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From: mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Michael Moorcock and Hawkwind
Message-ID: <473@busch.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 14:40:09 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 14:40:09 1985
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Summary: Elric is Moorcock

In article <3010@topaz.ARPA>, 4CCVAX..PDUQUETTE@ymir.UUCP writes:
> From: Will Duquette <engvax!ymir!4CCVAX..PDUQUETTE@cit-vax>
> 
> The connection between Michael Moorcock and Hawkwind has been mentioned
> quite often in the last few weeks, up to <whoeveritwas> who commented
> that Moorcock had written a book about the band entitled _Time of the
> Hawklords_.  

	In the most recent Elric book (Elric at the End of Time?) Moorcock
tells in his forward that he modeled Elric after himself at a particularly
depressing stage in his life/career.

	The contrasts between Britain and Melnibone/Granbretan are evident.

	In the discussions of Zelazny characters some people stated, and I
agree, that all of the star characters are actually rather similar bravados.
I think that this is basically true of Moorcock  as well, despite the guise
that all his heroes are really the same anyway, as different forms of the
eternal champion, sidekick, vilain, birdshit, or whatever (for those who
wish to flame me for this criticism just read the Castle Brass series first).

			Moshe Eliovson
			{allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mte

ps- don't get me wrong, the Elric saga is a personal favorite...