HW: Elric and OJ

[skarsol]

Stephen Swann wrote:

> Ah, I see you *have* read it.  ;-) But are you refering to the title
> short story or the whole compilation?  I found the essay more
> destructive to my appreciation for the Elric series than any bad short
> story (or even the self-parody "The Stone Thing") could ever be.
>

well,i cant actually say that ive read the whole thing.i remember
reading the essay,but not the content.i made an effort at reading
this,got about three quarters thru it,
and tossed it in disgust.
that is probably why i cant remember the essay,that it got labeled and
canned.

> Like I said, I've had a hard time reading Moorcock ever since.  The
> fact that he seems to still lack a certain judicious restraint when
> writing fantasy, even at this late stage in his career, doesn't help
> any.  If you're wondering what I mean, any random excerpt from last
> third of _City in the Autumns Stars_ should suffice for an example.

most "good" fantasy at least has a smidgeon of credibility.moorcock
tends
to suggest things and seems to assume that his readers are stoned enough
to fill in the gaps,or to simply accept that 'a twist of the stone in my
magical ring will change forever reality,until i decide to twist it
again.'
to me,the moorcock masterpices are:  (in no order)
warhound and worlds pain,
the first 5 elrics,
the first three corums,
hawkmoon (the originals,not count brass),
and behold the man- beware of this if any of you christians are offended
by fiction that is entirely blasphemous!

> By the way, in response to Andy's comment about _The War Hound and the
> World's Pain_, I agree - that was the highlight of Moorcock's fantasy
> career for me.  Thus I expected great things from _CitAS_.  Sigh.


hav'nt had the chance,only recently discovered that this was von bek.yer
saying
i shouldn't bother?         rj
> Steve
> swann at panix.com