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Hmmm. Quite interesting bit about the Enchanters. Especially the air shields. Though how air could shield you from anything is beyond me. It is like making a shield out of party balloons. Yeah, couldn’t really make any sense of it.
Also, still for me, it is the boom (euphemism for explosion) that make things work. The boom happens because when substances burn they create gases. Volume of gases created from explosive substances are often many times larger than the volume of the substances itself, sometimes in the factor of hundreds. So when these substances burn (almost in an instant) they turn to gas and expands to hundred times their volume. This expansion creates the boom. This expansion (explosion, boom) gives the power for your bombs, guns, and car engine. As I say, in another sense, air pressure to explosion: propellers to jet engines. They just not the same.
By the way, you can create a combustion (car) engine with just one piston but it is close to useless. It vibrates a lot, as in, bone shattering vibrations. All car engine is designed with multiple pistons not only for power but also for smoother operation. The pistons are timed and placed so that they cancel their shaking causing motions. The timing of pistons to act like your bicycle pedal analogy is just an added bonus from having multiple pistons, but is not really necessary for a working engine.
Hmm. Weird rocks, you mean lodestone? Wow, they are more advanced than I thought they were. But then, you know you can make these devices (or one of similar function) without the stone right?
No I didn’t. Jets use Newton’s third law of motion: “To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction” or formaly called as Jet Propulsion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_propulsion. It also works just as well with water. The law also works with solids but throwing solids to propell yourself isn’t really practical.
By the way, manipulating air pressure directly seems nonsensical. Pressure is the force applied to a unit area of surface. Pressure is pressure no matter what the sorce of the force is. Now there is an equation that describes the nature of pressure (P = F / A). If you change/manipulate Pressure directly, as aeromancers do it seems, then the equation would be broken.
To illustrate, imagine a bottle resting on the table. It would exert pressure on the table because of its weight (force) it exerted on the table. Now imagine there is a magical study called bottlemancy (:d/ ). If it is similar to aeromancy then it would directly control the ‘bottle pressure’ so to speak. Now you could then increase the pressure a hundred times. Now this situation is ridiculous. We have a bottle that exerts a hundred worth of bottles of pressure on the table. Or say you change the location of the pressure to the other side of the table. Again another ridiculous situation. We had a bottle that exerts pressure not on the surface it was on but on the other side of the table. You know what I mean?
Also about this air shield, doesn’t it create drag too? Shields blocks things and blocking air essentially creates drag. For that, I had a suggestion for Aeromances. Instead of blocking the air/wind like how the shield does, why not push them to the side making the air flow around, very much like how the ship prow cut and pushes the water to the side. This method creates less drag and thus requires less energy to maintain. What do you think?
By the way I’m quite human. The saying is quite disturbing. I much rather prefer skinning oranges thank you.
I’ve heard (and even experience) that writers have sometimes develop the desire to to drop nuclear bombs and kill every character in the story just so that it would end. Hehe.
I’ve writen some short stories before and even try to write a novel (not able to finish), and I should say, writing is a bitch! Still I do wish the writer to speed up. The suspese. My God! Can’t stand it. Almost.
Well, expect me to jump for joy when the book is finaly done.
The two collumn writing seem to be a good idea! Never thought of that when I’m writing.
I always thought that Tom zapping Lenamare is a given. It was bound to happen. Sigh! It seems I was wrong. It would been fun.
I agree with JMBT, Lenamare should be placed where he belongs. No one should have such big ego. If Tom is not able to Zap him, atleast Tom could implant command to Lenamare’s brain to hit himself. It might not be as satisfying but it would be funny. But then, Tizzy seems able to do just that. Freaky.
It would be sad when it is time for Tom to ‘talk’ to Rupert. I was also wondering what would happen after. It would be heartbreaking I guess.
Patrick, I think that is just a rule that you made up. I had read a lot of books that has blurbs that doesn’t reinforce the message of the cover. Gosh. There are even books that has a plain cover. No blurbs. No picture or anything, just plain paper or cloth, sometimes with the title printed on them.
Designing an illustration is very difficult. I have been making digital illustrations (2D and 3D) as a hobby and they are very difficult and time consuming.
Vampires books especially vampire romances is just ewww! Please! Don’t ever let me experience such trauma.
Hey wait a minute!!!!!!! I remembered something. To their way to Hoggensforth you, Tizzy, vissited Tom and Rupert in the cabin and mentioned steam engines and [b]Nuclear[/b] turbines. I’m sure! I checked it’s there! You are hiding something. [-x
Maou these radiations (gamma, alpha, etc.) aren’t electromagnetic radiations (like light, UV and infra red). These radiations are made of particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) shooting from the unstable . They don’t behave like light does. There is no such thing as a ‘camera’ (and our eye is a camera) that could focus these particles and form retinal images. The common way of detecting and measuring these radiation is using geiger counters. As in its name, it’s a counter, it counts. When a particle (say a proton) hits its detector it gives a clicking sound. The more radiactivy, the more particles, and the more it clicks. A common device that uses such rays to ‘see’ is the electron microscope. It is a very complex device that actually ‘scans’ the object under it and display the result onto a screen than ‘see’ the way our eye does.
I was also thinking that in can’t be because Tom see mana. From what I learned objects (radioactive substances like Uranium are objects) doesn’t contain mana. Looking at a chunk of Uranium would not be that different from looking at an ordinary lump of metal in demon sight. I think.
I’m thinking of expanding the thread to asking about objects in astlan.
Tizz how does the Oorstemoth crystal store the ‘video’ record? VHS does it with themagnetic field in the magnetic ribbon, CD with groves on its shiny surface. The crystal in what way?
I’m also quite interested in how flying carpets work.
Maybe in the future Tom can reproduce their effects and create something like those?
Wow! I also think that they doesn’t only store videos in there but much much more. Those crystal balls sure packs a serious GB of data. Way better than hardrives. Love to have one of those. Such device would revolutionize data storage. I would become even more richer than Bill Gates if I have a monopoly on those.
Hmm. How Enchanters make the carpets fly is very interesting. So it seems that they work in terms of air pressure. The fold at the back doesn’t seem to be aerodynamic though. Would cause a lot of drag at high speeds. Not to mention the wind would push it downwards making the carpet spin. Well, maybe the enchanters has some tricks to solve the problem.
But then, when there is the need for high speed., I think pyromancers is the best for the job. I read pyromancers making booms, but they doesn’t seem to really understand the full nature of these bangs aside from doing damage.
Modern technology has long harnessed the powerful nature of explosions to the human’s benefit. Let just called it controlled explosions. One of these are the guns. The explosive power of gunpowder is used to propel bullets at high speed and create damage. Another is the car engines. Car engines uses the explosive power of gasoline and air mixture to move the pistons, which in turn turns the wheel. You literaly create hundreds of explosions when you drive your car to work. Controlled explosions are very convenient isn’t it?
But when it comes to air travell, nothing beats the jet engines. Jet engines essentially creates continous explosion. Instead of a [b]BOOM[/b] it goes [b]BOOOOOOOOO…OOOOOOOM[/b]. Really, they are very noisy. Of course it doesnt send the explosion in every direction like a bomb, the jet engine is designed to direct the explosion in one direction. This ‘directional’ explosion creates the thrust to push the jet planes. And with jet engines you could get speeds that is faster than sound! Awsome!
If only pyromancers are able to controll their booms like how jet engine does (continous and directional) then they could make a device similar to the enchanter’s flying carpets and be able to travel very, very fast. So in terms of air travel, Enchanters to Pyromancers is like propellers to jet engines. Pyromancers win it easy. But then, pyromancers are slobs, only content on making booms and breaking things. They aren’t really very creative or innovative.
But then jet powered flying carpets is extremely dangerous to your life! I think, even demons would die in such contraptions.
Well, a wizzard who wants vengence on Tizzy would love to strap Tizzy on such device and watch Tizzy disintegrate in the air. :-”
By the way, are there other magical devices in Astlan? I was not able to see much magical devices in the book really, aside from the crystal, carpet and the magically locked book. Wait, there is Tallarius’ armor, sword and dagger; and the arrows of the Rods. Might have missed more. I’ll do some searching.
Looking forward to findinging more of such devices in the next book!
Time travel. I actually hate many of these time travel stories. The author seems to use time travel recklessly that it became cheap. Others try to use it as very fancily, often to the absurd.
Not to tell that there aren’t time travelling stories I do like. Those often use it sparingly or simply.
After all, you really don’t need this time travell stuff to have an exciting and interesting story.
Yes!!!!! I’m really very very interested in their reactions. It seems that none of them can do what Tom did.
Also, come to think of it, what Tom did is incredibly scary. He was actually able to turn Rod members against each other! The scenario: thousand of soldiers are out to kill Big Evil Tom but instead they find themselves fighting their fellow soldiers that are demon possesed! They actually end up fighting each other!
And of course, it is not only Exador, Ramses and Bess who would know. It think there was that archdemon Trump and a few dozen other archdemons. And of course there are the demon princes, they would take notice too.
The biggest might be Tiernon himself. I wonder if Tiernon might actually descend from heaven, so to speak, to confront Tom and his thieving ways. Or make friends?
And also there is the Oorstemoth recording the fight in a crystal ball. I’m sure they would recognize Tom’s flame form as the same flaming creature that attact their ship. I wonder what they would think of that?
I wonder is Jenn’s Diary and Lenamare’s book one and the same. Did Jenn’s dairy somehow time travelled to the past?
It was because the two books looks just the same excepth age. Books in medieval times are hand made and it is quite impossible for two handcrafted objects made from different time and place (and purpose) to look the same. Just like a vase from the Ancient Rome would look very very different from a new vase made by a local potter.
Still if it they are the same book, I’m still at loss at how could it be very important, maybe except for knowing the future.
LOL.
Not only that, we also would have great demonic reactions from Exador, Ramses and Bess. A lot of effort and lives are sacrificed for this book and it turns out to be some adolescent scriblings. Their jaws would have dropped to the floor.
There is no escape for Jenn, even in the Abyss! Poor girl.
Well, Tizzy, your pipe is one of the greatest mystery in the book. Maybe that is one of your magical ability? Conjuration? Seems other demons like Exador can do that too.
As for the ‘nuclear’ bomb, I was really surprised that Lenamare know about it. Madam Curie has spend her entire life just to discover uranium and then it takes several decades and Einstiens E=mc^2, just to make a bomb out of it. Lenamare do all of it in his short mortal life. That is incredibly amazing!
Well, still, it seems they don’t know the danger of radioactivity. Madam Curie certainly didn’t and it cost her her life. Is Lenamare sick now too? Cancer? Anemia? Infertility? I would expe t such since he is working directly with such substances with seemingly no protection whatsoever.
And also, what about this Tom seeing blue glow from the explosion site? Radioactive substances don’t glow. Well, that is how Hollywood portray it but it is not what reality is. Radioactivity is invisible. You actually need a geiger counter to detect it. Did Tom have a special sight for them? Why can’t other demons see it, as it seems since Exador doesn’t seem to notice it. A special ability only Tom have?
I vote: None of the above. Seems like a good name… joke.
By the way. You can view in Statistics (the very bottom of the forum) when the last post was made and who made it, even if it is in the Beta forums. Most of the time it just says The Author Guy.
I observed that the frequency of visits spiked in beta 1, then drop in beta 2. The visits virtualy ceased near the end of beta 3 where the last post where some discussion whether to incluce Tom’s fight with the Chaotic Knights in book 2 or not. Then comes Beta 4, post includes a few appreciating the inclusion of the fight… and then silence.
