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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55,280 members
467 reviews
4
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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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9,781 members
207 reviews
4.1
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Explanations
spiphany: Plays with the genre of the traveller's tale
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5,238 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,438 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,209 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
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1,148 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
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760 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
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649 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
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430 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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417 members
30 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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282 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
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280 members
5 reviews
4.1
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260 members
½ 3.7
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259 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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195 members
4 reviews
3.9
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112 members
1 review
4.1
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97 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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40 members
½ 4.4
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39 members
1 review
3.8
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28 members
½ 4.5
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27 members
3.8
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18 members
2 reviews
½ 4.5
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12 members
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383 members
10 reviews
3.8