Re: I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
Katja Send a noteboard - 03/02/2013 04:54:47 PM
He'd plot out a book in detail then take a bunch of drugs and write a book in one sitting. I don't know how true that story is, but it was quite entertaining.
That actually sounds pretty accurate. Read an Elric anthology out of curiosity and it's pretty psychedelic. Very weird, weirdly entertaining, very pulpy, and I can see how it's influenced a lot of the authors who read it. Not something I'll pick up again in a hurry though. Too much angst, and psychedelia doesn't usually appeal to me.
I remember Neil Gaiman did a shorty story called "A boyhood furnished in early Moorcock" or something similar though.
Katja
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20/01/2013 11:11:53 PM
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93, though I had to cheat for a couple spellings
22/01/2013 06:23:36 PM
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JS&MN is a great book, you're missing out.
23/01/2013 06:56:01 PM
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Don't listen to him. It's a horribly boring book. Couldn't finish it *NM*
24/01/2013 01:46:24 AM
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Re: JS&MN is a great book, you're missing out.
24/01/2013 01:04:50 PM
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Never heard of the Elric Saga?
24/01/2013 04:10:39 AM
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Surprisingly no, I just looked up the list of books and I think I maybe heard of one
24/01/2013 12:52:37 PM
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I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
25/01/2013 04:00:25 PM
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Re: I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
25/01/2013 07:06:38 PM
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Seems most of these Elric books don't go far beyond a hundred pages, so yeah... *NM*
25/01/2013 11:35:28 PM
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Re: I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
03/02/2013 04:54:47 PM
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I just got the first one second hand, I have to say I'm kinda curious. *NM*
25/01/2013 04:47:57 PM
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they are classics and you should read them
25/01/2013 05:56:05 PM
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Yeah. I don't really like fantasy but I know of the Elric series. It's well written, so they say. *NM*
26/01/2013 01:29:16 AM
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I like the series, but I wouldn't use "well-written" to describe the 1960s-1970s books
26/01/2013 02:40:07 AM
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