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“MICHAEL MOORCOCK IS MY RELIGION.”—from the Foreword by Tad Williams
“The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed.”—The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
“The greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy.”—Michael Chabon
“The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed.”—The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
“The greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy.”—Michael Chabon
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Foreword by Tad Williams
Feared by enemies and friends alike, Elric of Melniboné walks a lonely path among the worlds of the Multiverse. The destroyer of his cruel and ancient race, as well as its final ruler, Elric is the bearer of a destiny as dark and cursed as the vampiric sword he carries—the sentient black blade known as Stormbringer.
Del Rey is proud to present the sixth and concluding installment of its definitive omnibus editions featuring fantasy Grand Master Michael Moorcock’s most famous—or infamous—creation. Here is the full text of the novel The Revenge of the Rose, a screenplay for the novel Stormbringer, the novella Black Petals, the conclusion to Moorcock’s influential “Aspects of Fantasy” essay series and other nonfiction, and an indispensable reader’s guide by John Davey.
Sumptuously illustrated by John Picacio, with a Foreword by Tad Williams, Elric: Swords and Roses is a fitting tribute to the most unique fantasy hero of all time.
Feared by enemies and friends alike, Elric of Melniboné walks a lonely path among the worlds of the Multiverse. The destroyer of his cruel and ancient race, as well as its final ruler, Elric is the bearer of a destiny as dark and cursed as the vampiric sword he carries—the sentient black blade known as Stormbringer.
Del Rey is proud to present the sixth and concluding installment of its definitive omnibus editions featuring fantasy Grand Master Michael Moorcock’s most famous—or infamous—creation. Here is the full text of the novel The Revenge of the Rose, a screenplay for the novel Stormbringer, the novella Black Petals, the conclusion to Moorcock’s influential “Aspects of Fantasy” essay series and other nonfiction, and an indispensable reader’s guide by John Davey.
Sumptuously illustrated by John Picacio, with a Foreword by Tad Williams, Elric: Swords and Roses is a fitting tribute to the most unique fantasy hero of all time.
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Great stuff, unfortunate sequencing, Feb 1 2011
By Byron - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Elric Swords and Roses (Paperback)
This is all top-notch material from the great Michael Moorcock. My only regret is that the publishers, with the obvious blessing of Moorcock, have chosen to sequence the Elric stories in roughly the order they were written rather than following the internal chronological sequence. I much preferred the sequential ordering of the White Wolf editions of a few years ago. Elric's story has a definite beginning ('Elric of Melnibone') and end ('Stormbringer'). While Elric stories written since 1965 are, in fact, prequels since they must necessarily fall before the events in Stormbringer, they do have an internal sequence whether they were penned in 1967 or 1991. In the battle between Order and Entropy Moorcock seems to have opted for Chaos in this publishing cycle. I guess it may be meant to reflect the nature of Moorcock's 'multiverse', everything that has happened is still happening or will happen again. It may be conventional of me, but I prefer to read the stories in the order that the character experienced them. These editions seem tailored for existing fans rather than new readers. I would suggest that a first-time Elric reader start with the White Wolf volumes Elric: Song of the Black Sword (Eternal Champion Series, Vol. 5) (1995) and Elric: Stealer of Souls (The Tale of the Eternal Champion, Vol 11) (1998) (not to be confused with the more recent 2008 Del Rey edition of the same name). They collect all of the essential Elric canon in two volumes. I'll admit it is sometimes a little jarring to go from prose written in 1991 back to stuff from 1964 but I think it's still the best way to go.
After that, the new editions are worthwhile if you want to pursue the supplemental materials (screenplays, essays, etc.) and the few Elric short stories he's written in the last ten years or so. Even that will still leave the supposedly final Elric appearances in 'The Dreamthief's Daughter' trilogy which just wrapped up, although these have more of the feel of the Von Bek novels than earlier Elric material.
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EXCELENTE SERIE SOBRE ELRIC, Feb 12 2011
By Roberto Lagos "roblagos" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Elric Swords and Roses (Paperback)
Michael Moorcock mas popular creación en una magnifica y económica edicion de seis volumenes que reunen TODO ELRIC. No hay pierde aqui, tenemos ensayos sesudos, ilustraciones originales por grandes artistas actuales, dibujos de ediciones pasadas, mapas detallados,y las historias en si tal como fueron originalmente publicadas. Lo maximo de veras. Solo espero que hagan los mismo con los demás personajes del multiverso, como CORUM, EKEROSE, o HAWKMOON por decir algunos. Ojala se animen.
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