I read all the original Elric books many years ago and the years between haven't lessened how good they are. Try again. I’ve given this book way too many chances and I have to DNF @ 50%. Given the Phenomena D&D has become on its own I think thats worth noting. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

This is an anthology. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2017. Ground breaking sword and sorcery from the great innovator. When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. It reprints each of the stories in the order that they were written (and thereby the order in which the mythos, character and themes were all formed) rather than in the chronological order of the stories themselves which - if followed - would cause a reader to be thrown into some adventure of a young Elric traveling backwards in time to a different multiverse without an, If you wish to get into Michael Moorcock's utterly brilliant 'Elric' stories, then this Del Ray version is the edition to read.

Great Dukes of Hell are in no way comforting as Gods. The result was a bold and unique hero–weak in body, subtle in mind, dependent on drugs for the vitality to sustain himself–with great crimes behind him and a greater destiny ahead: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the sixties into one enduring archetype. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Michael John Moorcock is an English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. That Narrative was originally published by Daw books in the 1970s with Michael Whelan's Classic Elric Covers, by themselves worth collecting and some of the best most influential Fantasy Images ever. It reprints each of the stories in the order that they were written (and thereby the order in which the mythos, character and themes were all formed) rather than in the chronological order of the stories themselves which - if followed - would cause a reader to be thrown into some adventure of a young Elric traveling backwards in time to a different multiverse without any grounding on who Elric, or what that multiverse, actually. Learn about Author Central. D&D Players would be well to know the Law/Chaos Dynamic of that game was inspired by Moorcock and Gary Gygax cited Moorcock as a greater influence on his vision of fantasy and thus the game than Tolkien. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Are you an author? After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. But I find it absurd that the decision was made to present the stories to a US audience in the confused, almost random order that the stories were originally written, instead of in the proper order of the Narrative Arc. Elric has left his kingdom behind and is exploring the outlying lands with Stormbringer, his sentient sword. I've been a Elric fan since the 1970's I've read every single story most of them several times. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Definitely an excellent read, and definitely one that I'll be buying the sequels to. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The result was a bold and unique hero–weak in body, subtle. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery on millions of eligible domestic and international items, in addition to exclusive access to movies, TV shows, and more. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Buy Stealer of Souls New edition by Moorcock, Michael (ISBN: 9780583113441) from Amazon's Book Store. Discover the best of shopping and entertainment with Amazon Prime. It is not the best of the anthologies (that credit belongs to White Wolf). Michael Moorcock may be one of the biggest names in British fantasy, but his early work in the Elric saga is appealingly rough. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. As an unashamed, and at times avid, reader of pulp sci-fantasy, and media tie in (if you can't tell from the list of books I have read, I am a bit of a Warhammer Fantasy/40K fan), I was incredibly pleased to have received this book as a Christmas gift late last year.

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