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  • Volume 1: Elric of Melnibone, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, and The Weird of the White Wolf
  • By: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman
  • Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
  • Length: 24 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (210 ratings)
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Elric of Melniboné

By: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
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Summary

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. 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 '60s into one enduring archetype.

Now, presented in the author's preferred story order, the classic Elric saga.

©2021 Michael Moorcock and Neil Gaiman (P)2021 Recorded Books

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outstanding !! Arioch is finally summoned.

at last the wait is indeed over. didn't want it to end . brilliantly executed. best audio book to date.
summon Hawkmoon, summon corum, for we know the time is short...
....choose your masque..the day is dawning...the battle between law and chaos has begun....indeed the ending already has begun. let the eternal champions rise together as one! what a gift that would be..
perfect timing. please don't keep us waiting too long champion's! the sleepers must awaken..the clock is ticking!!

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  • 27-03-22

Lose the prologue

I thought the stories themselves were ok and as I remembered. But honestly, I nearly switched off after the Prologue. Just inappropriate in my opinion

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  • 03-03-22

Excellent - But Not the entire Elric saga

This is an excellent production of a fascinating story by a great author. Very little to fault.

Except - I really thought that this was going to be the full Elric saga. Instead it is the first roughly half of the Elric stories. I must admit to being disappointed that this was not clear in the title details, which imply it is complete.

But I am grateful that these important Moorcock stories are getting a reading. Looking forward to more.

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It was Stormbringer not Elric that we wanted

So firstly, just skip the Introduction as it is worse than just plain awful writing it carries the extra sin of completely pointless to the subject matter. I was totally convinced that I had somehow downloaded the wrong book. Painfully pointless just skip the dribble.
As with many people I read the Eternal champion series many eons ago and the books are pretty much as I expected (Intro excluded obviously!) Now I have read and still consume very many books and yet I have never come across another fantasy sword that scores anywhere close to Stormbringer. In my view it was that Damned sword that made the Elric books fascinating.
As for Elric himself- I kind of wished he had been a lot more skilful with his own self destruct tendencies.
Next to Elric, Nero would have won all the emperor of the month awards. Norman Bates boyfriend of the week. Puddleglum philosopher of the day and Bagpuss wideawake cat of the hour.
I heard far too many of Eric's' "Is it all just a dream?" pitiful rambles and I found the whole dream saviours section somewhat tedious.
For my money the other Michael Moorcock's eternal champions were far more interesting, but of course they did not have Stormbringer.

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A genre defining classic

Michael Moorcock has inspired so much with Elric of Melniboné and his other Eternal Champion figures. Dungeons and Dragons and Warhammer would not be the same without it.

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Finally Elric and Moorcock are on audible!

Well narrated. Full stars for all. This series deserves a lot more exposure and hopefully this is only the start. A must for fans of GRR Martin (who was inspired by Elric) and LOTR.

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An epic with deeper roots then you think

While listening to these stories I couldn’t help but think that Eric has inspired many other favourite stories of mine. Eric’s pale beauty & fight against destiny reminds me of Berserk, Melniboné itself reminds me of Valyria from GoT. And even a few of his companions make me feel like Eric partly inspired Gotrek & Felix. I 100% recommend this to any fantasy reader, however some stories with their psychedelically events/areas can be hard to follow

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Takes me back

Great to hear Elric again, great antihero. well narrated.

I hope for all the other incarnations

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A classic of Sword and Sorcery

It's easy to see why Moorcock has such a high reputation within the Sword and Sorcery genre. The world and the stories that take place in it are compelling, surprising and memorable. It never feels hackneyed or derivative.

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Essential Elric Stories In Audio

Very nice audio version of some essential Elric of Melnibone stories. Had a great time experiencing them again in audio form.

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