James Islington

So you're inevitably going to have characters delving into history and trying to figure out why things are happening.

And if there's this kind of...

not just information but possibly power in the past, I think that makes that sort of exploration more engaging.

But, yeah.

Like I love science fiction.

Yeah.

I really love science fiction.

I think one of the things that –

at least in my experience that science fiction generally does better than fantasy, not always, is that they have these really interesting philosophical scenarios, I guess, you know, like many worlds or, you know, again, in the case of Lacanus, I use time travel, you know,

And so that was definitely part of it that I went, kind of wanted to do a bit of a sci-fi concept, but in a fantasy world, especially because as soon as you move into a fantasy world, it can be a bit, it can be a bit looser.

Like I don't have to come and learn all the physics.

Exactly.

Yeah, I mean, I still, it's funny because you're right.

Like I still, off the cuff, I tend to just say, oh, it's epic fantasy.

But it's so general.

And I know that it's not, you know, obviously there's the elements of dark academia in there.

And it is...

It is different to a lot of other epic fantasies.

And if you say epic fantasy, you might think of Tolkien or Wheel of Time.

So I've seen a lot of people say it's very science fantasy.