Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig

Is it only I who get this Merchant-Ivory film fewling from Ill Bethisad?

At 01:01 01.9.2000 +0200, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
>Padraig Brown on tech and culture *there*:
>
> > The technology is a little "different". We do have cars and trains and
> > zeppelins;
>
>Zeps seem to be very popular in alternative timelines; well, they are
>the obvious examples of a nice technology which died an untimely death
>which could have been avoided.  And they are quiet and clean, much to
>the liking of the Il`l.
>
> >       there are computers and many other things that are
> > recognisably "modern". On the other hand, the computers aren't as
> > advanced or as widespread; technology in general is probably more
> > reminiscent of the late 1970s or early 1980s. There does appear to be
> > a kind of nascent intercomputer network; but is still the domain of
> > schools, researchers and the military.

/BP 8^)>
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