I remember Chris's reaction to the Abrams Star Trek, as blunt and actually frustrated where sometimes I read glee into such judgements. Moorcock, I wonder, was a temperamental disappointment of natural resources to him, a prodigious waste. Not to me, neither one, but I got that. Determined to spend his own talent, single-mindedly.
But, but, but - I'm still only part way through the Ballard biography! This is an abundance of riches.
I am reminded that I was also a bit Hess obsessed and have just recalled that on my first solo visit to Berlin in 84/85 (when he was still alive) I schlepped up to Spandau, not that there was anything to see apart from prison walls. I had studied the Nazis throughout my late academic studies through to University and he was the last one alive. (I had a more rewarding time in the mid 00s visiting the nearby Spandau Zitadelle to see Portishead live).
I assume the quote about Moorcock being a 'minor writer' stemmed from that first meeting on 1964? Even though his Eternal Champion books were written at speed, I gobbled them down voraciously as a boy and. loved them. He also won the Guardian fiction award in 1977 for The Condition of Muzak.
With Moorcock, he basically says that despite being avant garde and forward thinking on the topic of genre, his fiction—yes, The Eternal Champion stuff—was hack work. And, yes, it’s an abundance of riches.
well, that sounds just fascinating! I wasn't ever a strong fan of Moorcock, loved the film of The Prestige, but like you haven't read the book, though was aware he'd written it. I have read Priest, but cannot for the moment think what!
I remember Chris's reaction to the Abrams Star Trek, as blunt and actually frustrated where sometimes I read glee into such judgements. Moorcock, I wonder, was a temperamental disappointment of natural resources to him, a prodigious waste. Not to me, neither one, but I got that. Determined to spend his own talent, single-mindedly.
Yes. You get the impression that he’s shocked that someone so erudite could write so poorly.
But, but, but - I'm still only part way through the Ballard biography! This is an abundance of riches.
I am reminded that I was also a bit Hess obsessed and have just recalled that on my first solo visit to Berlin in 84/85 (when he was still alive) I schlepped up to Spandau, not that there was anything to see apart from prison walls. I had studied the Nazis throughout my late academic studies through to University and he was the last one alive. (I had a more rewarding time in the mid 00s visiting the nearby Spandau Zitadelle to see Portishead live).
I assume the quote about Moorcock being a 'minor writer' stemmed from that first meeting on 1964? Even though his Eternal Champion books were written at speed, I gobbled them down voraciously as a boy and. loved them. He also won the Guardian fiction award in 1977 for The Condition of Muzak.
With Moorcock, he basically says that despite being avant garde and forward thinking on the topic of genre, his fiction—yes, The Eternal Champion stuff—was hack work. And, yes, it’s an abundance of riches.
well, that sounds just fascinating! I wasn't ever a strong fan of Moorcock, loved the film of The Prestige, but like you haven't read the book, though was aware he'd written it. I have read Priest, but cannot for the moment think what!