That's a hell of an idea, Acyl. I'd buy this in hardcover in a New York minute.
Some thoughts:
Is Deon's city the best city? Does the uplift have a gradient centered on where he was when he did it? Or is it evenly distributed (loosely speaking)?
Others have already made comments about food, about relocation... I just want to share an image which will dovetail with a lot of those comments. Peggy and I spent our honeymoon lo these many years ago in Mazatlan Mexico. To American sensibilities, it was more like a very big town than a city, with run-down edges and a beautiful "center" (which was really a line -- the shoreline). In general, it was a reasonably prosperous place to live. But go five minutes -- hell, two minutes -- out of town on any of half a dozen roads, and you were were in abject poverty -- shacks made of scraps of wood and metal were the norm.
How far from Deon's city (or cities) do you have to go to find abject poverty, either original flavor or imposed by the new world order?
Someone above has already asked about the established political order, governments and whatnot. What about the secret societies, hidden cults, and other mysterious movers and shakers that are behind the scenes? Did they change with the obvious powers, or are they still the way they were before the change?
How much of the change depends on Deon having been aware that something existed and needed change? It sounds like the less conscious of something he is/was, the less it changed -- what secrets hidden from him didn't change at all?
Are there political/social movements who want the world changed back? If so, are they big movements, or fringe? Are they peaceful, are they angry, are they terrorists striking out randomly with magic and/or tech in the hopes that they will force the Godslayer to change things back? Do they have opposite numbers who battle them in the street/debate them on the air?
Who is looking for the Godslayer so they can cozy up to him and find a way to make him change things again, only to their specifications? And what means are they exploring to make sure they get what they want?
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow
Some thoughts:
Is Deon's city the best city? Does the uplift have a gradient centered on where he was when he did it? Or is it evenly distributed (loosely speaking)?
Others have already made comments about food, about relocation... I just want to share an image which will dovetail with a lot of those comments. Peggy and I spent our honeymoon lo these many years ago in Mazatlan Mexico. To American sensibilities, it was more like a very big town than a city, with run-down edges and a beautiful "center" (which was really a line -- the shoreline). In general, it was a reasonably prosperous place to live. But go five minutes -- hell, two minutes -- out of town on any of half a dozen roads, and you were were in abject poverty -- shacks made of scraps of wood and metal were the norm.
How far from Deon's city (or cities) do you have to go to find abject poverty, either original flavor or imposed by the new world order?
Someone above has already asked about the established political order, governments and whatnot. What about the secret societies, hidden cults, and other mysterious movers and shakers that are behind the scenes? Did they change with the obvious powers, or are they still the way they were before the change?
How much of the change depends on Deon having been aware that something existed and needed change? It sounds like the less conscious of something he is/was, the less it changed -- what secrets hidden from him didn't change at all?
Are there political/social movements who want the world changed back? If so, are they big movements, or fringe? Are they peaceful, are they angry, are they terrorists striking out randomly with magic and/or tech in the hopes that they will force the Godslayer to change things back? Do they have opposite numbers who battle them in the street/debate them on the air?
Who is looking for the Godslayer so they can cozy up to him and find a way to make him change things again, only to their specifications? And what means are they exploring to make sure they get what they want?
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow