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| Posted By : Dave Hardy - 2/27/2006 12:30 PM | Just read Prince of Ayodhya by Ashok Banker last week and I'm letting it soak in. It's the first volume of a six-part modern re-telling of the Ramayana. It's faithful to the Sanskrit original, while using the style of modern genre fantasy.
I don't usually read big multi-volume epics, but the Ramayana is a favorite of mine. I'd read the very condensed RK Narayan version and loved it so when I heard about the Ramayana by an SF/Fantasy author I was intrigued. I had to get used to a more leisurely pace (like I said, I don't read multi-volume series much) but it paid off. Some very cool scenes of black sorcery, vicious intrigue, and lot's o' demon-slaying.
Banker mixes in modern colloquial English with Hindi & Sanskrit words. I like Indian-English so to me this was quite a treat.
Anybody else read any of these?
Dave Hardy
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| Posted By : jonesha - 3/1/2006 4:45 PM | Hi Dave-welcome to the forum.
I've been curious about this series for a couple of years now but have just had too much on my plate to investigate.
Keep us posted. If there's enough blood and thunder it might make a nice review for SwordAndSorcery.org.
best,
Howard
Editor-in-Chief
www.swordandsorcery.org
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| Posted By : Dave Hardy - 3/10/2006 10:32 PM | Sorry I didn't get back on this thread sooner. Prince of Ayodhya is really nmore of a modern retelling of a traditional epic. Banker definitely has a S&S style, I think readers who approach it with an open mind will enjoy it a lot. I'd be happy to send a review your way.
I also do reviews on my website: http://www.fireandsword.com/Reviews/reviews.htm. Not neccesarily the most recent stuff I've read, since my long suffering webinatrix has trouble keeping up.
Thanks,
Dave Hardy
www.fireandsword.com |
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