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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2434600" data-attributes="member: 19675">Dissapearance will not stop a rebuttal...It allows violations of cause and effect.Without entropy, nothing loses energy.  Creatures do not need to eat, they do not fatigue.  Things that are heated do not cool.  There are no shadows to hide in since light energy does not dissipate.  Thrown/ranged weapons have infinite range.That is a classic non-sequitur.  What does that response have to do with what I posted?Earthsea doesn't have a single "coherent culture," as I already demonstrated.  If, as I think you mean, LeGuin's "world" has principles that would perforce prevent certain kinds of societies from arising, I'd have to disagree.  With the exception that Earthsea has few large landmasses, I see nothing so inherently alien about Earthsea that would bring me to that conclusion.  The main consequences of a world covered by archipelagos as opposed to large continents is that either Naval or Aerial power is neccessary for military strength, and no country can be as rich in natural resources as someplace like Russia or the USA- every country would have to deal with scarcity/population growth issues early on...And obviously, nothing at all prevents LeGuin from dropping in any culture she pleases.  The big squawk about the Sci-Fi channel's treatment of Earthsea was that they changed things that didn't need changing, like giving Roke the "Harry Potter" treatment.</blockquote>

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