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larryhammerPimp me an epic.
Well, it doesn't have to be an actual epic. A book-length poem or poem cycle is what I'm in the mood for, but a sufficiently chewy prose epic (such as Journey to the West) might also do the trick. It doesn't have to be heroic, either -- comic epics (see Journey; also, Orlando Furioso) are also acceptable. Duration and chewiness are a must, though. I'm in need of diversion that lasts me a while. My one other requirement is print edition -- I don't have an e-reader and the point is to get away from the computer.
Things which I poked at and rejected include Troilus and Criseyde, as for now, at least, I don't have the brainpower to read outside my own vernacular, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as I don't have the brainpower to keep track of almost a thousand named characters. Things which I have picked up but failed to committed myself to include Williams's Taliessin Through Logres/Region of the Summer Stars, Lucan's Civil War, Knox's Dreamhunter duet, Robinson's Forty Signs of Rain trilogy, and John Brown's Body, any one of which I could possibly be sold on, if you're persuasive enough. I am open to any suggestion, even if I've read it before.
Help?
---L.
Well, it doesn't have to be an actual epic. A book-length poem or poem cycle is what I'm in the mood for, but a sufficiently chewy prose epic (such as Journey to the West) might also do the trick. It doesn't have to be heroic, either -- comic epics (see Journey; also, Orlando Furioso) are also acceptable. Duration and chewiness are a must, though. I'm in need of diversion that lasts me a while. My one other requirement is print edition -- I don't have an e-reader and the point is to get away from the computer.
Things which I poked at and rejected include Troilus and Criseyde, as for now, at least, I don't have the brainpower to read outside my own vernacular, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as I don't have the brainpower to keep track of almost a thousand named characters. Things which I have picked up but failed to committed myself to include Williams's Taliessin Through Logres/Region of the Summer Stars, Lucan's Civil War, Knox's Dreamhunter duet, Robinson's Forty Signs of Rain trilogy, and John Brown's Body, any one of which I could possibly be sold on, if you're persuasive enough. I am open to any suggestion, even if I've read it before.
Help?
---L.
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Date: 3 March 2009 02:42 pm (UTC)I have to confess I haven't read the whole thing. I've read bits and pieces of it. I can't guarantee that it wouldn't get tiresome overall. However, some bits are marvelous. Plus, it's got an interesting history as a text, because it started out as an orally transmitted epic, sung by blind itinerant monks. You can see some of the orality in things like descriptions of the heros getting geared up for battle.
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Date: 3 March 2009 04:29 pm (UTC)---L.