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Vestiges of the original ideas now take the form of the noticeable mental effect that an avatar may exert on a Threadwielder who is routing their sensory processing through the avatar (the " | Vestiges of the original ideas now take the form of the noticeable mental effect that an avatar may exert on a Threadwielder who is routing their sensory processing through the avatar (the " | ||
- | Of course, with Threadwielders came [[: | + | Of course, with Threadwielders came [[: |
==== kavkema ==== | ==== kavkema ==== | ||
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* The kavkema are still mostly religious or spiritual and still prefer dying to getting tortured. | * The kavkema are still mostly religious or spiritual and still prefer dying to getting tortured. | ||
* **Jeneth** is a minor antagonist - that said, he has been greatly toned down from the //force of evil// he used to be (far closer to his depiction as // | * **Jeneth** is a minor antagonist - that said, he has been greatly toned down from the //force of evil// he used to be (far closer to his depiction as // | ||
- | * **Madjan** is absent, but supposedly a pretty impressive guy. The author | + | * **Madjan** is absent, but supposedly a pretty impressive guy. His old mythological name was Kronos; he probably didn't have a proper name, the author |
- | * **Zalaagra** has seen some change - the original continuity had her a little more involved (although if the author recalls correctly, not in the actual books, but only the aforementioned later narrative efforts). That was largely because her worlds were a lot more accessible than they are in the new continuity, however. In the original setting, it was easy for her to hop over to say hi. The author has forgotten how she used to be called, too. | + | * **Zalaagra** has seen some change - the original continuity had her a little more involved (although if the author recalls correctly, not in the actual books, but only the aforementioned later narrative efforts). That was largely because her worlds were a lot more accessible than they are in the new continuity, however. In the original setting, it was easy for her to hop over to say hi. Unfortunately, |
* **Valcen** is still, most notably, a (hopefully) temporary ally to the Nayabaru. The original books never got into his reasons - indeed, the author never bothered to come up with them. In the books, he eventually switched over to helping the kavkema. The author was sufficiently intrigued by his unspoken motivation to switch sides that she wanted to explore exactly what led up to that, which is why she chose to make Valcen the narratively central character in //A Thread Between The Stars//. | * **Valcen** is still, most notably, a (hopefully) temporary ally to the Nayabaru. The original books never got into his reasons - indeed, the author never bothered to come up with them. In the books, he eventually switched over to helping the kavkema. The author was sufficiently intrigued by his unspoken motivation to switch sides that she wanted to explore exactly what led up to that, which is why she chose to make Valcen the narratively central character in //A Thread Between The Stars//. | ||
==== Technology ==== | ==== Technology ==== | ||
- | As already mentioned earlier, the dinosaurs on Lossos generally had technology far superior to the technology humans had. One piece of technology at the very edge of their capabilities was time travel, which was part of the driving force behind the series title //Terror of Time//, and indeed explained why the species from different eras could live side by side at all. This was discarded altogether - both for narrative reasons (time travel plots are fiendishly difficult to get right) and for plausibility reasons (it really has no place in hard science fiction - or at least, one would have to go to truly great lengths to make it work). | + | As already mentioned earlier, the dinosaurs on Lossos generally had technology far superior to the technology humans had. One piece of technology at the very edge of their capabilities was time travel, which was part of the driving force behind the series title //Terror of Time//, and indeed explained why the species from different eras could live side by side at all. This was discarded altogether - both for narrative reasons (time travel plots are fiendishly difficult to get right) and for plausibility reasons (it really has no place in hard(ish) science fiction - or at least, one would have to go to truly great lengths to make it work). |
==== Regional differences ==== | ==== Regional differences ==== |
terror-of-time.txt · Last modified: 2023-10-13 12:50 by pinkgothic