Welcome to the Sci-Fi Roundtable podcast, the show for fans of all things science fiction and fantasy. Jon Cronshaw, Shane Thomas, Ken Goudsward, and Geoff Habinger discuss magic systems in fantasy fiction. Subscribe today and please take a moment to share this episode and leave a review. Follow us on Twitter @SFRTpodcast. Scifi Roundtable, the writer’s group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scifiroundtable/ Reading the Roundtable of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the reader’s group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/330870181072264/ Shane Thomas’s series Anki Legacies, his comedic serialized metafiction Parodia, world building articles, TONS of book reviews, book club chat videos with authors, free multi-author mashup stories, and a conspiracy theory blog all live in: www.ScienceFantasyHub.com Reach out to Geoff Habingerhere: Amazon author link: www.amazon.com/Geoff-Habiger/e/B002BMERYK Goodreads author link: www.goodreads.com/author/show/1007658.Geoff_Habiger Twitter: https://twitter.com/TangentGeoff Facebook: www.facebook.com/HabigerKisseeAuthors/ Other: www.habigerkissee.com/ Ken Goudswardis a writer and publisher based in northern Canada, specializing in sci-fi, dark comedy, and vampires. He enjoys studying ancient mysteries and speculating on philosophical quandaries. http://dimensionfold.com/books/ Edited by Jon Cronshaw Jon Cronshaw is the author of the Wasteland series, Blind Gambit, and The Ravenglass Chronicles. Jon's Author Diary podcast is at www.joncronshaw.libsyn.com. Website: joncronshaw.com. His non-fiction books The Stoic Writer and Podcasting for Authors are out now on Kindle and Paperback.