The Elric Saga: Part I (Elric of Melnibone, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Weird of the White Wolf) (Hardcover)

by Michael Moorcock (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 374 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday Books (September 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156865040X
• ISBN-13: 978-1568650401
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,454 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moorcock Delivers!, April 13, 2004

By	Tommy Jeffers (Pana, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Next to Tolkein, The Elric Saga is likely the best fantasy ever produced. Moorcock's portrayal of his characters is both vivid and wonderfully done. The power of his prose is flawless, and the books simply grab the reader and hurl them into a land where Chaos and Order strive for the souls of men. Elric is one of the best fantasy characters of all time. If you love fantasy and long for something akin to Tolkein quality, this is the series for you. Moorcock is a master storyteller.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A rare achievement, June 16, 2005

By	Seth T. Mullins "author of 'Song of an Untame... (Eugene, OR.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm truly sorry for having taken so long in discovering Michael Moorcock. The element of the supernatural in his stories is as uncanny and unearthly as in vintage Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft. Definately the most addictive fantasy I've picked up in some time: the prose runs on adrenaline, every chapter ending on a hook that makes the book nearly impossible to put down. But it is the Elric character that bestows upon this series its deserved immortality. An albino, a weak offspring who should've died and yet lived on to become the most powerful sorcerer of his age...Elric is the archetype of all visionaries throughout the ages - those who felt the burden of existence too intensely to bear it. Those whom the rest of humanity both requires and scorns.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Eternal Champion, February 23, 2008

By	Glenn G. Thater "Author of 'Harbinger of Doom'" (New York USA) - See all my reviews

"There are 6 books in the original Elric saga; Elric of Melnibone is the first. All of them are classics not to be missed. Unlike most modern fantasy works, Moorcock's books have complex plots and are rich in language. Keep a thick dictionary at your side as you read these."
-- Glenn G. Thater, Author of 'Harbinger of Doom'