Elric by Michael Moorcock

Elric

Michael Moorcock
428 pages
Del Rey
Dec 2010
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Foreword by Tad Williams<br><br>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.<br> <br>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 <i>The Revenge of the Rose,</i> a screenplay for the novel<i> Stormbringer,</i> the novella <i>Black Petals,</i> the conclusion to Moorcock's influential &quot;Aspects of Fantasy&quot; essay series and other nonfiction, and an indispensable reader's guide by John Davey. <br> <br>Sumptuously illustrated by John Picacio, with a Foreword by Tad Williams, <i>Elric: Swords and Roses </i>is a fitting tribute to the most unique fantasy hero of all time.
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Imagination on steroids

The author has a powerful imagination which is most helpful to all of us in this current world of blurred differences with abuse of so called rights which are gained by eroding and expropriating cultural ways and living standards of dominant civilizations. Michael Moorcock is unto something very big and threatening in our modern day world. There is a huge cultural war taking place and the first requirement from the civilizations being destroyed is "not to say anything about it as we do not want to offend". Michael bares the issues by using allegories and metaphors and draws from true life energies and conflicts to bring a powerful reality to what he has created and kicked into high speed breath taking action. Few writers have the multiverse scope of Michael's imagination. Read more

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Pages 428
Publisher Del Rey
Published 2010
Readers 3