Hawkwind saves the universe

I’ve talked before about my love for Michael Moorcock, so I squealed with delight upon a recent visit to Half-Price Books when I stumbled upon this gem of a paperback, a title I’d never heard of called “The Time of the Hawklords.”

A little digging reveals that the primary author was Michael Butterworth, and Moorcock’s involvement was “negligible.” Still, I’m fired up about it. Listen to this description from the back cover and try not to squeal yourself:

From a ruined London on a burnt-0ut Earth, the Hawkwind group beams out its last, defiant concert. The Children of the Sun, the tattered remnants of the Hippies, gather to listen. But when the music ends, withdrawal symptoms begin – a dreadful, retching illness only the Hawkwind sound can allay.

This new malady may be more than debilitated mankind can withstand. Desperately the rock group begins research: first, with the few electronic instruments miraculously still intact; then with a book whose existence is an even greater miracle – an ancient magical tome, The Saga of Doremi Fasol Latido, whose prophecies seem to be coming true.

THAT IS SO BADASS! I can’t wait to start reading this.