United States First publication date: 1988 Frederick Turner, Genesis: An Epic Poem of the Terraforming of Mars In 1988 when Frederick Turner published the 10,000 lines of iambic pentameter that constitute Genesis, his epic on the transformation...
Saint Lucia (West Indies) Published: 1990 Derek Walcott Omeros Omeros (1990) upends the conventions of canonical Western epics by turning Caribbean fishermen into twentieth century heroes. In its titular allusion to Homer as well as in its topical and formal...
United States First publication date: 2016 Frederick Turner, Apocalypse: An Epic Poem Frederick Turner’s third epic poem Apocalypse (2016) opens dramatically in the year 2067 with a colossal windstorm sweeping across the North Sea, causing...
United States 2024 Dave Jilk, Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga In 2001: A Space Odyssey the rogue computer HAL recalls Dr. Chandra, HAL’s first tutor/programmer. When Dave unplugs the computer, HAL’s last conscious thought is the old...
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