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The History Of The Runestaff (Paperback)

by Michael Moorcock (Author)
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  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (10 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575074698
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575074699
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 58,802 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 . . .

About the Author
Born in London in 1939, Michael Moorcock now lives in Texas. A prolific and award-winning writer with more than eighty works of fiction and non-fiction to his name, he is the creator of Elric, Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat, amongst many other memorable characters.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A major influence, 24 April 2003
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A major influence on writers like M.John Harrison, China Mieville, David Gemmell and dozens of others, this book is made up of four more or less independent novels, each following on from the other. This is a future world dominated by the Dark Empire of Granbretan whose neurotic warrior castes wear heavy masks to which they are deeply attached. They are slowly conquering Europe and those who resist them are ruthlessly extinguished. Dorian Hawkmoon, Prince of Koln (Cologne) is dragged back to Granbretan in chains and there they plan to use him to betray Count Brass of the Kamarg, one of the few independent kingdoms holding out against them. They imbet a black jewel in his skull by which they will be able to trace his movements and see what he sees. Unfortunately they don't allow for the power of love. Hawkmoon falls in love with Ysselda of Brass, the Count's daughter, and then begins a series of action-packed tales which don't slacken until the very last page, full of colour, brooding Gothic landscapes,
battles and blood. It's easy to see how this book was a seminal work, as Moorcock's Elric stories were, on the generations which came after it. It's also very easy to enjoy wholeheartedly for what it is and what it was always intended to be. It's a rattling good tale of demons, heroes, magic and corrupted science which makes it the forerunner of all the 'new wave' science fantasy (magic and science mixed, frequently against the background of almost Dickensian London) being published today. And it's still better than everything which
came after it!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible work of fiction, 17 Jun 2007
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In a collection of books that put Lord of the Rings and many other fantasy writers to shame, Moorcock weaves a story of fantasy and chaos, of hope and desperation.

The four books project you into a very dark and bloody past, through which tales of pure excitement, adventure, and moments of nail-biting fear, will force you to turn pages frantically, to discover the plight of the characters. There are no moments of boredom, and the writing style and plots are both of the highest calibre. They culminate into a ending of spectacular genius, of which the four books are worth reading in order just to see.

The world feels extremely real, and the author writes in a way that makes it feel three-dimensional; that it extends far and wide, and beyond the scope of where the story leads you. The characters in it are superbly handled, as befitting of a fantasy story, without unbearable clichés but with descriptive vigour that defines them clearly and attaches their well-being (or in the case of the wickedly evil characters, their misfortune) to your emotions, making each page turn more exciting.

These books are old, and have been republished so many times it should quell any doubt as to whether they are worthy of reading. If you love fantasy, you will love these books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dorian Hawkmoon, a less dark champion than Elric, still fascinating, 8 Jul 2008
By Ventura Angelo (Brescia, Lombardia Italy) - See all my reviews
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The coruscating, decadent world of the runestaff and of Dorian Hawkmoon is a triumph of the imagination. More positive than Elric, less haunted than Corum, Dorian Hawkmoon is a very convincing and sympathetic Eternal Champion. The alternate reality Moorcock depicts is also original and intriguing, as are the martian fantasies of Leigh brackett and c.l. moore.
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