Elric of Melniboné

Book Details

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Author(s):

Michael Moorcock

First Pub:

1972

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2016

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 23

BOOK ONE

1 - A Melancholy King: A Court Strives to Honour Him

2 - An Upstart Prince: He Confronts His Cousin

3 - Riding Through the Morning: A Moment of Tranquillity

4 - Prisoners: Their Secrets are Taken from Them

5 - A Battle: The King Proves His War-Skill

6 - Pursuit: A Deliberate Treachery

BOOK TWO

1 - The Caverns of the Sea King

2 - A New Emperor and an Emperor Renewed

3 - A Traditional Justice

4 - To Call the Chaos Lord

5 - The Ship Which Sails Over Land and Sea

6 - What the Earth God Desired

7 - King Grome

8 - The City and the Mirror

BOOK THREE

1 - Through the Shade Gate

2 - In the City of Ameeron

3 - The Tunnel Under the Marsh

4 - Two Black Swords

5 - The Pale King's Mercy

Epilogue

Internal ID:

1774

Series:

<- The Vanishing Tower - The Sailor on the Seas of Fate ->

Elric Saga*

#2 of 6

Elric Saga*

The Elric Saga (Core) series by Michael Moorcock. This series is listed in publication order. A lot of lists have The Vanishing Tower as number 4 in the list even though it was published first.

View this series in the book list

1) The Vanishing Tower
2) Elric of Melniboné
3) The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
4) The Weird of the White Wolf
5) The Bane of the Black Sword
6) Stormbringer

Copyright:

Dedication:

To Poul Anderson for The Broken Sword and Three Hearts and Three Lions. To the late Fletcher Pratt for The Well of the Unicorn. To the late Bertolt Brecht for The Threepenny Opera which, for obscure reasons, I link with the other books as being one of the chief influences on the first Elric stories.

First Sentence:

It is the color of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair which flows below his shoulders is milk-white.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

'I shall be a new man when I return to Melniboné.'

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Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 14-Nov-2019

Publications

15-Jul-1987

Ace

Paperback

Date Issued:

15-Jul-1987

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$5.50

Pages*:

181

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1671

Publisher:

Ace

ISBN:

0-441-20398-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-441-20398-7

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Robert Gould - Cover Artist

ONE AWESOME HERO AGAINST THE INEVITABLE DAWN OF TIME

In the ancient land of sorcerous Melniboné, Elric sits upon the Ruby Throne. An albino kept alive by drugs and magic, he is cursed with a keen and cynical intelligence that forces him onto a path few would take willingly - eternal adventure.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

I picked this up with a few others of this series at Half Price Books.

10th printing by the number line.
Printing History
DAW edition / October 1976
Berkley edition / July 1983
Ace edition / July 1987
Cover also offers a Canadian price of $6.99.

Author(s)

Michael Moorcock
Birth: 18 Dec 1939 Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK

Awards

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