JasonZavoda wrote:The copy I have is called Viriconium, a soft cover. A bantam spectra trade paperback ISBN 0-553-38315-9Inside the cover it saysISBN-13: 978-0-553-383157ISBN-10: 0-553-38315-9
FormCritic wrote:Don't read any Elric novel written after Stormbringer.
The others can be taken at random, with Erekose being the least important (like The Dragon in the Sword where nothing actually happens the entire novel...with our characters actually wandering about unarmed for much of the story, like kids from an after-school special).
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:The first Erekose book (The Eternal Champion) was actually MM's first novel. It shows . Like you say, the rest of them go downfill from there.I actually quite liked the Oswald Bastable stuff (and all of the miscellaneous League of Temporal Adventurers-related work). I could do without the Cornelius Chronicles (ugh).BUT, the absolute worst novel MM ever wrote... (drumroll please)... The 250 page excuse for soft lesbian porn and S&M known as "The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century" (yeah, I s41t you not, the cover even depicts the two of them buck naked with firearms).
DiscoDadda wrote:Okay, I read The Face in the Frost... Cute Little Novel.... Kinda had a similar feel like Harry Potter or Piers Anthony Xanth series... Kinda Goofy and fun and somewhat intriging but not wicked cool barbaric or dark.
DiscoDadda wrote:Okay, I read The Face in the Frost... Cute Little Novel.... Kinda had a similar feel like Harry Potter or Piers Anthony Xanth series... Kinda Goofy and fun and somewhat intriging but not wicked cool barbaric or dark.Disco
Kingofpain89 wrote:John Bellairs wrote young adult fantasy and mystery first and foremost so that is probably why you feel it has a similarity to Harry Potter or Xanth. Gygax had a pretty good idea what most young adults liked to read and thus the reason he put the book in Appendix N.The wizards in the book are more of the learned sage variety than the all powerful archmage that spends most of their time throwing fireballs and lightning bolts at foes. Most of the spells they use are simple and non-destructive. They dont fight any demons or cause any earthquakes. But I've always felt that there is plenty of darkness to the storyline. Its just that a lot of it is implied or hinted about instead of seen.The first time I read The Face in the Frost I was in 4th grade. It was an easy novel to read unlike a lot of the other adult fantasy stuff people had access to at that age. And it, as well as The Hobbit and a few other books, were what got me interested in playing D&D. Perhaps if you had read it when you were a kid you might appreciate it more as an adult.
DiscoDadda wrote:Also, I Just Started Darkness Weaves....
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Now how did I not anticipate that request ? (NSFW). Okay, so Catherine (I think) isn't completely nude, and only one of them is carrying a firearm..LOL.[ Image ]