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Tales of the White Wolf (Michael Moorcock's Elric) Mass Market Paperback – January 4, 1996

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tales of the white wolf

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558 pages
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English
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White Wolf Publishing
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January 4, 1996
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4.2 x 1 x 7 inches
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1565041747
ISBN-13

978-1565041745
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Wolf Publishing (January 4, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 558 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1565041747
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1565041745
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 1 x 7 inches

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Ian Bruce Ellis

Elric Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2019

Reading

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 20, 2015

Awesome!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 1, 2005

I highly enjoyed this book, the dark and gothic theme created a great anti-hero in my opinion. It took a bit of time to get into the "setting" of the book, but once I did I was able to immerse myself in the story and thoroughly enjoy it.

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Theraminator

A fine addition

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 11, 2011

Elric of Melnibone', Michael Moorcock's doomed antihero, is a seminal character in sword and sorcery fiction. The six original books in the Elric saga were replete with manipulative gods, cosmic jests, dire creatures, intricate spells, genetic alliances, mighty artifacts, and cataclysmic battles. The last inhuman emperor of the island nation of Melnibone', Elric must rely upon his unholy sword Stormbringer to feed his deficient albino veins with the souls of those he kills. He finds himself a pawn of both the blade and his god, Lord Arioch of Chaos, though he is in truth a Champion of the Cosmic Balance. The Gods of Chaos and the Lords of Law constantly war to tip the Balance in their favor and gain supremacy over the multiverse, and Elric inevitably finds himself in one adventure after another as his shifting loyalties and tragic luck toss him upon the seas of fate.

The tone of the six books (and novels since) describe a decaying world of malevolent magic and calamitous destiny, and though hope is found in scant, brief flashes, it is invariably overshadowed by evil. In this new anthology, however, Moorcock has allowed 24 other writers to craft stories of Elric and his times, as well as stories that span the realms of Arthurian legend, 15th century Milan, Nazi Germany, and even our modern, contemporary present. Into these tales hope shines with greater intensity, humor, relief and release appear with refreshing peaks. But blackest treacheries are uncovered as well, sorrows which should never have been...

The Elric novels had an incredible impact on art, music, comics and fantasy RPGs. Now even the symbols of the Gods of Chaos (created by Moorcock as "eight arrows radiating from a circle") has infiltrated the punk, crust and metal scenes as the "chaos" sign. The series is a mandatory read for any fantasy or adventure enthusiast, and this book is a fine addition to the mythos.

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Aaron Schlesinger <aarons@advanced.org>

Elric: A creation of a new genre

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 1998

Elric of Melnibone' represents a departure from the era of Tarzan and Conan, giving people a dark prince for a protagonist. This book helps put together a group of stories written for the first time by other authors and show how dynamic Michael Moorcock's Elric really is.

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Brett Cottingham (bcottingham@student.devry-phx.edu)

My favorite guy - Elric of Melibone

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 9, 1997

Elbino, red eyed, and wicked by heritage Elric of Melibone is a character that you fear to love. A dark prince and king of pain, you will want to read the series again and again.

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Keith T Gibson

Quite poor

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 5, 2013

This collection of stories seems to be mostly a way to get unpublished writers a chance to show their stuff, and mostly they fail. I say mostly, because there were several already-successful writers included, notably Tab Williams, Karl Edward Wagner, Neil Gaiman, and a few others. In fact, the only three stories that I found compelling were those three authors (the Gaiman story isn't even an Elric story; it's about how an outsider kid [a stand-in for Gaiman himself, probably] was influenced by the Elric/Moorcock stories). Most of the rest of the authors write for role-playing games, which is probably why most of the stories are so derivative.

Here are the stories:
• 9 • The White Wolf's Song • (1994) • shortstory by Michael Moorcock
• 33 • Go Ask Elric • (1994) • novelette by Tad Williams
• 66 • Now Cracks a Noble Heart • [Elric (homage stories)] • shortstory by David M. Honigsberg
• 70 • A Devil Unknown • (1994) • shortstory by Roland J. Green and Frieda A. Murray
• 83 • Kingsfire • (1994) • shortstory by Richard Lee Byers
• 96 • The Gate of Dreaming • (1994) • shortstory by Brad Strickland
• 104 • The Littlest Stormbringer • (1994) • shortstory by Brad Linaweaver and William Alan Ritch
• 120 • Providence • (1994) • shortstory by Kevin T. Stein
• 127 • The Guardian at the Gate • (1994) • shortstory by Scott Ciencin
• 138 • Celebration of Celene • (1994) • shortstory by Gary Gygax
• 162 • The Song of Shaarilla • (1994) • poem by James S. Dorr
• 168 • Too Few Years of Solitude • (1994) • shortstory by Stewart Wieck [as by Stewart von Allmen]
• 177 • White Wolf's Awakening • (1994) • shortstory by Paul W. Cashman
• 196 • The Dragon's Heart • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy A. Collins
• 215 • A Woman's Power • (1994) • shortstory by Doug Murray
• 234 • The Gothic Touch • [Kane] • shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner
• 251 • The Soul of an Old Machine • (1994) • shortstory by Thomas E. Fuller
• 264 • The White Child • (1994) • shortstory by Jody Lynn Nye
• 283 • Temptations of Iron • (1994) • shortstory by Colin Greenland
• 298 • The Other Sword • (1994) • shortstory by Robert Weinberg
• 309 • Arioch's Gift • (1994) • shortstory by Charles Partington
• 312 • The Trembler on the Axis • (1994) • shortstory by Peter Crowther and James Lovegrove
• 342 • Beyond the Balance • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Holder
• 354 • One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock • (1994) • shortstory by Neil Gaiman

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Edward Rivera

Skip this one and read The Original 6 Books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2018

The White Wolf is my favorite character in Fantasy,i read the original 6 books years ago and loved all of them,this book on the other hand i do not love because in my opinion most of the stories are not good and do nothing for the character that is Elric of Melnibone...The Original 6 books are Dark Fantasy that is Wild Mr Moorcock you have quite the imagination your original Elric books make The Lord of The Rings books look like childrens stories however i cannot believe that you approved of the stories in Tales of The White Wolf,you should have shown your character more respect and not had these stories published.

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Jason

the weird of the white wolf

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 11, 2012

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This is a collection of stories about Elric from a variety of authors which I've listed below.

Go Ask Elric by Tad Williams
The White Child by Jody Lynn Nye
Celebration of Celene by Gary Gygax
The Dragon's Heart by Nancy A. Collins
The Gothic Touch by Karl Edward Wagner
Beyond the Balance by Nancy Holder
One Life Furnished with Early Moorcock by Neil Gaiman
Now Cracks a Noble Heart by David M. Honigsberg
A Devil Unknown by Roland J. Green & Frieda A. Murray
The Other Sword by Robert Weinberg
Arioch's Gift by Charles Partingon
The Trembler on the Axis by Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove
The White Wolf's Song by Michael Moorcock
Kingsfire by Richard Lee Byers
The Gate of Dreaming by Brad Strickland
The Littlest Stormbringer by Brad Linaweaver & William Alan Ritch
Providence by Kevin T. Stein
The Guardian at the Gate by Scott Ciencin
The Song of Shaarilla by James S. Dorr
Too Few Years of Solitude by Stewart von Allman
White Wolf's Awakening by Paul W. Cashman
A Woman's Power by Doug Murray
The Soul of an Old Machine by Thomas E. Fuller
Temptations of Iron by Colin Greenland

As with any collection, some are better than others, but most do capture the spirit of Elric very well, and do fit into the existing stories very well. Ironically, Michael Moorcock's own story is one of those that are less successful, with Elric tramping through the multiverse to little effect, and is definitely a story of his 'later' Elric that he's written since the 90s.

My favourite story was Kingsfire by Richard Lee Byers, told from the point of view of a Knight Errant who joins up with Elric into the land of Faerie to retrieve a mystical sword (no, not that one). Also worth a mention is The Littlest Stormbringer, which has Elric being summoned by members of the Hitler Youth in an alternate universe where the Nazis won, and White Wolf's Awakening, which is about the day when Elric became Emperor of Melnibone, and really does feel like it belongs to the established timeline.

The only 2 stories I didn't like were The Gothic Touch by Karl Edward Wagner, and Celebration of Celene by Gary Gygax. In The Gothic Touch, Elric meets Kane, but the sum of the two was lesser than the parts. And in Celebration of Celene, Gary Gygax writes about Moonglum, but the character and setting didn't fit well with what Michael Moorcock had written.

Those 2 aside, the all the stories were good to very good, and if you're a fan of Elric or Michael Moorcock's multiverse, you won't be sorry you read this collection

5 people found this helpful

Diane

A collection of great stories.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 29, 2020

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This is a fabulous book with a wonderful collection of tales about the last Emperor of Melnibone by various writers, including a new story by Michael Moorcock himself. Elric is the ultimate anti- hero and with his semi-sentient sword Stormbringer inspires many different authors to new heights of fantasy and imagination. There isn't a duff story here and it is worth buying solely for Tad Williams' 'Go Ask Elric' which features, believe it or not, Jimi Hendrix.