The Knight of the Swords
A Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction book. You Mabden seem to think that happiness must be bought with misery... It is...
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- Pages: 176 pages
- ISBN: 9781225019718 / 1225019710
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The sentiment may perceive and love the universe, but the universe cannot perceive and love the sentiment. The universe sees no distinction between the multitude of creatures and elements which comprise it. All are equal. None is favoured. The universe, equipped with nothing but the materials and the power of creation, continues to create: something of this, something of that. It cannot control what it creates and it cannot, it seems, be controlled by its creations (though a few might deceive themselves otherwise). Those who curse the workings of the... You Mabden seem to think that happiness must be bought with misery... It is not easy for Vadhagh to understand that. We believe -- believed -- that happiness was a natural condition of reasoning beings. Michael Moorcock, The Knight of the Swords Therefore it seemed a dreadful injustice that these wise races should perish at the hands of creatures who were still little more than animals. It was as if vultures feasted on and squabbled over the paralyzed body of the youthful poet who could only stare at them with puzzled eyes as they slowly robbed him of an exquisite existence they would never appreciate, never know they were taking. Michael Moorcock, The Knight of the Swords
Well played, Mr. Moorcock that is how you write a heroic fantasy.First published in 1971, Michael Moorcock provides a textbook lesson in what is right in a sword and sorcery fantasy novel with enough twists and turns to keep things interesting. And in a novella sized package (176 pages), The Knight of Swords packs a lot into a tightly... Moorcock does it again. He doesn't disappoint when moving away from his most famous creation Elric. This first volume in the Corum series is entertaining, in its own bleak Moorcockian way. I can tell already that this is my kind of fantasy, where the world is not necessarily benign and the heroes have something alien and superior in their very souls instead of being just regular guys with magical powers, furry bodies or funny-shaped...
