> >Glorantha is literature ; not a description of any kind of reality.
> >And the purpose of this literature is to induce pleasurable dreams
> >and fantasies which, by necessity, are incompatible with
> >'the' scientific method of reason.
>
> I disagree;
What's to disagree with ? That Glorantha is not reality ???
Glorantha IS a pleasurable dream and/or fantasy.
On the other hand :
> stories must have some underlying structure of logic or
> they are impossible to follow.
(Sigh!) Logic isn't Reality.
RR Mantra : "Go with the story"
NOT 'Swallow It Hook Line And Sinker'.
> >That Glorantha can produce seemingly incompatible fantasies and
> >dreams (in other words YGMV) is hardly a weakness, but a great
> >strength, and a testimony to the power of its design.
>
> There is a difference between YGMV and the problems of a setting
> that has been built up by committee over some 30 years of writing and game
> play.
What is this 'difference' ?
And : why didn't anyone invite me to the commitee meetings ??!?
> That Glorantha will never be consistent does not mean that a certain
> rough consistancy isn't a valuable thing.
Is anyone suggesting the opposite ?
You are confusing consistency and logic with reality.
Julian Lord
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #38
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