Michael Moorcock
Paperback | Pages: 705 pages Rating: 3.87 | 1099 Users | 17 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Von Bek (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 2) |
| ISBN: | 1565041925 (ISBN13: 9781565041929) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Von Bek #1-2,4 omnibus US, The Tale of the Eternal Champion #1, Eternal Champion #2, Tale of the Eternal Champion #1 , more |
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The second volume of White Wolf's collected Moorcock reads much like the first, in that two-thirds of the book is fantastic and one-third falls flat. I absolutely loved the first two Von Bek stories - they are exactly the kind of dark quasi-historical fantasy I have a taste for. The third part stars Erekose (from volume 1) in a team-up with a 20th century Von Bek. I just couldn't get into it, even though it's a continuation of the earlier stories. Interested readers may want to just track down The War Hound and the World's Pain and The City in the Autumn Stars separately.List Regarding Books Von Bek (Von Bek #1-2,4 omnibus US)
| Title | : | Von Bek (Von Bek #1-2,4 omnibus US) |
| Author | : | Michael Moorcock |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 705 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1996 by White Wolf Games Studio (first published 1992) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction |
Rating Regarding Books Von Bek (Von Bek #1-2,4 omnibus US)
Ratings: 3.87 From 1099 Users | 17 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books Von Bek (Von Bek #1-2,4 omnibus US)
I read this book some time ago - really great fantasy novel.The War Hound and the World's Pain was the first religous fiction I've ever read. Good graphics.
This collects the Von Bek stories, featuring members of a family that seem to have a habit of getting involved with Lucifer and having to go on quests and seek out the Holy Grail. Couple of the Von Bek's later show up as supporting characters in other of Moorcock's stories.Fun fantasy stories mixed with a bit of history. Nothing earthshaking, but decent reads.
Two pretty great novels focused on the Von Beks, followed up by one barely-above-mediocre final Erekose novel, made for a rough second book in this Eternal Champion series. I think I need a break, and when I return, I'm going to read one of the more well-known Champions instead. More thoughts on each piece:The Warhound and the Worlds Pain. 5 stars. I wish Id found this 25 years ago. It does suffer from some fantasy and Moorcock cliches, but the rest more than makes up for it.The City in the
I got into Michael Moorcock because of Hawkwind and was pleasantly surprised. Can't say that the writing is amazing or that the language is super refined. But the story of Von Bek and all of his other versions of the Eternal Champion really got me. It was especially interesting seing the similarities between the lyrics he wrote for Hawkwind and the books.
How could I not love a novel entitled The War Hound and the World's Pain? Moorcock is just so delightfully over-the-top that it charms me in spite of myself. I still don't love his sense of pacing but I liked these stories better than most of the ones in the prior volume - Von Bek is a more engaging character than the often-whiny Eternal Champion.
The three full-length novels contained within this volume are each so different, one from the other, that the reader cannot help but be amazed that the same author wrote all three!In "The Warhound and the World's Pain," Moorcock's usual themes of "chaos" vs. "law" are put in more the familiar terms (at least for us earthlings) of the Devil vs. God. Like his more popular Elric character, Moorcock has his "hero" Ulrich von Bek allied with chaos--the devil. The reader is treated to watching a
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