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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
"Dancers" is just lovely. It's tied loosely into his Eternal Champion mythos, and has a delightful conceit. Protagonist Jherek Carnelian is a lot of fun, as is his friend, Lord Jagged.
A bunch of immortals on a far future Earth, supported by technology they no longer understand in ancient wondrous cities, where death is at best a temporary phenomenon, and characters are known to die deliberately in interesting manners because they know they'll be resurrected by the cities and it's a novel experience to help pass the time. The great enemy for Moorcock's characters is ennui.
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Dennis
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Now that sounds interesting. I don't think Moorcock is hopeless just because I didn't like those books. I found Zelazny's "The Changing Land" really mediocre (Dilvish the Damned is a great idea, but the book wasn't). However, I am re-reading the Chronicles of Amber for the Nth time, and the guy can write. Nine Princes blew my mind the first time I read it (at about age 12) but Guns of Avalon seems better written, now that I am revisiting it. Lord of Light is one of my all-time favorite books, it is the perfect blend of action, intrigue, metaphysical philosophy, and pure magic.
Oh, wait, this thread is about BAD writing. Sorry.