So I read about the first 50% of Ariel, its fun so far, but one thing really bugs me. The lack of guns. In all science fiction/fantasy, I give the author a chance to set up whatever rules they want. Aliens exist, Psychic powers exist, whatever. All I ask that whatever new rules the author sets up be consistently applied. In Ariel, some undefined event happens, and all technology stops working, in exchange magic starts working. This is a really interesting premise, and allow me to speculate : If the ......