Elric: The Stealer Of Souls (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
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 sixties into one enduring archetype.
Here is the first volume of a collection of stories containing the seminal appearances of Elric and lavishly illustrated by artist John Picacio–plus essays, letters, maps, and other material. Adventures include “The Dreaming City,” “While the Gods Laugh,” “Kings in Darkness,” “Dead God’s Homecoming,” “Black Sword’s Brothers,” and “Sad Giant’s Shield.”
Contents
Foreword by Alan Moore Introduction [by MM] AT THE BEGINNING Putting a Tag on It THE STEALER OF SOULS The Dreaming City While the Gods Laugh The Stealer of Souls Kings in Darkness (with James Cawthorn) The Caravan of Forgotten Dreams (originally titled The Flame Bringers) MISSION TO ASNO! ORIGINS (Illustrations, Magazine covers and earliest map) STORMBRINGER Dead God's Homecoming Black Sword's Brothers Sad Giant's Shield Doomed Lord's Passing LETTERS AND MISCELLANY Elric The Secret Life of Elric of Menliboné Final Judgments (by Alan Forrest} The Zenith Letter (by Antony Skene) Acknowledgements
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