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Wizardry and Wild Romance (Paperback)
by Michael Moorcock (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (1 Sep 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575041471
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575041479
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 981,977 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Discusses the origins and development of epic fantasies, and examines the work of leading fantasy writers.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for anyone interested in fantastic literature..., 29 May 2005
This review is from: Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy (Paperback)
...especially, of course, epic fantasy.

Wizardry and Wild Romance is a slim volume, without padding. (Although you could argue that the Introduction from China Mieville and the Afterward from Jeff VanderMeer, each distinguished fantasists themselves, constitute filler.) The contents range from discussions of the history of the genre under study and its origins, through to its present incarnations in the work of Mieville (the supberb Perdido Street Station) and K G Bishop (The Etched City), and to a scathing, though fair polemic aimed at Tolkien.

(Afraid I still love The Lord of The Rings, but Moorcock is largely correct, and dead on when it comes to Papa Tolkien's pernicous literary legacy.)

As I said, I consider this essential reading for anybody interested in the genre. Certainly no writer's shelf is complete without it.

Seán Padraic Birnie

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wizardry and Wild Romance, 21 Jan 2008
By S. Merlo (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy (Paperback)
If you're at all familiar with Moorcock's divergent take on fantasy literature, then there will be little in this book that will take you by surprise. The book is a collection of essays about various aspects of high/epic fantasy writing, culminating in the infamous 'Epic Pooh' essay in which Moorcock accuses J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis of producing a form of 'corrupted romanticism' that is nostalgic for a rural past that