Scooter Chronicles

One of the classic fantasy stories.

It is also very short. At least by today’s standards. Clocking in at 181 pages in paperback, it was a quick read. I had borrowed this from my friend David who is a Moorcock fan, especially the Eternal Champion Series, and Elric in particular. I wanted to get a taste of MM’s writing style and an idea of what the Elric series was about.

After reading PSS by Miéville, the first Elric book was a fast, enjoyable and seemingly easy read. And maybe because I read PSS before it, it came across with a bit of innocence. Of course that is very contradictory to a point, because the...

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I ruptured my achilles tendon in my right foot/ankle today playing tennis with Marcia. Surgery is scheduled for 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. I know it is routine and such, but still a little worried. It will be the first time I will be having surgery, and I am the squeamish type, too. Ought to be interesting. Up side though, it will get me out of work for a week. ; ) (Not much of a consolation either.)