From: "Steven Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> > > >Steve, what did I miss, or are you snickering already at how wrong I've got > >it all? :) > > Well, you left out wizardry. > > But while I have no actual disagreement with you, you ought to know that, > in my own head, I do not *want* these things precisely defined. That > doesn't mean if I object if you do, it just means that I won't. While I > confess to being a closet Aristotelian, I am still aware that, in the real > world, things don't fall into the nice, neat, distinct categories we'd like > them to. Magic, especially, cannot be precisely defined, or it stops being > magic. > I agree entirely... if you turn magic into some kind of pseudoscience with clear, described rules, it ceases to be magical. Haha, midiclorians, anybody? Sigh... While I was reading Issola, I was afraid maybe the your rules for magic were getting a little to clear for my taste, but there were so many gray areas in my last e-mail that I've obviously got lots left to figure out. :)