeckyRebecca LuElla Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823550402103559922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-66693028780770187212010-07-20T10:43:40.362-05:002010-07-20T10:43:40.362-05:00You raise an interesting point, John. Why did ever...You raise an interesting point, John. Why did everyone live in such medievally homes if they had such cool technology available? I can't remember, as I read this a long time ago, but it might have been that the peasants didn't get the technology. Still, the castle was quite medieval. If they could make cool video tubes, they should be able to get some nifty electronic locks in the dungeon too, rather than keys. Hmmm.Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.com