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Originally Posted by Timboli
I was actually referring to Moorcock later in his career, but essentially we are in agreement.
Yep, I agree ... from a different age really ... and Tolkien's formative years and social circle were vastly different to Moorcock's.
Tolkien and many of that era, were quite perfectionist too with their writing, and their focus being very different to the newcomers of the 60s ... dare I say more literary (words & language), marked by Tolkien's participation in the Oxford Dictionary.
You are possibly right there, though the Eternal Champion saga basically covers all or most of Moorcock's stories from what I recall, and the Corum segment for one was damn good, quite magical in my memory.
I have only read one or two (maybe 3) of Wagner's novels, long ago, one of those being a Conan one, which I enjoyed. He is one of the many many authors I have checked out over the years, and who I fully intended to read more of one day. Alas I have been unable to keep up with the huge number of authors I am already a big fan of, so it is looking less likely now.
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Actually, I was saying that even as he grew older physically, Moorcock still tended to act like a teenager. I'm not sure he ever really matured much as a writer. Just my opinion, of course.
While Moorcock tended to stretch the Eternal Champion motif to most of his stories, I tend to think of it as the Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon, von Beck and Erikose stories. I have all except the von Beck works, though I have read The War Hound and the World's Pain.
You really should check out some of Wagner's Kane books. It's 3 novels and 3 collections of short stories. I prefer the original book covers, the ones that are now with the male model don't even remotely look like the book's description, which is a man who is around 6 foot tall, 300 lbs of muscle, red hair and brutish features. There were two omnibus collections, one with all the short stories, the other with all the novels, but they aren't available as ebooks.