Mage: The Podcast27 Jul 2019

Tomes of Magick: Sons of Ether

The Sons of Ether are seen as crazy technomancers but the true history of these explorers go back far farther. Adam and Terry explore their history and ideas from Greek philosophers to the last modern remnants of Victorian explorers and pulp actions heroes. Along the way, find out how the nature of scientific discovery has changed across editions and as always Adam's story ideas.

Notes:

We're more than half way through the original Tradition books, yay!
Etherites have no consistent history at least up to the Renaissance and House Golo
Gentlest induction so far. Give em' a book and see if they get a new idea from it
No necessity for them to be scientific. Their belief is in the power of human creativity
Acts of wonder that don't aid the Consensus are merely magick and not True Science
Anders Mage page on the SoE
Anders Mad Scientist page
Superceded Theories of Science
Pathological Science

Books:

The Smokey God

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Puffin Classics

Etherspace - Lensman series by E E Doc Smith, Skylark series by E E Doc Smith

Victoria Station - The War of the Worlds by H G Wells - Penguin Classics, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne - Naval Institute Press (the edition is important!), Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne - Signet Classics updated translation by Jacqueline Rogers

Hollow Earth - At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Gernsback Continuum - The Complete Works of Stanley Weinbaum, The Best of Edmond Hamilton, If you can find them, check out The Collected Edmond Hamilton from Haffner Press

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