E R Eddison

The Worm Ouroboros E R Eddison

"This romance has the gaudiness and flair of the Elizabethans. It has the exuberance of great appetites and vigorous living. It transcends all ordinary life. It burns with the wonder and awe of excess." - The New York Times"One of the major imaginative novels of this century."- Boucher and McComas"War, witchcraft, adventure, conspiracy, violence, bloodshed, intrigue."- Avram DavidsonBefore Tolkien, there was E. R. Eddison."The Worm Ouroboros" is a classic heroic high fantasy novel by English writer E. R. Eddison, first published in 1922. The book describes the protracted war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in an imaginary world that appears mainly medieval and partly reminiscent of Norse sagas. E. R. Eddison weaves a compelling adventure, with a majestic, Shakespearean narrative style. His sweeping tale recounts battles between warriors and witches on fog-shrouded mountaintops and in the ocean's depths-along with romantic interludes, backroom intrigues, and episodes of direst treachery. J. R. R. Tolkien himself acknowledged this novel's influence on "The Lord of the Rings."