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From: mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson)
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Subject: Re: Tech/sci & magic--esp. Anthony's Apprentice Adept
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 19:58:22 EDT
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Summary: Poll: what type of magic do you like


	Based on Chris Miller's inquiry I wrote that Piers Anthony's 
Apprentice Adept series was a good interrelation between science &
magic, but that I believed Anthony limited magic too much.

> 
> I think that in the Apprentice Adept books, one of the points Anthony
> goes to great lengths to make is the flexibility and diversity of effects
> which one can create given 'just one means' of magic work.  
> -- 
> 					AMBAR
>                     	{the known universe}!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand

	This is true, he didn't limit the scope of the magic, only the
means to produce it.  He loves to strictly define things.  My personal
preference is for more freedom.

	POLL: Which type of magic do you prefer?

	Choices:
		1) Memorized & specially developed spells & artifacts
		   (for instance Jack Vance or Master of the Five Magicks)

		2) Adept magic 
		   (like Merlin or Gandalf)

		3) objective magic, such as Piers Anthony's Xanth
		   or Apprentice Adept where magic is strictly defined

		4) Holy/Divine magic, demons & devils
		   (Glen Cook's El Murid or Brian Daley's in The Starfollowers 
							     of Coramonde)

		5) SF, as in mechanical magic
		   (The Runestaff Series by Moorcock)

		6) Other - please give a short explanation	

	Send your replies direct and I'll post the results.

	Moshe Eliovson
	{allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mte