Where's the technology?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff G." <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com>
To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Where's the technology?


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com>
> To: "'Listserve Steve Brust'" <dragaera at dragaera.info>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:38 PM
> Subject: Where's the technology?
>
>
> <snip>
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> So, why has the East remained in this state some 3000 generations of men
> after the founding of the Empire?

> But how do you know it has? The only snapshots we have are relitivly close
> to the Interegnum (spelling). when is Brokedown Palace set? The only other
> example we have are provided by Paarfi, a source almost as unreliable as
> Vlad as far as the truth goes. What if the society in the east has had as
> many rises and falls as ours? Also, remeber all of the disasters brought
on
> by the loss of the Orb. If the rest of Dragaera is as unstable as is
hinted
> at by Sethra when recounting the Interegnum, that could account for a slow
> rise in Easterner tech. Or they could be driving around in SUV's, and the
> Overcast in Dragaera is their way of dealing with pollutants (let someone
> else deal with it.)


I'm more curious about what's happening off world.  The Dragaerans don't
seem to have put much thinking into what's beyond their sky.  They know
about the Forge and they know about stars, but that seems to be it.  Does
Dragaera have moons?  Are there other planets in the system?  After all
those thousands of years, what's happened to Earth?  Are the gods merely
members of alien races once enslaved by the Jenoine and now stuck on
Dragaera after their rebellion?  Are the Paths of the Dead simply a
technological phenomenon?

Inquiring minds wanna know.

Dave