Haselrig@alien.topBtoBooks•What are some epic novels / series that are NOT of an "epic" length?English
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1 year agoThe shortest epic I’ve run across is Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. It covers a ton of ground in it’s 116 pages.
The shortest epic I’ve run across is Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. It covers a ton of ground in it’s 116 pages.
He went off the rails for me a while ago.
Man, that slow burn boy/dad/old man/dog beginning is my vibe. I could do that for a 300 page novel and nothing else has to happen. Same thing with Doctor Sleep. Just hanging out with Dan and the cat in the hospice would be enough supernatural for me. The True Knot was the least interesting part for me.
Facticity Blues by Jake Camp.