• Bhaelfur@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The second Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson gets close. It’s a setting where magic meets wild west tech, including guns, cars, and electricity.

    I’ve heard that his next trilogy in the setting will have more of an 1980s tech level.

    A couple of Sanderson’s short stories touch on space ships, computers, and magic.

    EDIT: I didn’t answer the question. Yes, I think it can work. I’m also a huge fan of Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage books. This mixes musket level tech and industrialization with magic.

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      1 day ago

      The Sunlit Man is even more tech combined with magic. Read that one yet?

      What other books do you like in that genre? I loved Mistborn/Cosmere realm and Powder Mage series.

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        The Sunlit Man was so good. I love books that have fast pacing right from the start, and trying to figure out how the world worked was so much fun.