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famous albino prince As a whole I have never been that drawn to the genre of science fantasy. The idea of a world where people coexist and or battle with dragons, goblins and elves has never interested me. About the only exception to this rule would be Tolkien's Silmarillion and until today that was it. His concept of how elves first came into being was very primal and epic to me. From my perspective it had a solid Joseph Campbell feel to it that made it ring true. Despite my fondness for that work, I never felt the need to read the Lords of the Rings trilogy or The Hobbit. It was the fact that The Silmarillion took place before those other books that gave its appeal. Plus I loved all of the effort that went into creating another language that appeared in the book. Now having put down the entire genre, I have to say that Michael Moorcock is much more to my style. Somewhere in the recent past, I read some of his work in comic book form and liked it. Part of my liking probably had something to do with Walter Simonson illustrating the words. Walt crafted the definitive Thor for Marvel back in the 1980's and his Norse warriors are easily transformed into something from the mind of Moorcock. My only problem with Moorcock was trying to decide where to start. He has been writing books with in Elric in them for decades and I was almost overwhelmed by the choices. In the end, I went with The Dreamthief's Daughter and am happy that I did. Longtime readers of his work don't feel that it is his best work, but I thought that it was a good introduction to his concept of a multiverse and Elric. I liked the book so much that I bought a copy of the next one in the trilogy and am waiting for it to come in the mail. |