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Title: A Nomad of the Time Streams: A Scientific Romance by Michael Moorcock, Chris Meuller ISBN: 1-56504-194-1 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.87 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Law and anarchy with subtle shades of good and evil
Comment: An English army Captain is propelled from the beginning of the twentieth century to the latter third only to be confronted with the subtle evil he has unknowingly morally supported all his life. As he is propelled from parallel universe to parallel universe within the Multi-verse he comes to the realization he is but a pawn of some greater force doomed to be crucially instrumental in the destruction of everything he believes in and has defended as a soldier. Unable to take control of his own destiny, he discovers some relief in the secrets of someone who keeps appearing in each world. But is he free? You may have to read the entire series to find out.
Though the readers of Elric may not be satisfied because of the all but total lack of sorcery, "A Nomad of the Time Streams" is a twentieth century Eternal Champion enmeshed in the classic struggle between infinite shades of good and evil, for which Moorcock is famous. Here "Chaos" and "Law" are not named, as in many of his other novels, but they are much more potent because good and evil are subtly hidden within each. This set of stories is a fine contrast to Elric's the end justifies the means and Corum's goody two shoes gets mad.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Steampunk Eternal Champion
Comment: I have the Millenium edition of this collection.
Moorcock has brought the Eternal Champion into almost every sub-genre of speculative fiction - sword and sorcery, post-apocalyptic, time travel, space opera, and with this one, steampunk. I count the steampunk Eternal Champions as among the more exotic heroes in the genre, and they are all made colorful by Moorcock's fast-paced storytelling and extensive imagination.
Oswald Bastable was an ordinary British officer. He just did his job. Then he got knocked out in an Asian temple. When he wakes up and walks out, he finds himself in a new reality: airships rule the skies, land fortresses roll over the plains and airplanes were a revolutionary concept in air combat. A totally new world, and he still must play his role in it as a servant of the balance. Like any Eternal Champion book, this is an essential.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Moorcock's most enjoyable EC volumes.
Comment: This is a book that mixes political commentary with fantastic voyages. Being more of prone to reading sword and sorcery types of novels, I was a bit apprehensive going into this one, but it kept me turning the pages until the end.
Our hero is thrust through a series of alternate realities for how our world might have turned out if certain turns of events were different. There isn't really anything magical or fantastic about these alternate realities, which is what makes it exciting. You feel like things could have been that way.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable departure from dark sorcery and demons of other Eternal Champion novels - not that I don't love those!
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Title: Hawkmoon (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 3) by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 1565041933 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Elric: Song of the Black Sword (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 5) by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 156504195X Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Von Bek (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 2) by Michael Moorcock, Janet Avlisio ISBN: 1565041925 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock, Tom Canty ISBN: 1565041917 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Corum: The Coming Of Chaos (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 7) by Michael Moorcock, Michael Moorock, Don Maitz ISBN: 1565041828 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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