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Elric Of Melnibone: "The Stealer of Souls" AND "Stormbringer" (Fantasy Masterworks) (Paperback)

by Michael Moorcock (Author)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (10 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857987438
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857987430
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 61,511 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Elric, Moorcock's damned albino swordsman, is one of the most striking creations of heroic fantasy. Living in a world doomed to be forgotten, last emperor of the decaying empire he betrays, he is a striking figure of teenage angst who becomes something rather more. He is the central figure of a world conceived largely for its gloomy decorativeness--Moorcock's fantasy landscapes derive as much from the author's favourite Romantic and Mannerist pictures as they do from the traditions of a genre for which he had mixed feelings early in his career. Elric is doomed to sacrifice friends and lovers, as well as those enemies he wishes to spare, to the great black sword from which he derives not merely prowess but the capacity to be other than a neurasthenic invalid in these early stories. He also finds his wife Zarozinia and his friend Moonglum only to lose them, and fails heroically to save the world from the melting encroachments of the lords of Chaos. There is a dark power to these stories which belies their occasional absurdities and haunts the reader's dreams and nightmares.--Roz Kaveney


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Elric of Melnibone is the haunted, treacherous and doomed albino sorcerer-prince. An introspective weakling in thrall to his black-bladed, soul-eating sword, Stormbringer, he is yet a hero whose bloody adventures and wanderings through brooding, desolate lands leads inexorably to his decisive intervention in the war between the forces of Law and Chaos. This volume brings together The Stealer of Souls and Stormbringer, the first two published books of Elric's adventures, and confirms Michael Moorcock's place as one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars At last he's about to hit the big screen, 5 Mar 2003
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News that Elric is soon to be filmed has produced a flurry of excitement amongst his fans and I must say it's time we saw the old albino brought to the big screen. He has all the right elements to be a huge hit -- the epic qualities of Lord of the Rings combined with a personality which makes him a role model for every teenage boy and a heart-throb for every romantic female. And this particular book, which contains only the very first Elric stories, written between 1961 and 1963, when Moorcock himself was scarcely out of short pants, is the one to read if you want the pure essence of the doom-haunted, self-questioning, soul-feeding weakling who gets his strength from
those he kills and yet somehow remains attractive and likeable.
These are all the marks of a top class Byronic hero and my guess is that Elric is going to run and run, especially now that the movie is in the offing. I can't wait. Meanwhile, this is the volume to get first. If you like it, there are the two omnibuses also available, plus his mature and excellent The Dreamthief's Daughter and The Skrayling Tree which develop the series in ways that are both relevant to the original stories and remain exciting, original fantasies in their own right.
Elric Rules!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars ALL NEW READERS SHOULD START WITH THIS, 2 Oct 2002
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This collection captures the REAL Elric - it reprints the 5 original stories and Stormbringer - exactly the way a new reader should be introduced to Elric. Reading the stories in the order they were first published is a MUCH better way to get a real feel for the character and his world. This collection captures the real "core" of the character - kudos to the publisher for eschewing a larger collection and returning to the basics. Too bad it doesnt come in hardcover.

Forget the larger collections - the writing of those later stories is very uneven. IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT ELRIC, BUY THIS BOOK!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Master, 9 April 2003
Written in Moorcock's early twenties, these stories are full of fire and colour and show why he has been such a huge influence on almost all other fantasy fiction since he began. A great introduction to his fantasy work. You can always go on to the omnibus volumes (Elric of Melnibone and Stormbringer) which in turn will take you to The Dreamthief's Daughter and The Skrayling Tree. All the Elric novels are good, some more mature than others, but if you read no others, read these and
read a writer in his first flush of glorious inspiration. There remains no better fantasy novel, in my opinion, than Stormbringer which J.G.Ballard recommends with such glowing
woreds of praise.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Do not see what all the fuss was about
I bought this book after reading the other reviews on this site, and was really looking forward to it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by SJP

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of Fantasy Fiction.
A brilliant piece if Fantasy Fiction by Moorcock. Elric is by far one of the best characters ever written in any genre, his dark broody presence fills each page and with his Chaos... Read more
Published 7 months ago by B.K.Price

5.0 out of 5 stars Technical Mastery and Enchanting Brilliance!
Michael Moorcock is nothing less than a master of the genre. This captivating 'anti-hero' will keep your interest and his sword will swallow your soul. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2007 by T. Epps

3.0 out of 5 stars Purple, but fun
Michael Moorcock's albino fighter-mage is a fairly interesting creation, given that he's both physically crippled and superhumanly strong depending on the situation. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2006 by slideyfoot

5.0 out of 5 stars Tolkien's only equal...
We got Lord of the Rings after thirty years work. We got Elric of Melnibone after about six weeks.
Since then it has all been work in progress as Moorcock publishes his saga... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars How does he do it?
Moorcock must be a magician! Unlike most fantasy of recent times this book avoids being a replica of what has gone before, tides of would be Tolkiens have ploughed traditonal... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2001 by Mark

5.0 out of 5 stars The weirdest Elric ever
Druillet became such a fashionable artist in France that there is a bit of a reaction against him now, I suspect, but this British edition of the incredibly rare (legal problems)... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2001 by jugadora

5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Moorcock c. 1963
These stories were written between 1961 and 1963 and were the first things of their kind ever to appear in an original British magazine. Only T.H. Read more
Published on 12 May 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Presentation of Classic British Epic Fantasy
Gollancz's Fantasy Masterworks finally comes a cropper by releasing a minimal collection of Michael Moorcock's Elric stories. Read more
Published on 8 May 2001

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