tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post8538272566501845576..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of The History of the Runestaff by Michael MoorcockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-69602495195590644722015-12-06T21:17:43.039+01:002015-12-06T21:17:43.039+01:00Yeah, the four Runestaff books are very middle of ...Yeah, the four Runestaff books are very middle of the road, familiar material to anyone who has read a couple epic fantasy series. I find the Elric stories slightly more singular, but still determinedly traditional fantasy. One has to go to novels/novellas like Behold the Man to find Moorcock attempting something ambitious. (And he succeeds in that novel's case.)Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-20022683582856159092015-12-06T18:17:06.539+01:002015-12-06T18:17:06.539+01:00Hi
I noticed you had reviewed this last night and...Hi<br /><br />I noticed you had reviewed this last night and was inspired to read the final book. I had the first book year's ago and found Granbretan (I would love it presented by Peake) and the French setting of Castle Brass interesting. However it really treaded familiar ground and I did not read the other volumes. Recently I found the set used as a single volume and tried again but got bogged down again. So now I done. Runestaff had interesting bits but followed the pattern of a number of Moorcock's books in this theme of the eternal champion in that it devolved into a scavenger hunt, with the hero moving from one magic object to another. It seems that Moorcock enjoys the intial world building part then gets bored. Elric and Corum Jhaelen Irsei<br />were much more interesting characters ( although the Corum series itself was bad ) Hawkmoon on the other hand did not seem to have any real depth and I really disliked him in the end. I found the nobles of Granbretan with their Nihilism far more interesting, even though they were of course very bad. Just my thoughts.<br /><br />Happy Reading<br />GuyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546069846136464138noreply@blogger.com