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Yup, long-time fan of Dorn. The epic survives in The West primarily as comic epic, I think, or deconstructed, ala Olson. For another good comic take try Koch's Ko: A Season on Earth. But Gunslinger is best of breed. Mark At 10:54 AM 2/23/2001 +1300, Wystan Curnow (FOA ENG) wrote: >I too am a Gunslinger fan. And it's 'defence' of the epic lies in >its comic mode. The pleasure of hearing Dorn read can be had--he's on tape >reading part 1, a S Press Tape, no 43/44. > Wystan > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Friday, 23 February 2001 9:42 a.m. >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The epic: pros and cons > > >>How about Ed Dorn's GUNSLINGER? I used to have each volume (I & II) and >>would love to find them reissued in one book someday. An epic to be sure. I >>had the pleasure of hearing Dorn give his West Coast premier reading of >>GUNSLINGER in SF. > >This puzzled me - I have it in one volume, courtesy of Duke University >Press, and inside it are _four_ books. And I envy you having heard it >read. > >As for the feminist epic, I'll mention Notley's The Descent of Alette >again, since it bears mentioning, I think, many times. > >A > >