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Old 11-15-2011, 07:55 AM   #338
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if pressed for an answer to your question i'd have to call them epic sagas, i know, sorry that it sounds like a cop-out. hard-boiled? no
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Dresden is an epic saga that's at times is also soft boiled comedy.
Ok, so then riddle me this: What makes a story "epic" and what makes a story "a saga"?

LOTR seems to fit the "Epic" category in my head (big, grand, sweeping), but "Saga" to me, seems to be a multi-generational type thing.

Please discuss!
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