Wednesday's Book

Some backsliding recently.  I was going to write about this terrific non-fiction book and two other titles that related to it.  But instead I got distracted with a sword and sorcery novel, Elric of Melniboné
by Michael Moorcock.
Elric was written in reaction to Robert E Howard's Conan, a physically weak albino emperor who uses drugs to make it through the day, as opposed to the rugged tanned barabarian.  But eventually he gets a sword- Stormbringer- and there is much hacking and slashing.
Goofy fun.  I picked up the first four books in the series at a thrift store, but in a few weeks they're re-issuing the books in trade paperback format from DelRay.
I'll be picking those up just on the strength of the illustrator, John Piccatio.

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