The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison [U.S. FIRST EDITION]

The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison [The Zimiamvian Trilogy #1]

U.S. FIRST EDITION / 7th PRINTING [1973] BALLANTINE BOOKS

Nice tight vintage copy in very good reading condition.  Cut corner on back cover and some shelf wear.  Pages are tanned but read beautifully. 

This is the book that shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. When The Lord of the Rings first appeared, the critics inevitably compared it to this 1922 landmark work. Tolkien himself frankly acknowledged its influence, with warm praise for its imaginative appeal. The story of a remote planet’s great war between two kingdoms, it ranks as the Iliad of heroic fantasy.

In the best traditions of Homeric epics, Norse sagas, and Arthurian myths, author E. R. Eddison weaves a compelling adventure, with a majestic, Shakespearean narrative style. His sweeping tale recounts battles between warriors and witches on fog-shrouded mountaintops and in the ocean’s depths—along with romantic interludes, backroom intrigues, and episodes of direst treachery. Generations of readers have joyfully lost themselves in the timeless worlds of The Worm Ouroboros.