The Roads Between The Worlds (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 6) [Paperback]

Michael Moorcock (Author), Michael Mourcock (Author)

Book Description

Series: Roads Between Worlds | Publication Date: May 20, 1998

Three science fiction novels comprise the sixth volume in Michael Moorcock's acclaimed Eternal Champion series: "The Wrecks of Time, The Winds of Limbo", and "The Shores of Death".

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (May 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565041976
• ISBN-13: 978-1565041974
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,608 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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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of Moorcock's "pulp" science fiction, March 8, 1999

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[e-mail] (Houston, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Roads Between The Worlds (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 6) (Paperback)

From the author's notes, Moorcock was writing these stories in the period while he was editor of New Worlds. These stories were an attempt to tie together the old traditions of SF with the new wave, of which he was a part. The three stories in the book have little in common with the exception of the Multiverse concept, which ties together all of the stories of the Eternal Champion which Moorcock has written. All represent the struggles that the people of Earth are going through at one point in the continuum.

I have enjoyed all of the Eternal Champion series that I have read to date, and have been pleasently surprised by how enjoyable and well written the non-Elric stories are. Most people seemed to be introduced to Moorcock through Elric and perhaps do not read more. They are missing out on a broader picture of which Elric is only a part.

I found myself wanting to read more about Faustaff, the Fireclown, and Clovis Becker when the stories were over. I wish there were more books about them! This book is similar to the first book in the series entitled The Eternal Champion which introduces a number of characters through medium length tales.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moorcock brings alternate versions of Earth to life, August 23, 1997

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Greg Mastin ([e-mail] (Cincinnati, Oh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Roads Between The Worlds (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 6) (Hardcover)

The Roads Between the Worlds contains three unrelated stories, set in the theme of the multiverse. These stories take place on Earth, but not the Earth we know. These Earth's exist in different planes of the multiverse and coexist with our own. The first, and most entertaining story, The Wrecks of Time, finds the enigmatic Dr. Faustus leading his elite group against D-Squads who are tring to destroy Earth. Making matters worse for Dr. Faustus is that he travels the multiverse and the D-Squaders are trying to destroy thirteen Earths. The story keeps you guessing until the climax when Faustus meets the creatures behind the D-Squaders. Next, The Winds of Limbo takes you to Switzerland where the mysterious Fireclown speaks out against the government and what Earth has become. Here Moorcock skillfully blends politics and religion into a ideological clash between old and new guard politics. Finally in The Shores of Death, Moorcock takes us to a doomed Earth where the few humans left live extremely long lives but cannot have children. Here we see the clash between those who accept their fate vs. the few who try to find some hope for humanity's future. Like other Moorcock works, these stories make you think and question how we live, think and co-exist with one another, despite how different we truly are

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How many times can a publisher rehash .., September 6, 2011

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Leslie A Munday "deny everything baldrick" (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Roads Between The Worlds (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 6) (Paperback)

Firstly; I am a great Moorcock fan.
Secondly; I have not seen this book, but only read about it on Amazon.

I've been collecting MM's work for 30 years and always looking out for new writing, but having to sift through so many re-releases of existing work (that I already own), and having been conned into buying work that I already own, because it was published under a different title, I refuse to buy anything by MM until I have read a sizable portion first.

This appears to be 3 of his earlier works Rituals of Infinity, Winds Of Limbo and Shores of Death(?) combined into a single book. If it is these 3 books as they were originally written, they have nothing to do with 'The Eternal Champion' (AFAICR), unless you consider that everything written by MM concerns TEC.

It appears that TEC is another marketing ploy to re-sell all of MMs work no matter what the subject matter (afterall we know that TEC is really the author :-).

BTW: All 3 books are great as standalone novels. Pick them up at your 1/2 price book store, if you haven't already got them.