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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Re The Worm Ouroboros, a bit of patience is required. One issue is that Eddison resorts to a clumsy framing device. Lessingham, the initial narrator, is transported astrally to Mercury in company of a Martlet who introduces him to the setting and the characters. But Lessingham is a "fly on the wall", invisible to the inhabitants of Mercury and unable to affect actions. He's soon enough forgotten, and we are plunged into the titanic conflict between Demonland, led by the lords Juss, Spitfire, Brandich Daha and Goldry Bluzco, against the forces of Witchland led by the evil sorcerer king Gorice XII.
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This is not for everyone. I'm sensitive to language and find it lovely, but I don't pretend to be representative.
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Dennis
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I'm not so worried about it. It's a question of not reading too fast, and to get used to a different style. I've been trying to teach myself a bit of Old Norse lately through reading the Poetic Edda - when you already know the stories, it's quite amazing how much you can pick up (at least when you're Scandinavian - Old English is close to gibberish to me
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