The Bull and the Spear [Dramatized Adaptation]
Corum 4

This book was published in 1973, my copy dates from 1976, and I acquired it from a second-hand book shop in 1979 (for 10 pence - the cover price is 50p). This is a slim book that makes my own relatively short debut seem positively bulky. I estimate it at 50-60,000 words, and given that Moorcock could......more

The second Corum trilogy begins with our aging one-eyed, one-handed hero being summoned into a future world (which looks a lot like ancient Ireland) to battle seven powerful interlopers from another plane. Echoes of old Gaelic mythology abound, and—as usual—the writing is brisk, the tone is brooding......more

Loved everything about this story. The continuation of Corum’s saga is well thought out, consistent, and fitting; Moorcock doing a wonderful job setting up our champion’s emotional state at the beginning of the tale the seamlessly inserting him into a new environment with shadowy villains, who are e......more

Contains some spoilers for the previous books in this series! Corum is now worshipped as a legendary hero after his successful battle against the sword rulers, the gods of law and the gods of chaos. The influence of crooked higher beings has been completely severed from his realm and everyone in his......more

This trilogy is a much darker trilogy that the first (and that's saying something) In these if you're familiar with Irish folklore I think you'll recognize a retelling of the Nuada or Silver Arm or Silver Hand, (King of the Tuatha Dé Danann) legend. Corum not being human has had to face the fact that......more