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Another author spoofed by Terry Pratchett (The Colour of Magic, Eric) and worth reading in his own right.

Known in his early writing years for prolific production of potboilers - the Elric series are well worth reading as "straight", if high-camp, fantasy fiction. Most readers and critics view Moorcock's work as a borderline satire of the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre, much as Pratchett's work satirizes faerie tales and high fantasy.

Moorcock has tried his hand at farce and comic writing in the Pratchett mould: a novel called The Chinese Agent, about a chaotic collision and escalating series of misunderstandings between the world's secret services operating in London, is laugh-out-loud funny reading, with echoes of Good Omens.

Similarly, there is a short story in Legends where Moorcock takes the mickey out of his own portenteous high-camp style of writing, before anyone else does.