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It’s not movies, but that’s okay. If you love genre then you know that some of the most fascinating takes on typical tropes come from other countries. The Rubin Museum is putting on a panel discussion called “From Urdu Epic and Tibetan Sorcerers to Today: Fantasy in Tibetan and World Literature” as an introduction to Tibetan fantasy, which will bring together novelist Elizabeth Hand, novelist John Crowley (whose Little, Big was called “a neglected masterpiece” by no less than Harold Bloom), novelist Paul Witcover, and professors Andrew Quintman (Yale) and Hamid Dabashi (Columbia). They’re going to be talking about…well, it’s right there in the title.
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Tickets are a bit steep at $12.00 but that includes admission to, and a tour of, the tie-in exhibit at the Rubin, “Once Upon Many Times: Legends and Myths in Himalayan Art.” Which makes it more than worthwhile since museum admission is $10 anyways, which means the panel is a super-affordable $2.
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The panel takes place Wednesday October 26, 2011 @ 7:00 PM
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Myths are the backbone of any country’s fiction, films and music and if you needed some introductory immersion into the genre traditions of Tibet, this is the best chance you’ll ever get.
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