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A thread about the excellent Ægypt books by American novelist John Crowley, which I read recently.
[Mild spoilers ahead]
#JohnCrowley #Aegypt
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[Mild spoilers ahead]
#JohnCrowley #Aegypt
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The hook of the series is:
What if the world was once not as it has since become, & worked differently from how it does now?
That is to say, what if magic was possible in the past but not anymore?
Or said differently: why is the world how it is, & not some other way?
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What if the world was once not as it has since become, & worked differently from how it does now?
That is to say, what if magic was possible in the past but not anymore?
Or said differently: why is the world how it is, & not some other way?
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Our protagonist, Pierce Moffat, a would-be historian, sets out to write a book on this question. The story thus alternates between the past (~1600) and the present (~1978).
And as he untangles his own past the question becomes: why am I the way I am, & not some other way?
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And as he untangles his own past the question becomes: why am I the way I am, & not some other way?
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