Sometime in the early 80's I was reading a lot of Moorcock, Elric, Hawkmoon, Count Brass and some of his sci-fi stuff. My buddy Eric Messerol decided to get in on the fun, but didn't want to read the same books I did, so he started reading the Corum books. I'm not sure if he ever finished them, but I do know that I never got around to reading them, even though I've had them on my shelves for more than 30 years.

Obviously, I finally got to them. I would normally give a book like this 3 stars, but I'm giving an extra point for it NOT seeming dated, more than 50 years later. I don't mean that it has a style similar to modern books, I just mean that it wasn't cringy and didn't have me laughing at its seriousness. Of course it is nostalgic to hear names like Arioch and Xiombarg so that may have helped too.