Comments on: Twenty Epics now Available http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2006/07/13/twenty-epics-now-available/ "How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?" - William Blake Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Matthew Kressel http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2006/07/13/twenty-epics-now-available/#comment-4050 Matthew Kressel Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:33:03 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2006/07/13/twenty-epics-now-available/#comment-4050 Thanks Paul. It really is a great story. <a href="http://www.chrononaut.org/log/archives/000851.html" rel="nofollow">David Moles' blog</a> has more about <i>Twenty Epics</i>, and links to comments by other contributors. Thanks Paul. It really is a great story.

David Moles’ blog has more about Twenty Epics, and links to comments by other contributors.

]]> By: Paul M Berger http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2006/07/13/twenty-epics-now-available/#comment-4049 Paul M Berger Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:30:49 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2006/07/13/twenty-epics-now-available/#comment-4049 So, the long-awaited <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1847280668/alteredfluid-20">Twenty Epics</a> is now an actual book, and it's published and available on Amazon. The stories in this anthology blend high fantasy and science fiction and slipstream; each explores the themes and emotions that make an epic, and each approaches the question from a unique angle. It's an amazing collection of work. I had the chance to meet several of the other contributors recently, and it's an amazing group of people as well. I am proud and flattered to be part of this effort. Editors David Moles and Susan Marie Groppi have done a wonderful job selecting the stories and putting the book together. "The Muse of Empires Lost' is my contribution. To my mind, one of the most compelling aspects of an epic is that it's a story with a big setting and a big past, and the labors of generations finally come to a head. This was my chance to play with that. What's it about? It's your basic tale of a collapsed civilization in the belly of a giant space squid, and the unsavory telepath who wants to re-establish a galactic empire. Where did the idea come from? I suppose I've got some creepy friends and a deep respect for cephalopods. So, the long-awaited Twenty Epics is now an actual book, and it’s published and available on Amazon. The stories in this anthology blend high fantasy and science fiction and slipstream; each explores the themes and emotions that make an epic, and each approaches the question from a unique angle. It’s an amazing collection of work. I had the chance to meet several of the other contributors recently, and it’s an amazing group of people as well. I am proud and flattered to be part of this effort. Editors David Moles and Susan Marie Groppi have done a wonderful job selecting the stories and putting the book together.

“The Muse of Empires Lost’ is my contribution. To my mind, one of the most compelling aspects of an epic is that it’s a story with a big setting and a big past, and the labors of generations finally come to a head. This was my chance to play with that. What’s it about? It’s your basic tale of a collapsed civilization in the belly of a giant space squid, and the unsavory telepath who wants to re-establish a galactic empire. Where did the idea come from? I suppose I’ve got some creepy friends and a deep respect for cephalopods.

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