We’re back with MM, with guest co-host Simon Perrins joining us again as we embark on the first of two episodes exploring Michael Moorcock’s The Sleeping Sorceress, later retitled The Vanishing Tower. First up – The Torment of the Last Lord, which finds Elric and Moonglum pursuing dastardly sorcerer Theleb K’Aarna and encountering the mysterious Myshella, Empress of the Dawn.
Along the way, we rummage through the novel’s tangled publishing history, admire some fabulous cover art, rank the companions and ponder the usual Moorcockian business of fate, sorcery and flesh nooses.
Simon is one of the minds behind the splendid Can I Pod With Madness, a podcast devoted to vintage issues of rock and metal mag Kerrang! (amongst other things). Get it in yer lugs!
