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Old 11-10-2011, 09:47 PM   #331
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as i remember it, big fiasco at bianca's party, sword get dropped and thomas picks it up in the confusion and gives it to harry
Doh!.. How did I miss that. Just went back and reread the episode and it's perfectly clear. My reading comprehension is going to pot.
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Question: Do you consider The Dresden Files to be either an "Epic" or a "Saga"? Also, would you label it as "Hard-Boiled"?

I am re-tagging the books after accidentally deleting my tags, and those keep showing up when I download the metadata through Calibre.
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Old 11-14-2011, 10:06 PM   #333
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Question: Do you consider The Dresden Files to be either an "Epic" or a "Saga"? Also, would you label it as "Hard-Boiled"?

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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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Old 11-14-2011, 10:21 PM   #334
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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
Oh, I'm sorry. I've just realized that my question was phrased as an "either/or", but I was really asking "Do either one of those fit?" If both fit, that's fine. Thank you.
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Cool dana stabenow and the star svensdotter trilogy
while i was reading second star, the first book in the trilogy, i got so enthralled with the experience that i sent this comment to dana stabenow about it in a pm on goodreads:

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i have read the first two kate shugak books and enjoyed them immensely. then yesterday i got the first star svensdotter book and am approaching the halfway point in my reading of it. i really really like it and, in fact, i feel like i'm reading a brand new heinlein novel. thanks a lot!!!
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after that i immediately purchased the other two books in the trilogy from here using the 'Buy direct from me' link. in the case of the first book it's offered for free and you can use the 'Download FREE from Stabenow.com' link. they are inexpensive ($4.99) and you get both mobi and epub versions that are uncontaminated by drm. anyway, so next i read handful of stars and then immediately began reading red planet run, the last book of the trilogy which i finished this morning. i really hated being done and having to leave the world...er...solar system of star svensdotter.

i highly recommend this trilogy and the kate shugak series as well
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Oh, I'm sorry. I've just realized that my question was phrased as an "either/or", but I was really asking "Do either one of those fit?" If both fit, that's fine. Thank you.
oh, well my answer is less of a cop-out then
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Dresden is an epic saga that's at times is also soft boiled comedy.
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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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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.

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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.

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saga: any narrative or legend of heroic exploits
epic: heroic, majestic, impressively great, of unusually great size or extent
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So they are similar, with epic being on a much bigger scale. I agree with the definition of "epic", but I don't like the one for "saga".
"Saga" has a more family, drama, multigenerational type feel to me.
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So they are similar, with epic being on a much bigger scale. I agree with the definition of "epic", but I don't like the one for "saga".
"Saga" has a more family, drama, multigenerational type feel to me.
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1. a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
2. any narrative or legend of heroic exploits.
3. Also called saga novel. a form of the novel in which the members or generations of a family or social group are chronicled in a long and leisurely narrative
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Wow, I'm part dictionary! Then, why can I not spell well?

I really don't like "typing" on my phone.
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I really don't like "typing" on my phone.
yes, i guess that you are! neither do i!

i just finished reading dead in the water, the 3rd book in the kate shugak mystery series by dana stabenow. they are excellent, inexpensive ($4.99) and you get both mobi and epub versions that are uncontaminated by drm. get them here.

i just started reading (it's really a re-read from uncountable years ago) i, robot by isaac asimov
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Amazon just reduced the price of Star1 to free, so I posted about it on my website and quoted you again. See here:http://www.stabenow.com/2011/11/16/s...free-on-kindle
i got quoted on dana stabenow's website as she announced that amazon.com now has reduced the 1st star svensdotter novel to $0.00
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That is very cool, Alan!
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