The Queen of Swords
by Michael Moorcock
Corum (2), The Swords Trilogy (2), The Eternal Champion (Corum novel 2)
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Prince Corum has defeated the Chaos Lord Arioch. But any peace for him and his faithful Rhalina is brief. His actions have evoked the murderous anger of Arioch's sister, the dreaded Xiombarg. The Prince in the Scarlet Robe must continue his odyssey, face the terror of the Mabden armies, and challenge the might of the Queen of the Swords. Faced with immense powers of evil on all sides, only the legendary City of the Pyramid offers a glimmer of hope. But Corum must get there first, and along show more the way he will encounter horrifying creatures, strange forms of sorcery, and new planes of existence. show lessTags
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Great read. Very fast-paced for the fantasy genre. Almost too fast - at times all kinds of fantastical things happening at breakneck speed and it's a little hard to keep up. For all that it's great fun and keeps you interested.
After defeating Duke Arioch with the aid of the Eye of Rhynn and the Hand of Kwll, Corum and Rhalinia know a little peace. But, as is common with the Eternal Champion, that peace is short-lived. Corum, Jhary and Rhalinia become aware of a plan by the Mabden to overrun Rhalinia's homeland - a bastion of law and order on a planet formerly dominated by Chaos. To tackle this problem, however, they must travel to the realm of Queen Xiombarg seeking the aid of the people of the City of the Pyramid. And Chaos rules the planes of Xiombarg.
I first read this book when I was twelve. I was fascinated then and I'm still fascinated now.
I first read this book when I was twelve. I was fascinated then and I'm still fascinated now.
Elric remains Moorcock's best work, in my opinion. This second of the Prince Corum stories remains extremely lacking in imaginative world building or plot twists. By the yard Brit-post howard, weakly Leiberesque writing. Not for a reread.
Still love these, 30 years on 8)
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Michael Moorcock, 1939 - Writer Michael Moorcock was born December 18, 1939 in Mitcham, Surrey, England. Moorcock was the editor of the juvenile magazine Tarzan Adventures from 1956-58, an editor and writer for the Sexton Blake Library and for comic strips and children's annuals from 1959-61, an editor and pamphleteer for Liberal Party in 1962, show more and became editor and publisher for the science fiction magazine New Worlds in 1964. He has worked as a singer-guitarist, has worked with the rock bands Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult and is a member of the rock band Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix. Moorcock's writing covers a wide range of science fiction and fantasy genres. "The Chronicles of Castle Brass" was a sword and sorcery novel, and "Breakfast in the Ruins: A Novel of Inhumanity" uses the character Karl Glogauer as a different person in different times. Karl participates in the political violence of the French Revolution, the Paris Commune, and a Nazi concentration camp. Moorcock also wrote books and stories that featured the character Jerry Cornelius, who had no consistent character or appearance. "The Condition of Muzak" completed the initial Jerry Cornelius tetralogy and won Guardian Literary Prize in 1977. "Byzantium Endures" and "The Laughter of Carthage" are two autobiographical novels of the Russian emigre Colonel Pyat and were the closest Moorcock came to conventional literary fiction. "Byzantium Endures" focuses on the first twenty years of Pyat's life and tells of his role in the Russian revolution. Pyat survives the revolution and the subsequent civil war by working first for one side and then another. "The Laughter of Carthage" covers Pyat's life from 1920-1924 telling of his escape from Communist Russia and his travels in Europe and America. It's a sweeping picture of the world during the 1920's because it takes the character from living in Constantinople to Hollywood. Moorcock returned to the New Wave style in "Blood: A Southern Fantasy" (1994) and combined mainstream fiction with fantasy in "The Brothel of Rosenstrasse," which is set in the imaginary city of Mirenburg. MoorCock won the 1967 Nebula Award for Behold the Man and the 1979 World Fantasy Award for his novel, Gloriana. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Queen of Swords
- Original title
- The Queen of Swords
- Original publication date
- 1971
- Important places
- Bedwilral-nan-Rwym
- Dedication
- This book is for Diane Boardman
- Blurbers
- Ballard, J. G.
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 823.087662
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- Fantasy, Fiction and Literature
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- 823.087662 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Fantasy fiction Sword and Sorcery
- LCC
- PR6063 .O59 .Q44 — Language and Literature English English Literature 1961-2000
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