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Hawkmoon av Michael Moorcock
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Hawkmoon (utgåvan 1996)

av Michael Moorcock

Serier: Hawkmoon - jeu de rôle, The History of the Runestaff (Omnibus 1-4), Hawkmoon (Omnibus 1-4), The Eternal Champion (Hawkmoon novels 1-4)

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In Michael Moorcock's vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggle over the fundamental rules of existence. Here, in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a world of antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines as he pulled unwillingly into a war that pits him against the ruthless and dominating armies of Granbretan.… (mer)
Medlem:feaelin
Titel:Hawkmoon
Författare:Michael Moorcock
Info:White Wolf Games Studio (1996), Paperback
Samlingar:Fiction: Main Library, Physical Inventory
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Taggar:tale of the eternal champion, fiction, fantasy fiction, eternal champion, hawkmoon

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The History of the Runestaff: Box Set av Michael Moorcock (Author)

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Collected in one of the magnificent White Wolf editions, here is the omnibus edition of Hawkmoon's original adventures.

Not quite a comic book, but not truly novels, in this period of his career Moorcock's work reads almost like later-day serials in the best tradition of Doc Savage- quick action scenes, dramatic action, short interstitials between action- in short, action, action, action.

Notable in this incarnation of the Eternal Champion are- in addition to the Easter eggs of the history of Granbretan- the introduction of the quasi-character of the Empire of Granbretan, with its ornithopters, animal masks, military orders, immortal Emperor with a stolen voice- weirdly insane in a way that could only be envisaged in Mod London.

Hawkmoon himself, though one of the prominent incarnations in the canon, is a fairly straightforward character. The strength of this series surrounds Hawkmoon- D'Averc, the nihilistic romantic optimist, the larger-than-life Count Brass, the Warrior in Jet and Gold, and above all the Runestaff.

This series is a delight for the genre fan, but not for something with pretensions towards great literature nor looking to find fault with straightforward good and evil stories. ( )
  BrainFireBob | Jun 13, 2022 |
Very well done post-apocalyptic Fantasy novel. Hawkmoon is a much better, and much more likable protagonist then Elric of Melnibone is. ( )
  Count_Zero | Jul 7, 2020 |
Consisting of The Jewel in the Skull; The Mad God's Amulet; The Sword of Dawn; The Runestaff.

This was blase, really. Nothing Hawkmoon faced seemed overwhelming, nor was he really likable like Corum, nor ultra-tragic like Elric. And then he doesn't die in the end. It felt like a thin vegetable soup ( )
  BookstoogeLT | Dec 10, 2016 |
My reactions to reading this omnibus in 1999. Spoilers follow.

“Introduction” -- Short introduction where Moorcock says this series of four novels was written as popular entertainment with no profundity despite some allusions to “The Beatles or well-known politicians”.

The Jewel in the Skull -- I liked the character of Hawkmoon with his emotional detachment, near catatonia, awakening to become an enemy of Granbretan. I liked the Black Jewel threatening to eat his mind. I liked the villains Granbretan (Great Britain of a far future Europe), the emotional reserve and fascination for eccentric behavior, animals, and heraldry of the British is here satirized by the Orders who constantly go about in animal masks. I liked the knight in Jet and Gold.

The Mad Gods’ Amulet -- Hawkmoon’s fight against the Dark Empire continues with a classic fantasy ploy – the diversion to quest after a magical item necessary for the main fight/quest. (Though here, Hawkmoon is unaware, for a long time, that the Runestaff has manipulated him into seeking the Mad God’s Amulet. He thinks he’s pursuing his betrothed Yisselda.) I liked the Mad God and his minions (particularly the army of naked woman). I also liked the ambitious villain D’Averc with his affected illness. Hawkmoon warily accepts him as an ally. I also liked the ethereal city of Soryandum. I also liked the far future setting of this series with is antique cites and forgotten cities.

The Sword of the Dawn -- I liked this novel too with treacherous, dishonored playwright Elvereza Tazer who constantly alludes to his own work (which includes a play on “Chirshil and Adulf” – Churchill and Adolf. I liked the weird Flana who has a mind only for love – however, she can’t remain in love with the proudly mad, insane men of Granbretan and abandons (and sometimes kills) her lovers. I liked Meliadus growing dissatisfaction with the Emperor. I liked the trip to Wales (“Yel” here) and, particularly, the voyage to legendary America (Amerkh). My favorite bit was the Legion of the Dawn who seem to be supernatural Amerindian warriors called by the supernatural Sword of the Dawn.

The Runestaff -- The Hawkmoon saga closes with a finish much more upbeat than I expect from a manifestation of The Eternal Champion. (Not every incarnation comes to a bad end evidently, but I expect them to since I read the Elric books first.) Yes, Count Brass, Olabahn, and Flana’s love, D’Averc all die, but Hawkmoon lives as does his wife Yisselda. Flana, a woman whose ethereal love usually comes to a bad end for her lovers, seems rehabilitated by D’Averc’s love since he is not an insane decadent of the Granbretan variety, and seems about to reform the Granbretan empire to make it more humane. The style of this novel was different, in its short chapters, than the others in the series. I liked the ethereal inhabitants of Dnark (New York) One Jehamia Cohnahlias is the embodiment of the Runestaff. Since I haven’t read any of the Moorcock tales with Jerry Cornelius, I don’t know what to make of this. The Runestaff, in the reformed Granbretan Empire, seems to have struck a balance between Chaos and Law. (This is never mentioned as a goal, but is a theme of the Eternal Champion cycle.) I liked the fleet of Granbretan ships named after its Gods. I caught the names of the Beatles and many authors (most sf): Churchill, Brian Aldiss, and J. G. Ballard. The other names, if allusions to real people, I didn’t understand. ( )
  RandyStafford | Sep 26, 2013 |
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The Mad God's Amulet
The Sword of the Dawn
The Runestaff.

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In Michael Moorcock's vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggle over the fundamental rules of existence. Here, in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a world of antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines as he pulled unwillingly into a war that pits him against the ruthless and dominating armies of Granbretan.

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