Favourite epics?

[Sunhawk !M9PhF5nIzs No.1994029]

2666 - Roberto Bolano
The War of the End of the World - Mario Vargas Llosa
The Stand - Stephen King
Under The Dome - Stephen King
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

All unabridged where applicable, all very enjoyable reads, and that 'epic' feel.

[Sunhawk !M9PhF5nIzs No.1994044]

No gushing praise for Infinite Jest, and how 'relevant' and 'prophetic' it is?

[Anonymous No.1994050]

How do you define epic?

[Sunhawk !M9PhF5nIzs No.1994078]

>>1994050

Criteria vary, but for it's usually very long, large cast of characters, and a 'sweeping' feel to it.

[Anonymous No.1994079]

None of those are epics except maybe Les Mis

Jesus

[Anonymous No.1994082]

>>1994078
Don't add the 'sweeping' feel bit to it, it makes vague an otherwise straightforward concept.

[Anonymous No.1994616]

>under the dome
>good
jesus, sunhawk, i thought you had standards

[Roland of Gilead !!wTIZ+EkUnw9 No.1994623]

>Under the Dome
I liked the book for the most part, sure, but my god, that ending was shit.

[Anonymous No.1994632]

>>1994616
>jesus, sunhawk, i thought you had standards

What? I ask again, what?

Sunhawk has notoriously--nay, infamously--bad taste. He's just about the last person on /lit/ whose opinion you'd take seriously.

Where have you been?

[Anonymous No.1994641]

>>1994632
Really? I could have sworn that he was the only tripfag approaching decent on this board. I guess I'm thinking of someone else.

[Anonymous No.1994666]

>Under The Dome - Stephen King
Wow
It was a great book but the ending was just a wank.

[Anonymous No.1994667]

Stop it, you are making Bolano look bad by saying you like him.

[ChampionOfTheLegion !!jLmffO4D1r9 No.1994671]

>>1994641
You're thinking of me.

[Anonymous No.1994677]

The Count of Monte Cristo?