Mieville's thoughts...

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by tumhalad2

Michael Moorcock has written brilliantly on this in his book Wizardry and Wild Romance (1987)...

The term "brilliantly" as a descriptor for Moorcock is very subjective, particularly since most of his literary work I've read is banal in the extreme, as were his collaborations with the band Hawkwind (an equally mediocre band). It sounds more like sour grapes from a pulp-fiction author who will never attain Tolkien's stature. It is rather difficult to accept Moorcock's dismissive attitude when the majority of his literary corpus sits in the bargain bin of the local bookstore.

Of course, that is merely my opinion. You may keep to yours as well.