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Elric of Melniboné

Volume 1: Elric of Melnibone, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, and The Weird of the White Wolf

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Elric of Melniboné

Written by: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman - Foreword
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
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From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the first volume in his Elric of Melniboné series.

It is one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the twentieth century: the story of Elric, emperor of the dying kingdom of Melniboné. For a hundred centuries the Melnibonéans have ruled from the Dragon Isle of Imrryr.

Now, after years of corruption and decadence, Elric’s amoral cousin Prince Yyrkoon, the brother of his beloved Cymoril, sets his eyes on the Ruby Throne.

Elric must face his treacherous cousin not as a warrior but as a sorcerer king once again in league with the ancient gods of Melniboné, the Chaos Lords, and thus sealing his inexorable fate.

Elric of Melniboné is the first volume in Michael Moorcock’s incredible chronicle, which created fantasy archetypes that have echoed through the genre for generations.

Volume one of the Elric Saga contains the first novels in the series: Elric of Melniboné, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, and The Weird of the White Wolf.

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Compelling me to continue listening from the drive to and from work, while making dinner and evening reading entertainment. Uniquely strange and cool story epically told. Throughout my listening I felt strongly that this story, so well told, could easily be translated to television! Please someone make this into a television series 🙏

Primal and Original Story

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I will say right off, I’m a huge Moorcock fan. And getting the physical books is a challenge. The audiobooks are fantastic. And the narrator is amazing!

Huge fan of Moorcock.

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Almost the opposite of Conan. Relatively frail and full of doubts, nevertheless Elric is a compelling character. The setting is strange and mysterious with well fleshed out characters and excellent battles. I see why people are so compellied by his stories.

Not your typical S&S hero.

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The narration is excellent and it was absolutely wonderful revisiting the great anti-hero Elric.

A must for Moorcock fans

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I always wondered about the albino swordsman trope, and which stories really got it rolling. The stories come across a bit like a powerful dungeons and dragons character being run through a series of fantastical one-off adventures. Very epic, with eloquently written dialogue, but simple or compact at the same time.
Excellent narration.

classic

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Love this story, happy to have it in audio. It’s so many books in one and the narrator really gets into it. Highly recommend for fantasy lovers

Elric

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I had read the series long ago but upon hearing it narrated so expertly, the world really came alive. its amazing how many other works The Elric saga has inspired...A certain series with Ice and Fire comes to mind

High Fantasy Cannon

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Loved the voice acting, it gave Elric a new depth for me. Only complaint is the frequent substitution of Eric for Elric.

Great performance

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I've only just started listening to this, but I thought I should let people know that while the cover says "foreword by Neil Gaiman", what's actually included is Gaiman's previously available short story "One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock". It's a good story and its inclusion here makes a kind of sense, but it's not a foreword.

Great stuff, but misleading cover

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