There are more of those horrible writers in every genre.
Technology in Astlan and Abyss is very much incoherent at most times.
Jenn’s diary for example had surprised me, for such a person to have one and used for such mundane writing, the book must have been affordable. There is also a hint that it is mass produced. That just indicates a rather high bookmaking technology.
The image in the welcome page is full of this inconsistencies:
–The wine glasses is of modern style. Old glasses are ornate and heavy.
–The candles looks like modern paraffin wax candles. Such advanced chemistry there. They must have known about petroleum and petroleum refinement.
–High heels?
–The bricks is rather non medieval. Most uses stones in those times.
–The books on the shelves is rather modern. They all have the mass produced look in them.
–The parquet floor. It just speaks so unMedieval.
–The carpet has a modern pattern and such a large carpet isn’t really likely to be made in those times.
–The cushions pattern is again modern.
These are just a few of them.
I was also bemused at the number of technologies found in the Abyss. The steel and concrete and glass skyscrapers is one of them. Where do they get the materials for them? The knowhow on how to build one?
The escalators and moving sidewalk also surprised me. I assume they are magic, but then you mentioned they are plain old science. Wow, how do they make one. The technology for them isn’t really that simple you know. The early form of escalators for example are death traps and tend to break.
Im not that surprised by elevators. It is a rather old technology and the concept is rather simple.
The cars are another astonishment. They are again complex devices. How are demons able to create a working one? Where do they get fuel?
Now the computers, that is just preposterous. They must have stolen them rather than make them. I just can’t see how they are able to make even those old vacuum tube ones.
Really there are a lot of inconsistencies in the book. Still, they are relatively minor and I could ignore them. But there is a danger that they become so absurd.