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Originally Posted by Richwood
Annoying items to me.
Shifter stories where there is a gain or loss of mass from the shift. Where does the mass go when a 200 pound man shifts to a 100 pound wolf? Per physics it sounds like a hell of a explosion as mass is converted to energy. About like a hydrogen bomb, a big one. The same problem for going the other way. Where does the 100 pounds mass equivalent energy come from? From a physics standpoint only Poul Anderson paid attention to this in a couple of fantasy novels that I am aware of.
How about ancient or medieval stories where at a meal they mention foods that were not known in the location and time. An awful lot of foods common world wide today were unknown in ancient or medieval Europe and North Africa before Columbus. If writing a historical novel, do your research.
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I would suggest you reread the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser books as Fritz Lieber deals with the loss and gain of mass in a couple of places. Terry Pratchet does the same in one of the Tiffany Aching books. I must admit though many authors ignore the issue.