Hey JC, JC, would you please bite me? -- First reactions to Jerry Cornelius.

[uvula_fr_b4]

Really not feelin' the love for Jerry Cornelius.

I've an ambivalent relationship with Michael Moorcock's work: yes, I recognize how fraggin' seminal it is to science fiction and fantasy, I realize that he's a prime exponent of the British New Wave in science fiction, and any self-respecting, self-described geek, especially one with even a casual

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[dfordoom]

My hands-down favorite book by Moorcock thus far is The War Hound and the World's Pain;

It's so superior to anything else he's written that you wonder how it came about.

[uvula_fr_b4]

Kind of makes you feel sorry for anyone whose first exposure to Moorcock's oeuvre is The War Hound and the World's Pain: they'll have a wildly optimistic impression of his quality of writing.