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Hello! You have reached the homepage of "Mahabharata Story," a science fiction Mahabharata fanfic by nenena. If you'd like to read, you can start browsing below.

(Mahabharata Story Table of Contents) // The meaty meat.

(A ~ Z Glossary) // Handy when you're dealing with a cast of hundreds.

(Bibliography and Resources) // To give credit where it's due.

( A Brief FAQ for the Curious and Confused. ) // Behind the cut.

The table of contents, for your reading pleasure.




PART ONE -- BEGINNING

Prologue: Worlds that Were
Chapter One: Hastinapura
Interlude: Karna
Chapter Two: Partings
Interlude: Yuyutsu
Chapter Three: The Gift
Interlude: Drona
Chapter Four: Rose
Interlude: Shalya
Chapter Five: The Contest
Interlude: Karna II
Chapter Six: Dakshina
Interlude: Bhisma
Chapter Seven: Divided
Interlude: Shakuni
Chapter Eight: Night of the Gandharvas
Interlude: Kritavarma
Chapter Nine: Panchala
Interlude: Rukmaratha
Chapter Ten: Draupadi
Interlude: Shakuni II
Chapter Eleven: Dice
Interlude: Ashwatthama
Chapter Twelve: Departure


PART TWO -- EXILE

Exile 01: Reunion
Exile 02: Past Tense
Exile 03: Rescue
[hiatus]


PART THREE -- WAR

[incomplete]


PART FOUR -- ENDING

[incomplete]

VALID THROUGH: "Exile 02: Past Tense."
Last glossary update: Feburary 6th, 2010.

( Behind the cut: A ~ Z Glossary of characters, places, and terms. )

Coming eventually in this sticky post: A complete list of every text, website, and person that I've consulted while researching this fic.

Exile 03: Rescue (draft version)

And with that, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to put this project on hiatus. Trust me when I say that I've struggled with this decision for a while, and there are a lot of reasons why I want to call it quits. I don't want to go into a big TMI spiel right here. But my decision is final, so here we are.

I have tens of thousands of words of draft material still sitting on my hard drive, and I might release bits and pieces of it on this livejournal account in the coming months. I might - might - also release the big Master Outline document that I have, which would reveal the big spoilery plotlines for the rest of Exile arc. I dunno. I'm still thinking about it.

Anywhoo, I want to thank everybody who's stuck with me this far, especially my superstar betas goldenflames and steelehearts, as well as all of you who have given me further concrit in comments and reviews.

Hugs to everyone,
nenena

Bhima, you've gotta lotta splainin' to do.

Exile 01: Reunion

Exile 02: Past Tense

One more post coming in a minute.

To make up for the delay, here, have three chapters at once.

Chapter Eleven: Dice

Interlude: Ashwatthama

Chapter Twelve: Departure

But wait, there's more. Stay tuned for a couple more posts tonight!

So like, I previously said that I was going to have the next chapter ready before Turkey Day, yes? Only now it looks like that really isn't going to happen.

I'm sorry, it's just that real life has been seriously, seriously kicking my arse this semester. I'm a full-time grad student now, and working two part-time jobs on the side, so yeah.

I'm going to try to do my best to polish up the next chapter (the dice game) over winter break, so it should be ready to go in January or so. After that, there are only two chapters left before the Exile part begins, and I have just *not* been making progress on the Exile chapters. Like, at all. The first mini-arc in the Exile section is completely drafted, but after that I'm basically stalled.

Blargh! I dunno. I guess I'll just keep editing and updating what material I've got drafted already, and then when I'm completely caught up to myself, I don't know what will happen. But I'll think of something.

Revised version:

Interlude: Shakuni II

Sorry about the switcheroo, but this version is better. ;)