Narnia seems to be in Medieval European stasis- perhaps Renaissance at most. A LOT of fantasy works seem to have Medieval European settings.

Airships are so steampunk. And steampunk is so Victorian. Not to say that it could not work. And they could get to places faster- which may alter some plots, but would not alter the main message.

I'm not saying to squeeze an airship into any of Lewis' book, what I'm trying to say is what if, the time have passed and Narnians actually moved into some kind of era where they have enough technological knowledge to build airships? By the way, Narnia is a place of magic, who said the airship must be steam-powered? Crystal/magic powered airships can work just fine.

Well, we saw Narnia in its last days, and there still wasn't much technology then. So I'd say no, if you're going by canon.

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Fan fiction is fan fiction. In a fan written story, the person writing it is calling the shots. You can do pretty much anything you want in that case.

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Just to show how spoiled Americans are with technology, I didn't understand how they made coffee (I THINK it was in HHB) without electricity and a coffee machine.

Tech is appiled science (I only know that becuase I just took a test on it). So this really raises the question of how far along we think that Narnian science could be.

Sure hover ships could fit in. So could macs, laser guns, and whatever you could think of that they don't already have. But I'm not sure that they should fit. Narnia is, as cipher said, a land of magic. Although a sci-fi Narnia could be cool....

If there were airships in Narnia, they would have to be the invention of Dwarfs. Dwarfs have all kinds of lore and skills and crafts that the humans and talking beasts don't really understand, which is part of why they were vulnerable to corruption by the White Witch. So I could see an airship working in the milieu, but it would have to be rare. Think if the Dawn Treader could fly . . .

It seems Narnia advances little in terms of technology throughout its history. Narnia in its last days is not so different/advanced from its early days- at least in terms of techonolgy. I think Lewis was aiming for a very romantic setting, sort of like a "Golden Age." A lot of the time, Lewis wrote the world of Narnia to seem higher in some way to "our world" and part of that is actually from the lack of techonolgy.
The Dawn Treader flying might be cool, but I don't think that sort of thing fits in with Narnia's setting/atmosphere/themes.

Since this is a thread about Technology in Narnia, here's something I found interesting in one of the books. The thing that I thought was interesting is in LWW is that Mrs. Beaver has a sewing machine. Isn't that kind of interesting since sewing machines kind of need some source of power? Unless this was like a sewing machine Mrs. Beaver would crank or something?

Or maybe it runs on the power supplied by the Beaver's dam?

Unless this was like a sewing machine Mrs. Beaver would crank or something?

Actually, that is entirely possible. Most of the earliest models of sewing machines were operated by a crank or a pedal. Also, I highly doubt that sewing machines were common. After all, she wants to bring it along while they're running from the White Witch! I suppose the Dwarfs could have built it. Or it could be a family heirloom that was given to her great-great-great-great Grandmother Beaver by Father Christmas.

Unless this was like a sewing machine Mrs. Beaver would crank or something?

Actually, that is entirely possible. Most of the earliest models of sewing machines were operated by a crank or a pedal. Also, I highly doubt that sewing machines were common. After all, she wants to bring it along while they're running from the White Witch! I suppose the Dwarfs could have built it. Or it could be a family heirloom that was given to her great-great-great-great Grandmother Beaver by Father Christmas.

Yeah, I'm older than most but I can clearly remember my grandmother using a pedal machine that she refused to trade in for a powered one.

Though, like the alarm clock in the Hobbit, it does seem a little too advanced- maybe she should be using a shuttle and loom

And, Lilygloves, nothing like a pot of fresh-perked coffee over a campfire in the morning- though it helps the taste if you're freezing cold and had to get the fire going in the first place.

Is it possible that there were technological advancements that were made after Narnia's creation and then lost in the Hundred Year Winter? Much like the dark ages of Narnia... perhaps in between technology like sewing machines was more common...

I did some thinking on how a sewing machine would get into Narnia. I wonder if King Frank and Queen Helen, the first king and queen of Narnia, could have somehow brought the idea of sewing machines into Narnia, and the dwarfs or one of the other advanced humanoid-like species could have made them? Since dwarfs were good with making things our of metal and such, and that what many sewing machines were made of, I wonder if they could have created something like the machine on Earth?

Just a thought.

Unless this was like a sewing machine Mrs. Beaver would crank or something?

Actually, that is entirely possible. Most of the earliest models of sewing machines were operated by a crank or a pedal. Also, I highly doubt that sewing machines were common. After all, she wants to bring it along while they're running from the White Witch! I suppose the Dwarfs could have built it. Or it could be a family heirloom that was given to her great-great-great-great Grandmother Beaver by Father Christmas.

Yeah, I'm older than most but I can clearly remember my grandmother using a pedal machine that she refused to trade in for a powered one.

My grandmother has a pedal powered sewing machine. She still uses it on occasion although rarely. There's a large rocking pedal and you rock it back it and forth with your feet to power the needle.