The Masters of the Pit [Paperback]

Michael Moorcock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 6, 1979

Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion returns in the form of Michael Kane, a brilliant Earthman stranded on the treacherous deserts of Ancient Mars! In this sweeping, epic sword-and-planet adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Kane and his blue giant companion Hool Haji must travel to the far reaches of the Red Planet to halt the hideous Green Death, an unstoppable disease that rots the mind as well as the body. From gorgeous Karnala, City of Green Mists, to the empty streets of tainted Cend-Amrid to the forgotten weird-science laboratories of the lost, highly advanced Yaksha culture, Masters of the Pit promises stunning locales, disgusting Martian creatures, and relentless action from the Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning creator of Elric of Melnibone!

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: DAW (March 6, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879974508
• ISBN-13: 978-0879974503
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,207,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in London in 1939, Michael Moorcock now lives in Texas. A prolific and award-winning writer with more than eighty works of fiction and non-fiction to his name, he is the creator of Elric, Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat, amongst many other memorable characters.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Super Reader, August 29, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Masters of the Pit (Paperback)

Better than the middle book, and a little longer. Kane has perfected his Martian matter transmitter, so can travel at will. Something he is pleased about.

Some primitive species has opened a biological weapon that the ancient alien super race has left behind. This is turning people into monomaniacal half-zombie types, and eventually killing them.

Many adventures happen to try and solve this, with an amusing twist at the end.

Much of it accompanied by his friend Hool Hadj.

Oh, and a few jokes thrown in, in passing through a certain area, some of the geographical features are S'sdla, Nosirrah and Golana, not to mention Modnaf.

Not that I would have ever used this technique to name places in a game, or anything! :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Early Moorcock Doesn't Impress, March 31, 2005

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Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Masters of the Pit (Paperback)

Written under a pen-name, this grade-C adventure SF takes place on Mars. It feels like a by-the-numbers imitation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars books-- though you may be amused by his references to other authors (their names are spelled backwards) in the first ten pages. Moorcock has written dozens of books worth reading-- this is at the bottom of the heap.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the Michael Kane Stories, September 28, 2011

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R. Daniels (Maryland, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Masters Of The Pit (Planet Stories Library) (Paperback)

This trilogy, of which Masters of the Pit is the third book, are just fun reading. I have always like Burroughs John Carter series on old Mars. Moorcock's series which takes place on mars in the distant past is just awesome. If you like these types of sword and adventure stories then I recommend all of the Michael Moorcock Mars stories and the Planet Stories Series that have brought them back to print. To the publisher I have one word for you, Kindle.

Book 1 - City of the Beast
Book 2 - Lord of the Spiders
Book 3 - Masters of the Pit

Enjoy.