The Most-Read Posts of “…On Anything Really” from 2013: “What Makes Fantasy Epic?”
Posts on “epic” topics did garner attention in 2013 and the one that appears to have been of most interest came later in the year, on October 7 — and certainly generated more discussion than the usual, with both regular blog readers and writers such as Kate Elliott and Elizabeth Moon all contributing comments.
From my point of view as the blogger, I do find such interactions very rewarding and it’s nice to know that you do, too.
“…with The Gathering Of The Lost making the shortlist for the Gavid Gemmell Legend Award, I’ve been thinking a bit about what makes epic fantasy “epic.” One suggestion made a few years back was that to qualify as “epic”, a fantasy had to be about large scale war — and certainly a lot of epic fantasies are…”
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What Makes Fantasy Epic?