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  <title><![CDATA[The Jewel in the Skull (History of the Runestaff / Michael Moorcock)]]></title>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of a series, this fantasy story is about Count Brass, a man who runs the small kingdom of Kamarg, in what we know as southern France. He wants to spend his remaining years in peace and serenity, so he has no interest in allying with anyone, against anyone. Kamarg is also the last holdout again...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49451800">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Una historia de fantasía entretenida, de fácil lectura, pero con personajes demasiado planos y mal manejo del suspenso. En lugar de dosificar elementos y centrarse en los principales, Moorcock utiliza centenares de páginas en describir elementos, personajes y situaciones irrelevantes para la hist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71397721">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Moorcock, The Jewel in the Skull (DAW, 1967)<br/><br/>Dorian Hawkmoon, the last Duke of Koln, is another of Moorcock's instances of the Eternal Champion. Hawkmoon's tales are especially amusing, as the world on which Hawkmoon adventures is the nearest allegory to the world we know in Moorcoc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13280902">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[By all accounts I should have loved The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock. I normally enjoy his twisted take on things. This one has plot elements I normally enjoy; it's a post apocalyptic fantasy with a mixture of science and magic but the book just left me cold. I put it down after the first ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23066149">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 13 22:30:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe not quite as good as Elric, but I have a real soft spot for the Hawkmoon novels. This is close to the edition i read first (same cover but I read it in '74). These novels (2 hawkmoon series) could be called the culmination of the Eternal Champion Cycle.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My edition seems to be from a different editor, Mayflower, but it's not listed, and these seems the closer one, in cover and age.<br/><br/>Mi edicion parece ser de otro editor, Mayflower, pero no aparece listada, y esta parece la mas sililar, en portada y epoca.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a pretty good story about a hero that has a device implanted into his skull that lets the bad guys watch him and gives them leverage to controls his actions.  easy to read, typical moorcock style.  fantasy with a bit of sci-fi mixed within.  strange creatures, medievil warfare.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In a decaying society, a hero's fate is bound to a mysterious magical artifact which encompasses his success and his doom.  In other words, exactly like every other <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Michael Moorcock" title=" Michael Moorcock"> Michael Moorcock</a> book.  I did like that the Dark Empire is Granbreton (= a future Great Britain).]]></body>
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