Recent content by Paul Farquhar

They used to do shows like that in the 80s. There has always been plenty of ignorant people around if you want to display them for entertainment. But if everyone thought France was the capital of Germany, there would be no point in pointing the finger and laughing.

My point really, is the internet doesn’t make anyone forget anything. There are some who use it to avoid learning anything in the first place, but that’s not universal. I haven’t forgotten, and anyone who is interested can learn. We are rather returning to the situation, at least in some parts...

Nonsense.

The party cleric, whilst under the influence of a confusion spell, stumbles through a time portal. The next thing you notice, is the sky is full of flying cities.

But that's what it's equivalent to for elves. The point is, Netheril is the recent past, not the distant and forgotten past. It's history, not myth. Illefarn is much more your typical lost civilisation. Far enough in the past that it's passed beyond history into legend.

Irrespective of how you count generations, 250 years is not very long.

No, I think people work jobs because they need to work. Not for money, but to give them meaning. Without meaning, life is, quite literally, meaningless. The thing I've noticed about the rich is they are very rarely idle. If people stopped working as soon as they had enough stuff, there would be...

That's only three elven generations, the equivalent of around 250 years for humans. That's recent history. Most real world lost civilisation stories average about 10,000 years in the past.

A virus is a slave. It has no free will or autonomy. And that's the common factor between Logan's Run and Wall-E - humans have surrendered free will in exchange for a life of indolence. The thing that has really shocked me over the last couple of years is just how quick and eager humans have...

You think the life of a virus is desirable? That interpretation makes Satan the saviour, god evil, and Heaven, just Hell from a different perspective.

It's a fixed cost vs unit cost thing. Obviously on line sales have a low unit cost compared to a print book. However, the fixed costs are equivalent when adjusted for length. So, if this sells as well as or better than print, it will likely be more profitable. However, if sales are low, then the...

The sequel will be based around Eddie’s time travel adventures in the 21st century (he was mistaken for Bill and Ted).

That’s the universe you are thinking of. The galaxy is a we bit smaller….

I think it makes more sense for Eberron, since they are burning through their magical energy at an alarming rate.

Mutual annihilation?