Elric of Melniboné
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As compared to Wheel of Time?
Phil
Jan 13, 2014 01:27PM
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series features the concept of a balance between Good & Evil, which reminds me of Moorcock's Law & Chaos balance. I'm wondering if anyone here has read enough of WoT to comment on whether Jordan's execution is more sophisticated than Moorcock's. On the surface, it actually looks like Moorcock-lite, but I'm hoping that in 100,000+ pages, there would be more to it than that.
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Jordan was a decent writer, however Michael Moorcock was an inventive genius....there can be no real comparison between them....Moorcock is and was a far greater writer....
Moorcock/Burroughs
Jordan/Howard
Different
Styles
Great
Stories.
The Old Gods Decaying.
The New Messiah Rising.
Jordan/Howard
Different
Styles
Great
Stories.
The Old Gods Decaying.
The New Messiah Rising.
Well I didn't read all WoT books, actually I read ''only'' first four and that was enough for me. But I am a great fan of Moorcock, so this may sound a little bit harsh, sorry for that. I personally never compered the two, because Jordan's writing is practicly impotent comparing to Moorcocks. I like his hectic, chaotic ,paradoxical Chaos-Balance-Law relation. Somehow, when I compare them now I believe that Moorcock is not afraid to put a full stop at his story, and for many writers of fantasy this somehow is really tough thing to do, I mean, the one must question why this guy needs 14-15 books to tell the story at first place. When I finished The Dragon Reborn, I was like: '' Ok, this is not bad story at all'' then came The Shadow Rising, and men it bored the crap outta me, somehow I tought that he could finish the story there and then. Now, I read Jordan a long time ago so I can't recall all the details of the story , but I remember them as quite Tolkin-like (war to end all wars, at least for now) epic, I mean you could easily distinguish good guys from bad. Moorcock is much more concise story teller, and he is giving us the point of view of the Chaos as much as point of view of Law. Somehow the story is being scrutinized by all participants and all of them are telling the story. As for the Jordan his story is pretty much turned upon his DND-like grupe of heroes running all over the map... I don't believe actually that he could execute story of Chaos-Law, the way Moorcock does it if he had 100 000 pages more...
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