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'Magic as programming' is a relatively common trope - conceptually, the two have a lot in common, and it ties in nicely to old legends about true names etc.
by Peritract 5y ago
'Magic as programming' is a relatively common trope - conceptually, the two have a lot in common, and it ties in nicely to old legends about true names etc.
- afiori 5y agoOne nice thing about this book is that is reverses the relation between "magic stuff" and "normal stuff". [Worldbuilding Spoiler Alert] In Unsong the world is purely magic to begin with, sustained purely by the divine light until the Archangel Uriel converts all the divine light into science and mathematic to stop the war between hell and heaven.