Ramblings on Librarianship, Technology, and Academia

Oh wow, that's fascinating. So many questions there... technology versus magic? Tools versus, again, compensatory magic... which also speaks to the difference between science fiction and fantasy. I could not have given Po a visor, not in the world I created; it's not a world of gadgets. Of course, I'm the one who created it that way. But on the other hand, there are going to be technological limits to fantasy that don't exist in science fiction. Sadly I can't point to that as explanation for what I did, seeing as the true explanation is that I never even thought about any of this until it was too late. I hope to write from his perspective, if at least briefly, in my next fantasy, which will be an opportunity for me to demonstrate aspects of his disability that I haven't been able to demonstrate yet, since he is so busy hiding it all the time (which is a whole other kettle of fish, the fact that he's hiding it. Wow. There is so much to think about).