{"id":23878,"date":"2014-01-07T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=23878"},"modified":"2014-01-02T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T07:41:30","slug":"the-most-read-posts-of-on-anything-really-from-2013-what-makes-fantasy-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/01\/07\/the-most-read-posts-of-on-anything-really-from-2013-what-makes-fantasy-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most-Read Posts of \u201c\u2026On Anything Really\u201d from 2013: “What Makes Fantasy Epic?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“…with The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> making the shortlist for the Gavid Gemmell Legend Award<\/span><\/a>, I\u2019ve been thinking a bit about what makes epic fantasy \u201cepic.\u201d One suggestion made a few years back was that to qualify as \u201cepic\u201d, a fantasy had to be about large scale war \u2014 and certainly a lot of epic fantasies are…”<\/span><\/p>\n

To read or re-read the full post and the discussion, click on:<\/p>\n

What Makes Fantasy Epic?<\/a><\/h3>\n

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