Worm Ouroboros by Eric Rucker (47 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Worm Ouroboros: Illustrated, with Notes and Annotated Glossary. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. 10th Edition By This Publisher. 11/1977; Printed in Canada; Cover Printed in USA; 10th Printing; 520 Pages; GREEN Borders on Front Cover, Spine and Back Cover; Interior illustrations by Keith Henderson; DRAGON Logo over Castle in Mountains illustrated cover by Murray Tinkelman. Vertical Creases in Front Cover; store stamp to front end page; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Interior illustrations by Keith Henderson; DRAGON Logo over Castle in Mountains illustrated cover by Murray Tinkelman. (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good + condition. Light curling to front cover. Text is clean. Spine is straight. Year 2008. 438 pages. Keith Henderson (illustrator).

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Condition: Bueno. : Una obra única del siglo XX que narra la épica lucha de poder y el conflicto entre dos pueblos, los Demonios y las Brujas. Precede a las obras mucho más conocidas de Tolkien e involucra búsquedas y batallas por tierra y mar, actos heroicos y engaños, amor, lujuria e infidelidad; todo ello en escenarios tan fastuosos y extravagantemente descritos que ponen a prueba incluso la imaginación más vívida. Aunque esta obra ha sido descrita como 'defectuosa' por muchos críticos, debido a algunos fallos menores, si se lee con una mente y un corazón abiertos, transportará al lector a reinos de deleite de un tipo que pocos autores son capaces de engendrar en estos tiempos modernos, casi monosilábicos. Probarlo es lo más aconsejable, ignorarlo es perderse un placer poco común. EAN: 9781857989939 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Fantasía|Ciencia Ficción Título: The Worm Ouroboros Autor: Eric Rücker Eddison Editorial: Firebird Distributing Páginas: 544 Formato: tapa blanda. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. The Worm Ouroboros (2000) by Eric Rucker Eddison Millennium ISBN: 9781857989939 Condition: Good Before fantasy fiction became crowded with farm boys, magical schools, reluctant heirs and maps containing suspiciously many mountain ranges, there was The Worm Ouroboros . First published in 1922, Eric Rucker Eddison?s great sprawling fantasy is one of the genre?s genuine early landmarks: an enormous, extravagant tale of war, heroism, sorcery, rivalry and magnificently excessive language, set in a world populated by characters who behave as though ordinary conversation would constitute a serious failure of imagination. The story concerns the long struggle between the heroic lords of Demonland and the ambitious King Gorice of Witchland, although anyone expecting demons in the modern supernatural sense may be surprised. Eddison?s peoples are essentially heroic fantasy races, distinguished more by allegiance and temperament than by horns, tails or an unfortunate smell of sulphur. What follows is a grand conflict involving battles, voyages, sieges, intrigue, magic and heroic declarations delivered with enough grandeur to make an ordinary sentence feel inadequately dressed. Eddison writes as though the English language has been issued with ceremonial armour. The prose is famously ornate, drawing heavily on Elizabethan and Jacobean styles, and the characters speak with a magnificent seriousness that suggests nobody in Demonland has ever said, ?Fair enough, see you Tuesday.? Instead, warriors announce their intentions in rolling speeches, enemies exchange elaborate threats, and every important event sounds as though it ought to be accompanied by trumpets. This is very much part of the book?s appeal. The Worm Ouroboros does not attempt realism. It does not contain weary civil servants completing supply forms for the Demonland army, nor does anyone appear particularly concerned about the administrative burden of maintaining several castles during prolonged military operations. Instead, it gives itself completely to heroic fantasy: dangerous journeys, impossible landscapes, mighty champions, beautiful queens, terrible enemies and the notion that greatness is worth pursuing simply because greatness itself is magnificent. There is also a curious dreamlike quality to the world. The setting is nominally Mercury, although anyone searching for astronomical accuracy should probably look elsewhere. Eddison?s Mercury bears roughly the same relationship to the actual planet as Camelot does to Milton Keynes. Geography here exists primarily to provide somewhere dramatic for heroes to climb mountains, cross seas and fight each other. The novel?s influence on later fantasy is substantial, and readers familiar with Tolkien and subsequent generations of epic fantasy may recognise elements of the grand tradition taking shape here. Eddison, however, has a voice entirely his own: richer, stranger and often far more theatrical than much modern fantasy. Where a contemporary writer might describe a warrior entering a room, Eddison seems inclined to ensure that the warrior enters beneath banners while destiny itself pauses briefly to watch. The title refers to the Ouroboros, the ancient symbol of a serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, representing cycles, eternity and renewal. It is an especially appropriate image for a novel concerned with conflict, glory and the strange desire of heroic people to continue doing heroic things even when tranquillity might be considerably more practical. Practicality, admittedly, is not one of Demonland?s major industries. This Millennium edition from 2000 brought Eddison?s remarkable fantasy back to readers at a time when epic fantasy was enjoying another great resurgence, making it an excellent opportunity to investigate one of the books that helped establish what the genre could become long before fantasy novels routinely arrived in twelve-volume sequences. Readers who enjoy lush prose, mythic adventures, enormous battles and characters who regard understatement as a personal insult should find plenty to admire here. It is not a quiet book. It is not a modest book. It is a book that arrives wearing a cloak, carrying a sword and expecting someone to compose a poem about it before dinner. This copy is in Good condition , which is reassuring because after more than a century of battles between Demonland and Witchland, something around here ought to have survived intact. Available from Crappy Old Books , where the eternal cycle continues: books arrive, books leave, and occasionally one turns up with enough fantasy grandeur to require its own herald. …

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Worm Ouroboros pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Venture into the vividly imagined world of E.R. Eddison's 'The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance,' a cornerstone of epic fantasy literature. This classic tale of heroic fantasy unfolds across breathtaking landscapes, where lords and warriors clash in legendary battles. Eddison masterfully crafts a realm brimming with swords and sorcery, exploring themes of honor, ambition, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. 'The Worm Ouroboros' stands as a testament to the power of imaginative storytelling. Lovers of intricate world-building and timeless adventure will find themselves captivated by its grand scope and enduring characters. Experience the meticulously prepared print republication of this quintessential work, a sweeping saga of imaginary wars and a foundational text of the fantasy genre. A true literary achievement and a landmark of epic fantasy.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. First American edition. Black cloth designed and lettered in gilt. Pictorial end papers by Keith Henderson. 445 pp.,frontispiece & 5 additional full-page illustrations printed on text paper but not included in the pagination, as well as some smaller vignette illustrations in the text, all by Henderson. Inscribed and Signed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper: "Anne Furse / from / E.R. Eddison / 28th June 1926". Slight tanning to spine panel and gilt on spine slightly dull; minor foxing to page edges, a nice, attractive copy in the pictorial wrap-around dust jacket which has a tiny bit of chipping at head & foot of spine panel and is slightly darkened along the spine, price corner on upper front flap clipped. The jacket on this copy is completely unrestored in any way; this American dust jacket is very fragile and is almost always badly chipped or repaired, unlike here. An excellent copy. The author's first novel, a classic of high fantasy. "I still think of him as the greatest and most convincing writer of 'invented worlds' that I have read. - J.R.R. Tolkien. This American edition dates from four years after the UK edition, which was published in 1922. This edition bears a preliminary note by James Branch Cabell praising the book which is not present in the earlier UK edition. The author never travelled to America, personally inscribed copies of American editions of his books are rare. Signed.…

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