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I had never thought I would find this series. I had written several titles down on a piece of paper years and years ago and left it in one of my old paperback books. I had all of Elrik, Corum and Hawkmoon. I had also read The Cornelius Chronicles that a friend of mine had. Also, Count Brass. I eventually picked up hardback copies of Elrik and Land leviathan and Warlord of the air. I found that piece of paper recently when I decided to read Elrik again and decided to try looking to see if any were available. Much to my delight I found The Eternal Champion series and The Cornelius Chronicles along with all the ones I already have. It was very interesting to go back to the earlier stories. They are a must have for any true Eternal Champion fan. I look forward to reading the other two books in the series.


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The Eternal Champion Paperback Michael Moorcock 9781565041912 Books Reviews

This book introduces the reader to a timeless and immortal protagonist that assumes many forms and identities. At the time it was written, it brings the multiverse of the grand design into fruition. Michael Moorcock was ahead of his time in his conception. While it can be slow and somewhat tedious in its depiction of the plot, it represents so much more in terms of multi-characterization and establishing a multitude of worlds with vast and different story lines that occasionally overlap.
This was the first Michael Moorcock story I ever read when I was in middle school, so please allow for some nostalgia to color my rating. Although the story may seem old-hat to most people, back when these stories first appeared, they were pretty unique and creative. Reading it now, it's just as absorbing and interesting as it was to read back in middle school (not that I would recommend this book for the average middle schooler, but we didn't have YA Fiction back then).
This review is for only the story "The Eternal Champion"
Moorcock wrote this story in less than a week when he was seventeen and it is the only one by him written in first person (at least that I know of). The story is simple A man called to champion the human race in a war against the evil Eldrin finds that the Eldrin are not evil at all; that the evil is all a projection of humanity's own shortcomings. The hero then betrays humankind and champions the Eldrin. In the Eldrin he finds kindness, dignity, restraint, spirituality, and beauty (all the things seventeen year old men want, but lack in adolescence). In the end the very qualities of humanity he detests (anger, revenge, myopia, self interest) overtake him and he launches a genocide against mankind.
The story is told in broad strokes, and the writing is inconsistent; weak at times, strong at others. But the magic of this story is seeing how Moorcock's young mind is trying to come to grips with powerful ideas. Most of the struggles in our life are actually quite simple who am I; what do I believe; to whom am I loyal and why; how do I reconcile what I want be with who I actually am; what does my choice of enemies say about me; how well do I really understand my enemies; etc... In the end the hero is not Eldrin (whom he admires), he is human (what he detests),and so he ends up all alone in the middle (again an adolescent fantasy I refuse to be like the world, but I fail to be what I want, and therefore I am nowhere and all alone...).
This may all sound simple, but compared to much of the sci-fi/fantasy claptrap out there this is Dostoyevsky by comparison. And Moorcock is brilliant at filling in a fantasy world, and keeping the narration at high speed. This is a sparse tale; not a lot of wasted words here. What is left unsaid is equally important as what is said. This book is not a complex masterpiece. It is a simple, yet competent work by a young brilliant author just realizing his skill in story telling and thought. In the end the simplicity is betrayed by an honest existential sadness.
I first read this book in sixth grade twenty years ago and have read it several times since. Each time I like this tale more. Great short read. Enjoy.
This book took me a long time to get into. I mean it dragged on but I have to say, I really appreciated the internal conflict at around 90% done. Yes I realize this was written when he was very young and has issues that any first time author will have. That said, I think it's well done for the most part. I read this book because I wanted to start at the beginning of Elric's journey. It wasn't that per se but Elric's name was dropped. As an author myself I want to follow what he does with Elric. I think it will be fun.
I had never thought I would find this series. I had written several titles down on a piece of paper years and years ago and left it in one of my old paperback books. I had all of Elrik, Corum and Hawkmoon. I had also read The Cornelius Chronicles that a friend of mine had. Also, Count Brass. I eventually picked up hardback copies of Elrik and Land leviathan and Warlord of the air. I found that piece of paper recently when I decided to read Elrik again and decided to try looking to see if any were available. Much to my delight I found The Eternal Champion series and The Cornelius Chronicles along with all the ones I already have. It was very interesting to go back to the earlier stories. They are a must have for any true Eternal Champion fan. I look forward to reading the other two books in the series.