In the Unseen World, the traditional first spell taught is the one that will light a candle. In fact, living in the modern world causes some of these magicians to consider what kind of magic continues to be important, when so much can be done by technology. But my latest book, A Sleight of Shadows, takes place in the modern world and is a book about magic, about people who are actual magicians. One might even wonder why a fictional fantasy world still needs magic, when technology can do so much. Still, it’s pretty clear that we are living in a technologically advanced world, so much so that things that might have once looked magical, or even miraculous, are now quotidian. It might look impressive, but I’m pretty sure no one working at Apple is an actual wizard, and I don’t imagine any of my contemporaries would mistake what I was doing for magic. Clarke said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I’m not sure I fully buy that-my cell phone is pretty advanced, and yet, when I access the internet on it to double-check this quotation, I don’t feel like I am doing a spell.
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