Since fantasy isn't about technology the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed the lives of fantasy writers and editors. I get to live in England and work for a New York publisher!
When I started in the business there was a thing called adult fantasy but...
If we had had the right technology back then you would have seen Eva Braun...
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.