Mythological Fiction Readers Club

lecherous_v

Any fans of 'The Krishna Key' by Ashwin Sanghi?
Perhaps that was my first Mytho Fiction and then I became fan.

Meself

lecherous_v 30-6-2018 12:30 PM
Any fans of 'The Krishna Key' by Ashwin Sanghi?
Perhaps that was my first Mytho Fiction and then I b ...

It's been in my TBR list for so long. I guess I will one day and sit and force myself to read it.

Akm1001

Even Chanakya's chant by Aswin Sanghi is an amazing read. Some how i dint find his latest ' keepers of kaal chakra' that fascinating.

lolaveri

I wish there was an easy way to find new releases in the genre as they come out, it's so hard to keep track since it's a subgenre of a subgenre. So far I've seen these that are either new or recent:

This one I'm most excited about, can't get enough Krishna retellings: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DK4 ... ef_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Her third book, and so far her track record is great: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DH1 ... ef_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

This one's more of an anthology: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B0T ... ef_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

cynic

lolaveri 1-7-2018 09:10 AM
I wish there was an easy way to find new releases in the genre as they come out, it's so hard to kee ...

Thanks for sharing this.
If members are interested, we can post news about the new and upcoming releases.

Meself

Crap. Ms. Iyer is out with her new book and I had zero idea. It's time I follow book release closely!

Onkar123

Meself 28-6-2018 10:23 PM
The problem in this day and age is that research means to look up on Google and be done with it. B ...

I hope you really get the time to create that thread, right or wrong we need to understand the history.

niya

anyone here read the ramayana by bibek debroy?is it good enough?
i wish he included the slokhas.read harivamsa it was not upto the mark
honestly.

anyone has any good suggestion for Bhagawatham?

Tushargrv

viksorion 2-6-2018 06:30 PM
Those who liked the Krishna Udayshankar version of Ashwathama should also read the series Aryawarta  ...

Can you please a brief review of Krishna Udayshankar version of Ashwathama.

ani_d_s

I have read multiple mytho-fiction books and though they seem very riveting and interesting, I felt cheated and annoyed at certain places (blame it on my devotion to Classic Mythology)
Distorting facts for the sake of creative liberty and to earn a few brownie points seems disgusting to me. Here are a few of them:

1) Aryavarta Chronicles: Govinda : The author has nicely explained the political buildup by Govinda to defeat Jarasandha. However there are too many distortions to the classic literature e.g.
Rukmini is abducted by Pradyumna (I was aghast at this). Rukmini is the avatar of Shri Lakshmi and She has to be with Shri Krishna. Pradyumna was their son.
Also, Yudhishthira is shown to be a very gullible and cowardly character.
Much of Mahabharata is reduced to a secret war between Firewrights and Firstborns.

2) Shiva Trilogy by Amish :
In the first book, Shiva is hailed to be their savior when he becomes Neelkanth, whereas in the last book it is shown to be planned in advance, which the readers feel cheated.
Again, distortions here are in the form of Ganesha and Kali, who is shown to be a Naga, ie, deformed person. No mention of Parvati.

3) Scion of Ikshvaku : Felt like this totally insulted the Ramayana with unnecessary addition of characters like Roshni and plots like Rama was the most hated son.
In Shiva trilogy, atleast the story telling was better.
Didnt feel like reading Sita ie the next book in the series

4) Mahabharata secret and Mahabharata Key : The Vimana Parva, and the scientific explanation of Samdura Manthan seems a bit over the top.

5) Asura and Ajaya : Author plays devils advocate, justifying the negative characters.

The ones that I liked are :
1) Vikramaditya Veergatha by Shatrujeet Nath
2) Vishwamitra and Legend of Parshuram by Vineet Aggarwal
3) Books by Devdutt Pattanaik : Sita, Jaya, Shikhandi, Pregnant King, 7 secrets series etc.