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Culture20 · 03-21-2017, 02:27 PM

To be fair, in popular jargon, "classic" when referring to stories is far different than "classical" (and music has other definitions). "a classic" is used in ways that can mean a memorable antique or an important literary milestone. In the world of modern medieval fantasy, there are very few literary milestones, and some might say only Tolkein's works are such. So... a memorable antique of a modern medieval fantasy written post 1950-something, where pseudo immortality is part of a religion, and the immortals lose joy etc in the bargain.
Can we have another hint? Perhaps the language the book is written in?

03-21-2017, 02:27 PM	#4333
Culture20 Join Date: Feb 2014	Re: Game: Guess the character! To be fair, in popular jargon, "classic" when referring to stories is far different than "classical" (and music has other definitions). "a classic" is used in ways that can mean a memorable antique or an important literary milestone. In the world of modern medieval fantasy, there are very few literary milestones, and some might say only Tolkein's works are such. So... a memorable antique of a modern medieval fantasy written post 1950-something, where pseudo immortality is part of a religion, and the immortals lose joy etc in the bargain. Can we have another hint? Perhaps the language the book is written in?