High fantasy has a lot of window dressing taken from the European Middle Ages, but what is too much? Does an audience that readily accepts elves and wizards also readily accept tobacco, potatoes, or germ theory? What do readers expect? What modern technologies or customs would be too much for them?
The Possibility of Anachronisms in High Fantasy
Thomas Olivieri, Sari Polvinen, J.S. Meresmaa, Jane Mondrup
Ryssö, – (2 h)