Life Reimagined

It has occurred to this author, of late (him possessing abundant time to think on various matters, exorbitantly speculative and otherwise, due to the abandonment of certain leisure activities, inclusive of video-games and programming, which had previously occupied him), that certain functions, observed in a work of literature of which he partook some significant part in that time period, might be well accomplished by nanotechnology writ large; and, though the author does not wish to occupy and undue portion of your time in the explanation (concision being a virtue unparalleled in all works, a maxim which he will strive to uphold henceforth, in writings in this medium and others, much in the manner of this very post), he will regretfully synopsize it, in short: that activities traditionally described as "magical" (of two distinct varieties, that known as "Eastern" magic or "witchcraft" and "elf" magic or "sorcery", possessing many distinctive and distinguishing traits which, sadly, space constraints prevent full explanation of here) might be well accomplished by nanotechnology gone rampant, consuming the entirety of the world in which the novels are set (as is rendered plausible by certain hints within the narrative, rare mentions being made of an extraterrestrial origin for the otherwise low-technology society theirein, though one could argue that the use of the aformentioned "magic" more than compensates for that lack of machinery) and thereby making it a sort of sentient planet, much like the Gaea theories currently proposed, and allowing thought and ritual, as are used by the mages noted, to actively influence the planet and the creatures upon it, through manipulation of the nanotechnology which composes each of them, much as cells or perhaps even mere proteins compose our own bodies, thus explaining the Empire-forging artifact known as the Orb (forged hundreds of millennia before most of the story) as a manipulator of nanotechnology, and the 'seas of amorphia' as nanotech devoid of fixed function (and the use of those 'seas' to work "magic", known as 'elder sorcery', to be the dangerous redefinition of nanotech naturally undefined), thus rendering the setting of the novels both scientifically plausible and intellectually fascinating, and prompting this author to bring it to your attention, though sadly constraints of the medium cut the discussion sadly short.

Should it be desired, however, the humble author would be ever so pleased to write at a greater length on the subject, rather than spend one measly sentence upon it.