tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post5696499888401688693..comments2023-09-01T10:14:30.179+01:00Comments on Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: ‘Corum’ – Michael Moorcock (Gollancz)Graeme Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-82133895041678768302012-08-26T18:41:16.151+01:002012-08-26T18:41:16.151+01:00Graeme and readers:
Here's the news on the rei...Graeme and readers:<br />Here's the news on the reissue programme.<br />I'm thrilled to see it!<br />Guy Lawley<br /><br />http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?p=254858#post254858<br /><br />Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-65291338872168078982012-04-21T17:35:52.540+01:002012-04-21T17:35:52.540+01:00Hi Mike,
I really need to check my comments a bit...Hi Mike,<br /><br />I really need to check my comments a bit more often... I'd heard that something was happening with your back catalogue but it's always good to have it confirmed straight from the source. I'm looking forward to filling in some of the gaps in my collection, bring on 2013!Graeme Floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-5498902287898281112012-01-16T21:35:18.630+00:002012-01-16T21:35:18.630+00:00Hi Graeme,
Thanks for the generous reviews! I ...Hi Graeme,<br /> Thanks for the generous reviews! I thought it worth mentioning here that I'm in the process of signing as new contract with Orion/VG to put pretty much all my fiction in print and e-form. The reason why so few of the titles are out there is that I deliberately let some titles go out of print because the original contract I had with Orion was flawed. However, probably from early 2013 on we'll begin the process of restoring pretty much everything to print. Meanwhile the Bastable series will soon appear from Trident USA. I agree, by the way, that the TOR books were good looking and nicely published but were way overpriced. I have this dream of my books being published in the small, handy format Penguin did some Simenons in a few years ago and at a low cover price. But apparently booksellers don't like this format/price structure because it uses up too much shelf space for too little profit. So, while they go bankrupt, the e-books survive! <br />Mike MoorcockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-10226383576934876172011-07-14T23:02:02.890+01:002011-07-14T23:02:02.890+01:00Glad to see you reviewing these. I don't know ...Glad to see you reviewing these. I don't know where the copies I scavenged from 2nd hand shops as a kid in the late 70s are - I would like to read them again. I don't know what I'd make of them now but certainly at the time they had a huge impact. The man has a tremendous imagination and I thought he captured some special essense of fantasy in these books. The covers I remember for 'The Oak and the Ram' and 'The Sword and the Stallion' aren't in the Image Hive and I like them better than the ones that are...Mark Lawrencehttp://www.princeofthorns.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-51998377467476793312011-07-14T14:43:05.572+01:002011-07-14T14:43:05.572+01:00I've got the same edition as you. Corum is pro...I've got the same edition as you. Corum is probably my favourite of Moorcock's books (I think I read up to vol. 8 of the Eternal Champion series) closely followed by Elric, Hawkmoon and Von Bek. I've got Moorcock's Between the Wars series on my shelf so I think I'll try those soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-32266095560626453352011-07-14T12:09:19.079+01:002011-07-14T12:09:19.079+01:00Did White Wolf and Gollancz release their series a...<i>Did White Wolf and Gollancz release their series at roughly the same time (UK and US)?</i><br /><br />The Gollancz omnibuses were originally published by Orion Books/Millennium in 1992-3 in hardcover and trade paperback editions. These were put out very quickly and there wasn't much time for revisions (although Moorcock did substantially revise the third Oswald Bastable novel, <i>The Steel Tsar</i>, for the sixth UK volume <i>A Nomad of the Time Streams</i>. (Incidentally this also included the first uncensored version of <i>The Warlord of the Air</i> ever published in the UK.)<br /><br />The White Wolf omnibuses were originally published (in hardcover) between 1994-2000. The two series were not identical in composition (due to copyright availability) and the reading order was amended for the US market with more emphasis on the fantasy titles. (Details of the series differences can be found <a href="http://www.multiverse.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Eternal_Champion_%28series%29" rel="nofollow">here</a>.) The longer lead time in preparing the US series meant that Moorcock and series editor John Davey were able to spend more time ensuring the White Wolf texts were as 'definitive' as possible and a greater degree of textual revision was undertaken. (Details of the revisions can be found <a href="http://www.multiverse.org/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_revisions_in_the_Tale_of_the_Eternal_Champion_series" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)<br /><br />White Wolf published the series in trade paperbacks editions between 1996-2001 (with minor textual amendments made based on errors discovered in their hardcover eds.) but White Wolf's financial situation in 2001-2 meant the final three volumes of the US series were never published in trade pbk format. Consequently they have become the most expensive of the US hardcover editions since collectors wanting to complete the set can't get them in trade volumes.<br /><br />(It's worth noting at this junction the the ninth US omnibus, <i>Kane of Old Mars</i> - which wasn't included in the UK series - appears, for some reason, to be quite expensive on the secondary market but is *textually identical* to the generally far cheaper UK <i>Warrior of Mars</i> omnibus published by New English Library in the early '80s!)<br /><br />Orion/Millennium (later Gollancz) then published the UK series in mass-market paperback editions (which are the ones you appear to have) between 1995-7 using the revised White Wolf texts, so are generally more definitive texts than the UK hardcover/trade volumes.Daivd Mosleyhttp://www.multiverse.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-16466883697712732062011-07-14T09:21:09.338+01:002011-07-14T09:21:09.338+01:00Hi David,
That'll teach me to do a little mor...Hi David,<br /><br />That'll teach me to do a little more poking around than just a Google image search... I found the cover I was looking for within a couple of minutes of clicking on the link! Thanks for the kind offer, it's one I'll take you up and I will of course acknowledge my borrowings.<br /><br />It's been a long time since I read the second Corum trilogy but I do remember getting a lot more out of it than ther first (although, like you said, there's nothing wrong with the first). I'm hoping to read it very soon.<br /><br />Lagomorph - I think you might be talking about the same editions that I'm always on the lookout for. Did White Wolf and Gollancz release their series at roughly the same time (UK and US)?<br />I'd love to own more of these books but picking them up second hand (online) is far too expensive for me. Oh well, back to the second hand bookshops... ;o)Graeme Floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-47814245481959039942011-07-14T04:48:27.140+01:002011-07-14T04:48:27.140+01:00The last time the Moorcocks were published in a fo...The last time the Moorcocks were published in a format I'd actually have paid for.. was when White Wolf released their enormous "Eternal Champion" series.. <br /><br />I've got quite a few volumes from that.. but some of them are purely ludicrous price wise on the secondary market. I'd really like to see these volumes re-printed the same was Tor chose to re-print the Sci-Fi book club omnibuses of Black Company. <br /><br />Tor didn't really help matters by releasing 4, 200 page novels for 14.99 each either.Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-32370649375932123702011-07-14T01:48:49.758+01:002011-07-14T01:48:49.758+01:00Would you believe that this was the only decent co...<i>Would you believe that this was the only decent cover picture I could find on the entire internet?</i><br /><br />Hi Graeme,<br /><br />If you're looking for decent cover images of Moorcock's books, might I refer you to the <a href="http://www.multiverse.org/imagehive/v/bookcovers/books/" rel="nofollow">Image Hive</a> at Moorcock's Miscellany, where we have collected scans of virtually every Moorcock book published (certainly in English), the vast majority being high quality. If you would find them useful for any future Moorcock reviews feel free to 'borrow' them for the blog (an acknowledgement would, of course, be appreciated).<br /><br />Thought your review of <i>Corum</i> itself was very fair and made some good points. I think the second Corum trilogy is better than the first but the first is nothing to be ashamed of.<br /><br />Best,<br />DavidDavid Mosleyhttp://www.multiverse.orgnoreply@blogger.com