On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 09:47 PM, Steven Brust wrote: > At 01:58 PM 6/7/2002 -0600, Anthony Tedjamulia wrote: >> I've always been of the belief that magic must have a >> set of rules for people to be able to write books about it, pass the >> learning on to others, and master it. > > I believe that magic, in fiction, needs to be poetically precise and > literarily elegant. > > > There are authors who believe magic should have rules. I'm of the camp that believes magic should be taught master to apprentice, no books. -------- Read The World at the Edge of Time, my new book! http://homepage.mac.com/christurkel