In just ~180pages, you'll be whisked across continents and decades of history. He blends metaphysical ideas (time travel, coexisting multiverses.) with epic adventure. Moorcock's books read at the same blistering pace he writes. Despite the huge popularity of these, there is a dearth of film/movie adaptions (however the BBC is taking on a TV version of the Runestaff/Hawkmoon stories this yr (2019). The champion mashup is huge, although many are short stories or collections of them, the bibliography has >100 entries. Perhaps his most famous brand is his skein of adventures from "The" Eternal Champion-which actually refers to many heroes (Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon, Erekose, etc.) not just this book the anti-Conan hero called Elric is arguably the most recognizable. Michael Moorcock has been dishing out pulpy fantasy since the 1960's.
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