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I recently read the Elric books and loved them. A friend said they're the written expression of an airbrushed 70s conversion van, or some heavy metal album cov

I recently read the Elric books and loved them. A friend said they're the written expression of an airbrushed 70s conversion van, or some heavy metal album cover. They're rough, but alive in a way eg. Sanderson can only glimpse. Also, Gloriana was great (very different from Elric). In this vein, Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword is probably my favorite; it's direct and raw, like a bare knuckle punch in the face :).

teh_klev 9y ago
> the written expression of an airbrushed 70s conversion van, or some heavy metal album cover. Were you aware that Moorcock wrote, performed and toured with Hawkwind in the 70's and 80's? Also Hawkwind's 1985 "Chronicles of the Black Sword"[0] album is largely inspired by the Elric tales. I've been to see Hawkwind live around 25 times, so I have a bit of a thing for them and Moorcock. If you ever get the chance you should go see them because Dave Brock sadly isn't getting any younger. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicle_of_the_Black_Sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicle_of_the_Black_Swo...