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@article{189334,
        author = {Dr. Sulok Birendrasingh Raghuwanshi},
        title = {Epic by Conor Kostick - A Tale of Power Friction},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {5604-5607},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189334},
        abstract = {The coining of "virtual reality", Epic by Conor Kostick follows the life of a boy Erik Haraldson in a game called Epic affecting income, social standing, and the careers of the people. Erik defeats red dragon, making him one of the wealthiest players in the game; even though they do not fully understand. As the game becomes self-aware, there are whispers of a revolution among those who would use the game's technology for conversations and elections rather than endless fighting. The present paper “’Epic’ by Conor Kostick: A Tale of Power Friction” has made the literature review over the novel ‘Epic’ and other similar novels in genre as the primary resource. It has attempted to highlight the silent features of virtual reality fiction. An attempt to analyze ‘Epic’ on the touchstone of the virtual reality fiction has been made. MLA 9 style has been used for in text citation and referencing.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {December},
        }