45worlds
Books



Book Edition

Author:Michael Moorcock
Title:The Jewel In The Skull
Publisher:  Mayflower
Country:UK
Date:1973
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN-10:583113680
Total Editions:7
First Published:  1967
Rating:Rate
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 2 Own
Price Guide:$76
» Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD
This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.
PRICE GUIDE
$76


Images



Number: 1497760  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: nanocyar
Description: Front Cover


Number: 2420022 
Uploaded By: David Whiteley
Description: Back cover


Primary Edition

Book

Michael Moorcock - The Jewel In The Skull - Lancer - Paperback - USA (1967)

Comments and Reviews
 
ppint.
7th Aug 2024
 Review
- well, what else could one do with dorian hawkmoon's brain ?°

° - see back cover blurb...

gloom, doom and the depths of despondency doing duty providing a typically moorcockian dark flavour to this stage in the central character's career towards his eventual but certain early death - or worse(!) - michael moorcock pretty much defined this style or school of sword'n'sorcery, not as a tame copy of robert e. howard's simple strongarm swordsman, but one ever at risk of being cheated or downright double-crossed by his temporary employers, even - perhaps especially (?) - if they gain very nearly all they hire his swords to win.

moorcock also introduced the idea of a constant struggle between opposing forces aimed at or personifying the dedication to the imposition of unalterable law, implacable and cruel in the name of justice - and the drive towards the ultimate chaos of purest entropy, equally unlovable and unlivable-with by humanity, a discord driving events as powerful as - or totally replacing - the hitherto traditional fantasy dichotomy of good and evil.

- and he loathed & hated tolkien's "the lord of the rings" - ignore the idiotic lancer books cover blurb.

2 people found this review helpful.   ✔︎ Helpful Review?
 

 
David Whiteley
9th Oct 2020
 Added back cover of the 1973 edition.
 

 
ppint.
9th Jul 2019
 number in isbn10 field is^W was still wrong and should^W has now been corrected to the sbn this edition actually bears, ''583113680''

mayflower books third uk p/b printing (probably near-identical with mayflower books second printing)
cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited; another printing credits, though as ''bob habberfield'')
cover price 30p, australia & new zealand $1.00, canada $1.25
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.

later mayflower books printings may have borne the isbn ''0583113680'' on the cover but this does not;

the appending of a further digit does not turn an sbn into an isbn: its purpose, function or use upon granada publishing group p/bs may have been purely internal, and has prob'ly long been forgotten.
 

 
ppint.
18th May 2018
 number in the isbn10 field is still incorrect.
 

 
ppint.
12th Nov 2017
 the number in the isbn10 field is not an isbn10.

the final digit of the number in the isbn10 field should be deleted to leave the sbn9 number borne by this book
 


Add a Comment or Review about this book

[View all 11 Comments / Reviews]

See Also

Book
Michael Moorcock - Count Brass - Mayflower - Paperback - UK - 583121985 (1973)
Next by Author
Book
Michael Moorcock - The Queen Of The Swords - Mayflower - Paperback - UK (1973)
Previous by Author
Book
Michael Moorcock - Count Brass - Mayflower - Paperback - UK - 583121985 (1973)
Next by Publisher
Book
Michael Moorcock - The Queen Of The Swords - Mayflower - Paperback - UK (1973)
Previous by Publisher

This Book:  Price Guide  :  Add Valuation  :  Add Image  :  Add Video  :  Add Missing Info  :  Make Correction  :  Add to List  :  Add See Also  :  Add Tag  :  Edit Images  :  Hide Image Data  :  Credits  :  BBCode
45worlds website ©2024  :  Homepage  :  Search  :  Sitemap  :  Help Page  :  Privacy  :  Terms  :  Contact  :  Share This Page  :  Like us on Facebook
Vinyl Albums  :  Live Music  :  78 RPM  :  CD Albums  :  CD Singles  :  12" Singles  :  7" Singles  :  Tape Media  :  Classical Music  :  Music Memorabilia  :  Cinema  :  TV Series  :  DVD & Blu-ray  :  Magazines  :  Books  :  Video Games  :  Create Your Own World
Latest  »  Items  :  Comments  :  Price Guide  :  Reviews  :  Ratings  :  Images  :  Lists  :  Videos  :  Tags  :  Collected  :  Wanted  :  Top 50  :  Random
45worlds for music, movies, books etc  :  45cat for 7" singles  :  45spaces for hundreds more worlds