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: Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
2011-03-03 09:09:00

Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
2011-03-03 09:09:00

Mood: tired
Music: Adele, "Rolling in the Deep."

LATE ECLIPSES open thread. Have a party.

To celebrate the release of Late Eclipses [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned.

You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence.

Have fun!

Tags: late eclipses, toby daye

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Re: consult your local metallurgist

tsgeisel

March 3 2011, 21:52:39 UTC 6 years ago

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Historically, it's always been that way, and it probably hasn't been especially researched as to *why* - although we've clearly seen that others have researched how to use it to their advantage (elf-shot, the doors to the prison cell, the cell itself). (Both in the series context, and in the fairy tale context in general.)

From a purely scientific aspect, you can theorize that the magnetic properties of iron are disruptive to the powers of the fae. Perhaps the fae have a component that reacts to magnetic fields (the way birds and other migratory animals are theorized to have), and so iron is disruptive in that regard. It kinda makes me wonder how a fae would react to a large dynamo or other EM-generator.

But, again, short of having actual fae to experiment *with* (not on), there's no way to be certain.