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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 4992368" data-attributes="member: 27051">If you liked Elric, dive right on in with the Corum books:The Swords TrilogyThe Knight of the SwordsThe Queen of the SwordsThe King of the SwordsThe Chronicles of CorumThe Bull and the SpearThe Oak and the RamThe Sword and the StallionCorum crops up in one or two other places, but those are the core of his story.The Von Bek stories are also excellent.  Three stand out from the others:Warhound and the World's PainCity in the Autum StarsDragon in the SwordWarhound... in particular is excellent - one of Moorcock's best.  City... is also cool, a sort of alchemical romance.  Dragon... is also fantastic, and ties into his larger "Eternal Champion" mythology.If you fancy a dose of wild humour, you should check out the Dancers at the End of Time:An Alien HeatThe Hollow LandsThe End of All SongsThese are utterly brilliant.  Hilarious, imaginative and riotous good fun.  There are also some short stories that follow these, but this trilogy stands alone and is a joy to read.If you are looking for a series that breaks new ground like little else in the genre, read the Second Ether books:BloodFabulous HarboursWar Amongst the AngelsYou might find these a little hard to digest.  They break genre conventions and are cutting-edge like few other books are.  Like reading a fractal.Three other books are definitely worth a read, no matter your tastes:Behold the ManGlorianaBrothel in RosenstrasseBehold... is a religious satire, Gloriana a Gormenghastian fantasy, and Brothel...an erotic study of warfare.  Works of near-literary genius.  Great stuff.Unlike Rackhir, I would also recommend the Cornelius Quartet.  They are utterly bizarre and don't make much sense until you've read them all.  But I found them engrossing, fascinating and deeply original.  The final scenes of the fourth book are deeply moving and a deeply human summation of Moorcock's work as a whole.I'm not overly fond of the Hawkmoon books.  There are some fantastic narrative elements and great supporting characters, but Hawkmoon himself is a rather dull fellow imho.(In case it's not already obvious, I am a huge Moorcock fan.  If you're just starting out reading his stuff, you're scratching the surface of an immense iceberg of talent.  He has his moments of hackery - books written just to pay the bills - moments of inspiration and flashes of utter genius.  I can think of few other authors that have influence the fantasy genre so deeply and so broadly.  Have fun!)</blockquote>

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