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Re: For building India, a review
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Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:10:15 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Erik Olson wrote:
> Want to get inspired to build ancient India? Try Ashok Banker's novel, Prince of
> Ayodhya. It's a retelling of the Ramayan, the quest of prince Ram to defeat the
> demons of the lower world in the great battle of his time. It's heavy on
> freakish monsters, combat, Kung-Fu, sorcery, and kama sutra (for those who have
> any interest in that.) It doesn't have ten percent of the rich texture or
> intellectual integration of Gore Vidal's _Creation_, but what it has got is a
> dime-store novel pedigree (who knew kung fu was so Aryan?) that takes the
> pretentiousness right out of an ancient epic.
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> In short, it makes me want to substitute a blue troll's head on a Scorpion
> Palace guard and give antlers to a snake.
Hi Erik
I have recently finished reading Prince of Ayodhya and you were right, it is a
very readable, fast paced adventure. I thoroghly enjoyed it and reccomend it
highly.
Thanks again for the tip!
Chris
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| I've opened up a lot of Adventurers India sets, even built some, but I never considered this much of an area for building until just recently. First of all there is K.K. Quah's excellent Taj mahal. See (URL) have just an idea, actually a source of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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