I am reading Heroes Return by Moira J. Moore. (http://www.amazon.ca/Heroes-Return-Moira-J-Moore/dp/0441019528/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421633428&sr=8-2&keywords=heroes+return). It is part of a serie. It is the adventure of a source and shield. They are working together in taming earthquakes. Along the way, they learn a few tricks that they haven't learned in their respective academies. They are doing some team work in their job. The source is taking care of the earthquake. The shield take care of the source like monitoring the heartbeat. It is not a technological world. This world had been colonized but the technology failed to work on the planet. In a sense, the source and shield are a kind of magic's user.
I just finished the part where the narator, Lee Malborough, a shield, just casted a spell to dye her hair. It kind of backfire on her because she haven't followed the steps to the letter. It made me think. Of course, in fantasy, magic prevail. In what I read, there weren't much time were magic backfire. It isn't backfired in a big way in Heroes Return. I don't know if this kind of situation will repeat itself later on. It lead me to think further on about magic in fantasy.
In a fantasy world, magic is big. I think it is one point that help define the genre. There can be magical items and magical powers. Whole worlds had been build with magic. Magic can be used in fight. I also seen a few example of magic being used in everyday life (like in he Blending: http://www.amazon.ca/Convergence-Book-OneTheBlending/dp/0380784149/ref=pd_sim_b_7ie=UTF8&refRID=04NR020200X6FRJTZ1HZ)
Magic seems to be everywhere. It seems to be easy to live in a magical world. I know it is all make believe and all sugar and spice most of the time. There doesn't seems to be a story where all the magic goes wrong. I don't know if an apocalyptic magic story would be a best seller.
Another big chunk of fantasy are magical items. There usually a quest to obtain it. I have writen and read a lot of personal magical powers stories. Writing about magical items is something I want to explore more. I would like to explore how they are created, the havoc they can make and if they can be destroyed. I don't think it had been much written about. Not to my knowledge. Sometimes, ignorance can serve you well. It is the case for me. Maybe I could do some research on it, just to know if my hypothesis is right. I don't know much on stories on magical items. I haven't encountered them yet.
I like to read something that makes me think.
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