[Dragaera] [Orca spoiler] Rereading Taltos...

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From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> 
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Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:30:28 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] [Orca spoiler] Rereading Taltos... 



On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM wrote: 

>> 
>> 
>> On 02/10/10 09:59 AM, Jerry Friedman wrote: 
>>> The Piro books, which some people also call the "Pirodyssey". 
>>> Even that is shorter than "The Viscount of Adrilankha". 
>>> 
>>> People also talk about the "Vladiad" and the "Paarfiad". 
>> Of course, the Piroiad is a part of the Paarfiad, let's not forget. And the 
>> upcoming short story collection "Shut Up, Loiosh!; A Jhereg's Life for Me", 
>> while not technically part of the Vladiad, can be argued for inclusion 
>> similar to "Athyra", though I hear the flying fiend is looking to start his 
>> own "Loioshiad". 
> 
>What are the next epics to use? Gilgamesh? Beowulf? Paradise 
>Lost/Gained? - no, SKZB's already done that one. La Divina Commedia? 
> 
>Maybe Loiosheslied, to be made into a 30-hour opera with a dragon and the 
>end of the world. 

Heh. It would have been fun to have seen what Wagner could have done with Dragaera as subject matter. 

How about The Kalevala? Lots of good stuff in there that would work in Dragaera. 

Majikjon