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scifisongs.blogspot.com - 8/20/2008
Sci-Fi Song #4: The Return of Titus Quinn
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The Return of Titus Quinn.mp3 This week's song was inspired by the protagonist from Kay Kenyon's excellent Bright of the Sky. The Return of Titus Quinn is a solo acoustic guitar piece played in the DADGAD alternate tuning. In the novel, Titus Quinn takes on the identity of Dai Shen, a Chalin man. The Chalin are a race of people that bear a strong cultural resemblance to earth's Asian ...

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Cool Site: Sci Fi Songs
SF Signal — Here's a good idea... Read a science fiction book and write a song based on it. That's what John Anealio has done at his blog, Sci Fi Songs. Check out some of these SF-inspired tunes: "Rachel Rosen" - Inspired by the Philip K. Dick classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? "Sarene" - Inspired by Brandon Sanderson's Elantris "The Return of Titus Quinn" - Inspired by Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky. Stop ...

Bright Music
Pyr-o-mania — Wowed this morning to discover a song inspired by Bright of the Sky. John Anealio is a composer and singer-songwriter who has a fantastic website called Sci-Fi Songs. He's trying to merge his love of music with his equal devotion to sf and fantasy and art, and by my tour of his site, he's succeeding and then some. In his piece, "The Return of Titus Quinn," I think he captured the mood and the gestalt of the book wonderfully. ...

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