Tall tales

Description
Tall tales, traveller's tales, sailor's yarns, urban legends, etc. Fantastically exaggerated stories of strange and wonderous events that are presented as true but don't necessarily attempt to be plausible or expect to be believed by audiences.
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62,548 members
521 reviews
4
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spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: A number of plot elements are based on motifs from folklore/legend, and Odysseus engages in a fair bit of fabulation himself during the course of the story...
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10,816 members
228 reviews
4.1
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Explanations
spiphany: Plays with the genre of the traveller's tale
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5,346 members
52 reviews
3.8
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1,698 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,375 members
26 reviews
½ 3.5
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825 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
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674 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
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460 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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453 members
32 reviews
3.2
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Explanations
spiphany: Engages with various fabulous accounts of strange monsters and happenings; some are taken at face value by the narrator, while others are discredited.
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411 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
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324 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
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312 members
7 reviews
4.1
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306 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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266 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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226 members
4 reviews
3.9
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115 members
1 review
4.1
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109 members
5
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108 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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45 members
1 review
4.2
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42 members
1 review
3.8
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29 members
3.8
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28 members
½ 4.5
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19 members
3 reviews
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13 members
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393 members
11 reviews
3.9