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Elric - Michael Moorcock #17 Fantasy Masterwork series
Elric, Moorcock's damned albino swordsman, is one of the most striking creations of heroic fantasy. Living in a world doomed to be forgotten, last emperor of the decaying empire he betrays, he is a striking figure of teenage angst who becomes something rather more. He is the central figure of a world conceived largely for its gloomy decorativeness--Moorcock's fantasy landscapes derive as much from the author's favourite Romantic and Mannerist pictures as they do from the traditions of a genre for which he had mixed feelings early in his career. Elric is doomed to sacrifice friends and lovers, as well as those enemies he wishes to spare, to the great black sword from which he derives not merely prowess but the capacity to be other than a neurasthenic invalid in these early stories. He also finds his wife Zarozinia and his friend Moonglum only to lose them, and fails heroically to save the world from the melting encroachments of the lords of Chaos. There is a dark power to these stories which belies their occasional absurdities and haunts the reader's dreams and nightmares.
The History Of The Runestaff - Michael Moorcock #36 Fantasy Masterwork series
The earth has grown old, her landscapes mellow, her people lost in abrooding dream. It is an age of antique cities, scientific sorcery, crystal machines, great flying engines with mechanical wings. And the armies of the Dark Empire are relentlessly taking over the once-peaceful city states, ravaging and destroying as they advance, mile by brutal mile . . . The Dark Empire has humiliated and multilated Dorian Hawkmoon, but it cannot rob him of his two consuming passions: his love for Yisselda of Brass and his hatred of her ruthless suitor Meliadus. But before he can defy the Dark Empire and win the beauteous Yisselda, he must seek the Runestaff, a quest that will send him into barbaric wonder and perverse evil . . . and only if he succeeds will her avert the doom of all the world . . .
Glorianna OR The Unfulfilled Queen - Michael Moorcock #22 Fantasy Masterwork series
Gloriana rules an Albion whose empire embraces America and most of Asia. A new Golden Age of peace, enlightenment and prosperity has dawned. Gloriana is Albion and Albion is Gloriana; if one falls, so too will the other. And Gloriana is oppressed by the burden this places upon her - and by the fact that she remains incapable of orgasm. The maintenance of the delicate balance that keeps Albion and Gloriana thriving depends of Montfallcon, Gloriana's Chancellor, and on his network of spies and assassins - in particular on Quire, cold hearted seducer of virtue and murderer of innocence. When Quire falls out with Montfallcon, he forms an alliance with his greatest enemy and conceives a plan to ruin Gloriana, destroy Albion, the empire and the Golden Age itself. But even the utterly ruthless Quire does not fully understand what he has set in motion when he persuades the Queen to fall in love with him... Moorcock's masterly evocation of Gloriana's strange and secretive palace and of a vibrant London make this one of his most powerful and memorable novels.
Was - Geoff Ryman #43 Fantasy Masterwork series
WAS is the story of Dorothy. Orphaned as a child in the 1870s, she goes to live in Kansas with her Aunty Em and Uncle Henry. They face drought and poverty. They face each other. Alone, abused, Dorothy meets an itinerant actor called Frank and inspires a masterpiece. From the settling of the West and the heyday of the Hollwywood studios to the glittering megalopolis of modern Los Angeles, WAS is the story of all our childhoods.
And tommorow....
Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories - Leigh Brackett #46 Fantasy Masterwork series.
Leigh Brackett is well known as the main writer on Howard Hawks's classic Bogart movie THE BIG SLEEP. She also wrote RIO BRAVO and several more Hawks movies, as well as doing outstanding scripts for others. She wrote the first script for The Empire Strikes Back, considered a far superior piece of work than the version eventually filmed. But she was also one of the most influential science fantasy writers of the 40s and 50s, inspiring and eventually collaborating with the young Ray Bradbury. Her stories of Eric John Stark, some of which appear in this collection, are perhaps the best examples you can find in the sf pulps of her day, appearing in the likes of PLANET STORIES, STARTLING STORIES and THRILLING WONDER STORIES. I know they were a huge influence on my own early science fantasy tales. Through Bradbury, she also influenced J.G.Ballard in such sequences as his Vermilion Sands stories. As such she can be seen as a kind of godmother to the so-called 'New Wave'. These are fast-paced, evocative tales of a Mars where lone adventurers ride strange beasts over dead sea-bottoms, seeking the secrets of ancient races who may be largely forgotten but are not necessarily dead. For sheer exotic storytelling in prose which has something in common with Hammett and Chandler, you can't beat Leigh Brackett. If you like M.John Harrison's and China Mieville's science fantasy, you'll enjoy these stories just as much. I can't say how pleased I am to see Brackett back in print.
Elric - Michael Moorcock #17 Fantasy Masterwork series
Elric, Moorcock's damned albino swordsman, is one of the most striking creations of heroic fantasy. Living in a world doomed to be forgotten, last emperor of the decaying empire he betrays, he is a striking figure of teenage angst who becomes something rather more. He is the central figure of a world conceived largely for its gloomy decorativeness--Moorcock's fantasy landscapes derive as much from the author's favourite Romantic and Mannerist pictures as they do from the traditions of a genre for which he had mixed feelings early in his career. Elric is doomed to sacrifice friends and lovers, as well as those enemies he wishes to spare, to the great black sword from which he derives not merely prowess but the capacity to be other than a neurasthenic invalid in these early stories. He also finds his wife Zarozinia and his friend Moonglum only to lose them, and fails heroically to save the world from the melting encroachments of the lords of Chaos. There is a dark power to these stories which belies their occasional absurdities and haunts the reader's dreams and nightmares.
The History Of The Runestaff - Michael Moorcock #36 Fantasy Masterwork series
The earth has grown old, her landscapes mellow, her people lost in abrooding dream. It is an age of antique cities, scientific sorcery, crystal machines, great flying engines with mechanical wings. And the armies of the Dark Empire are relentlessly taking over the once-peaceful city states, ravaging and destroying as they advance, mile by brutal mile . . . The Dark Empire has humiliated and multilated Dorian Hawkmoon, but it cannot rob him of his two consuming passions: his love for Yisselda of Brass and his hatred of her ruthless suitor Meliadus. But before he can defy the Dark Empire and win the beauteous Yisselda, he must seek the Runestaff, a quest that will send him into barbaric wonder and perverse evil . . . and only if he succeeds will her avert the doom of all the world . . .
Glorianna OR The Unfulfilled Queen - Michael Moorcock #22 Fantasy Masterwork series
Gloriana rules an Albion whose empire embraces America and most of Asia. A new Golden Age of peace, enlightenment and prosperity has dawned. Gloriana is Albion and Albion is Gloriana; if one falls, so too will the other. And Gloriana is oppressed by the burden this places upon her - and by the fact that she remains incapable of orgasm. The maintenance of the delicate balance that keeps Albion and Gloriana thriving depends of Montfallcon, Gloriana's Chancellor, and on his network of spies and assassins - in particular on Quire, cold hearted seducer of virtue and murderer of innocence. When Quire falls out with Montfallcon, he forms an alliance with his greatest enemy and conceives a plan to ruin Gloriana, destroy Albion, the empire and the Golden Age itself. But even the utterly ruthless Quire does not fully understand what he has set in motion when he persuades the Queen to fall in love with him... Moorcock's masterly evocation of Gloriana's strange and secretive palace and of a vibrant London make this one of his most powerful and memorable novels.
Was - Geoff Ryman #43 Fantasy Masterwork series
WAS is the story of Dorothy. Orphaned as a child in the 1870s, she goes to live in Kansas with her Aunty Em and Uncle Henry. They face drought and poverty. They face each other. Alone, abused, Dorothy meets an itinerant actor called Frank and inspires a masterpiece. From the settling of the West and the heyday of the Hollwywood studios to the glittering megalopolis of modern Los Angeles, WAS is the story of all our childhoods.
And tommorow....
Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories - Leigh Brackett #46 Fantasy Masterwork series.
Leigh Brackett is well known as the main writer on Howard Hawks's classic Bogart movie THE BIG SLEEP. She also wrote RIO BRAVO and several more Hawks movies, as well as doing outstanding scripts for others. She wrote the first script for The Empire Strikes Back, considered a far superior piece of work than the version eventually filmed. But she was also one of the most influential science fantasy writers of the 40s and 50s, inspiring and eventually collaborating with the young Ray Bradbury. Her stories of Eric John Stark, some of which appear in this collection, are perhaps the best examples you can find in the sf pulps of her day, appearing in the likes of PLANET STORIES, STARTLING STORIES and THRILLING WONDER STORIES. I know they were a huge influence on my own early science fantasy tales. Through Bradbury, she also influenced J.G.Ballard in such sequences as his Vermilion Sands stories. As such she can be seen as a kind of godmother to the so-called 'New Wave'. These are fast-paced, evocative tales of a Mars where lone adventurers ride strange beasts over dead sea-bottoms, seeking the secrets of ancient races who may be largely forgotten but are not necessarily dead. For sheer exotic storytelling in prose which has something in common with Hammett and Chandler, you can't beat Leigh Brackett. If you like M.John Harrison's and China Mieville's science fantasy, you'll enjoy these stories just as much. I can't say how pleased I am to see Brackett back in print.
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I tried reading the first book in that series... Gardens of the Moon i think its called, and i couldnt get into it... maybe because i was reading 7 books at the time and my head was so full of storylines i couldnt take any more in. I'm being good now and only reading 1 at a time, so i might have to give it another go sometime
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Rane Longfox
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I've got Imajica lurking at home, Precious - I'd be interested to see what you think of it.
You know the latest Erikson just got released?
You know the latest Erikson just got released?
Yes I was aware of that my friend....I've got Imajica lurking at home, Precious - I'd be interested to see what you think of it.
You know the latest Erikson just got released?
So you finished reading it yet?...
Rane Longfox
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Unfortunately, only half way through so far. Coursework, lab reports and a design project have been hogging my attention
I beleive it's supposed to be as good as MOI!
Today it's Masterwork mania once again....
Chronicles Of Amber - Rodger Zelazny (reread)
Tales Of The Dying Earth - Jack Vance
A Voyage To Arcturus - David Lindsay
Also Dragonlance novel...
Dragons Of The Dwarven Depths (part of the new trilogy) - Weiss & Hickmann
And...
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Graphic Novel - Alan Moore Volumes I & II
Today it's Masterwork mania once again....
Chronicles Of Amber - Rodger Zelazny (reread)
Tales Of The Dying Earth - Jack Vance
A Voyage To Arcturus - David Lindsay
Also Dragonlance novel...
Dragons Of The Dwarven Depths (part of the new trilogy) - Weiss & Hickmann
And...
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Graphic Novel - Alan Moore Volumes I & II
Rane Longfox
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I'm certainly enjoying it so far, but there are a lot of role reversals, and of course the vast number of new characters that Erikson always introduces
Hard to get used to, anyway. It's better than Bonehunters, certainly.
OK, I'm now officialy certifiable, time to get some therapy from a bookologist...
Today I had ordered from Amazon for my Birthday in June (completing my assault upon Fantasy Masterworks):
Lud-In-The-Mist - Hope Mirlees - A seminal work of the Genre
Time and Again - Jack Finney
The Compleat Enchanter - L Sprague De Camp & Flectcher Pratt - Classic time journey comedy
Then at Borders.....
Winter Rose - Patricia McKillip - I've got Teresa and the "cat" to thank for this one...
Replay - Ken Grimwood - part of the Masterwork series #45
Labyrinths - Jorges Luis Borges - Collected short fiction, essays and parables. One of the great writers not to win a Noble Prize in literature.
The Lost World and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Early SF from a master of his craft.
Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels - A History Of Comic Art. A comprehensive reference book and guide to the development of the Comic genre up to the present day with over 600 illustrations.
And for my sister....
Tintin In The Congo & Tintin In The Land Of The Soviets
Today I had ordered from Amazon for my Birthday in June (completing my assault upon Fantasy Masterworks):
Lud-In-The-Mist - Hope Mirlees - A seminal work of the Genre
Time and Again - Jack Finney
The Compleat Enchanter - L Sprague De Camp & Flectcher Pratt - Classic time journey comedy
Then at Borders.....
Winter Rose - Patricia McKillip - I've got Teresa and the "cat" to thank for this one...
Replay - Ken Grimwood - part of the Masterwork series #45
Labyrinths - Jorges Luis Borges - Collected short fiction, essays and parables. One of the great writers not to win a Noble Prize in literature.
The Lost World and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Early SF from a master of his craft.
Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels - A History Of Comic Art. A comprehensive reference book and guide to the development of the Comic genre up to the present day with over 600 illustrations.
And for my sister....
Tintin In The Congo & Tintin In The Land Of The Soviets
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HoopyFrood
It's me! Hurrah!
Blimey, Gollum, do you have room to move anymore with all those books lying around?
The groovy book stall was there again today as I was walking back to my halls, so I picked up another Robert Heinlein book, I think it was Beyond This Horizon, but don't quote me on that! And a Red Dwarf book, Better Than Life.
The groovy book stall was there again today as I was walking back to my halls, so I picked up another Robert Heinlein book, I think it was Beyond This Horizon, but don't quote me on that! And a Red Dwarf book, Better Than Life.
Aleksei
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Ordered some books today..
Mass Effect: Revelation - Karpyshn, Drew
Journey Between Worlds - Engdahl, Sylvia
Cygnet -McKillip, Patricia
Devlin's Luck - Bray, Patricia
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman - Jacques, Brian
Farnhams Freehold - Heinlen, Robert
Inda - Smith, Sherwood
The Myriad - Meluch, R M
Regenration - Czernada, Julie
Virus on Orbis 1 - Haarsma, PJ
Psion - Vinge, Joan
Alosha - Pike, Christopher
Reiffen's Choice - Butler, S. C
The Outback Stars - Macdonald, Sandra
The Breaking of Northwall - Williams, Paul
Shield of Stars - Bell, Hilari
Empire of the Sun - Ballard, J. G
Star of Gypsies - Silverberg, Robert
Bright of the Sky - Kenyon, Kay
Strong Arm Tactics - Nye, Jody Lynn
The Gate of Worlds - Silverberg, Robert
Imaro - Saunders, Charles
The Worm Ouroboros - Eddison, E R
Toched by Venom - Cross, Janine
The Pheonix in Flight - Smith, Sherwood; Trowbridge, Dave
Ah, the smell of fresh books in the morning.
Mass Effect: Revelation - Karpyshn, Drew
Journey Between Worlds - Engdahl, Sylvia
Cygnet -McKillip, Patricia
Devlin's Luck - Bray, Patricia
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman - Jacques, Brian
Farnhams Freehold - Heinlen, Robert
Inda - Smith, Sherwood
The Myriad - Meluch, R M
Regenration - Czernada, Julie
Virus on Orbis 1 - Haarsma, PJ
Psion - Vinge, Joan
Alosha - Pike, Christopher
Reiffen's Choice - Butler, S. C
The Outback Stars - Macdonald, Sandra
The Breaking of Northwall - Williams, Paul
Shield of Stars - Bell, Hilari
Empire of the Sun - Ballard, J. G
Star of Gypsies - Silverberg, Robert
Bright of the Sky - Kenyon, Kay
Strong Arm Tactics - Nye, Jody Lynn
The Gate of Worlds - Silverberg, Robert
Imaro - Saunders, Charles
The Worm Ouroboros - Eddison, E R
Toched by Venom - Cross, Janine
The Pheonix in Flight - Smith, Sherwood; Trowbridge, Dave
Ah, the smell of fresh books in the morning.
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Received in the mail a replacement copy for my old (now vanished) copy of Ellison's The Other Glass Teat....
I went nutty on Amazon in preparation for a trip to Maryland and New York. I think I bought every end of the spectrum.
City of Pearl by Karen Traviss
Imajica by Clive Barker
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
Vellum by Hal Duncan
Ink by Hal Duncan
Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
The Etched City by K. J. Bishop
Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer
Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear
Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson
Then They Were Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
The Outcast by Louise Cooper
Hunter, Helaer by Lilith Saintcrow
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Accellerando by Charles Stross
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein (re-aquisition)
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
The Initiate/The Society by Lilith Saintcrow
Then I also picked up How I Met Your Mother (Season I) and Undeclared the series, Mirrormask, and the Pink Floyd Pulse DVD.
Oh, and Weird Al's newest almum, "Straight Outta Lynwood".
No matter what mood I'm in, I should have something to read.
City of Pearl by Karen Traviss
Imajica by Clive Barker
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
Vellum by Hal Duncan
Ink by Hal Duncan
Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
The Etched City by K. J. Bishop
Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer
Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear
Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson
Then They Were Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
The Outcast by Louise Cooper
Hunter, Helaer by Lilith Saintcrow
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Accellerando by Charles Stross
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein (re-aquisition)
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
The Initiate/The Society by Lilith Saintcrow
Then I also picked up How I Met Your Mother (Season I) and Undeclared the series, Mirrormask, and the Pink Floyd Pulse DVD.
Oh, and Weird Al's newest almum, "Straight Outta Lynwood".
No matter what mood I'm in, I should have something to read.
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And listen to Floyd while your reading,best of both worlds is it not.
Only just....Blimey, Gollum, do you have room to move anymore with all those books lying around?
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Hey, I just got this too!
I hope I don't break any rules here by posting this - my recent haul.
gully_foyle
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From a jaunt through some 2nd hand bookshops I now have on my reading table;
Behold the Man - Michael Moorcock
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - RAH
Rogue Ship - AE Van Vogt (is this my book search book?)
City - Clifford D Simak
Actually, now I have two copies of City, I had a paperback, but I found a wonderful old hardback. So now I have a spare. I should send it on.
Behold the Man - Michael Moorcock
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - RAH
Rogue Ship - AE Van Vogt (is this my book search book?)
City - Clifford D Simak
Actually, now I have two copies of City, I had a paperback, but I found a wonderful old hardback. So now I have a spare. I should send it on.
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