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Spec-Fic Epics with a difference?
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Book of the New Sun sort of starts out like a "farm boy is a powerful hero" but it really plays on that convention, among other things.The hero in Book of the New Sun is flawed and very human. He does manage a few victories but has some even greater defeats. In the end, he's human, not superhuman. But that is good enough.
That sounds like a good suggestion, cheers Michael.
It's a long one though :)Four volumes!
Thomas 'The Leper' Covenant. Talk about being a flawed hero!
Curt wrote: "Thomas 'The Leper' Covenant. Talk about being a flawed hero!"Indeed he was, I spent most of the series hating him. Didn't stop me from reading the whole series, mind you.
I sympathized him. I too would've been screaming " This a dream! This a dream! No more Nestle's Quik and Sausage Pizza before bedtime!
Guy Gabriel Kay's stuff. The Fionavar Tapestry and his more pseudo-historical books like Lions of Al-Rassan. Not to mention the man can write birds out of the trees.
I hate Thomas Covenant. The guy is just so damn loathsome.
But I still read two of the trilogies :P
But I still read two of the trilogies :P
Oh, man, you guys are giving me flashbacks. I read that first trilogy as a young teen, and the whole time, I was muttering, "Ok, fine, it's a dream, whatever. Would it kill you to just shut up and roll with it?"Out of curiousity, I picked up the first book again as an adult, and couldn't get past the first few chapters.
These are all great suggestions, thanks. My reading list grows and grows!
Most of us have read a fantasy epic series with the old 'quest' based storyline or 'farmboy is powerful hero'. And I love them as much as anyone else. But I really enjoyed The Dark Tower series by Mr King, and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. Roofs with a different edge.
Does anyone have a favourite Epic with a difference they'd like to share?
Craig