The Worm Ouroboros (Paperback)

from dbsovereign

Pre-dating Tolkien, this heroic fantasy established a new voice using an old language to tell a tale that ends where it begins. When the publishers of Tolkien decided to reissue it with his endorsement, it finally became popular with a new generation of readers. It asks the question: How can enem...

from bcquinnsmom

An absolutely amazing book. It's kind of a cross between fantasy and a story of the days of old when knights were bold. To be honest, there were times that I thought I'd move on to something else because of the archaic language (which can be somewhat distracting), but I'm really happy that I stay...

from ehines

Read a long, long time ago. As I remember it, often wooden. Not enough to kill the thing, but wooden. In the end, though, it seemed to say some things about heroism and hero stories I've always thought rather wise . . . now if I could only remember what those wise things were.

from dulac3

Another love-it-or-hate-it book. Mannered in its language, weird in so many ways, and chock-full of larger than life characters acting in ways that most people just don't get. If you have a problem with something written in an archaic style, then you probably won't get much out of it, but if you ...

from questbird

It took me a while to read this book, partly because of the flowery Elizabethan language. I understood it, and it was written well, but like rich chocolate it could only be digested in small portions. 'The Worm Ouroboros' is an epic of war, treachery, vengeance and justice set on a fantastic vers...