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Elric of Melniboné
by Michael Moorcock
Some characters you like, some you love, some you loath, or simply have no patience for. Then... then there are those characters that you find inexplicably drawn to, as if in finding them, you find fractals of your own reflection looking back. Elric has been long been that character for me. Broken, morally conflicted, physically deficient, hopeful and hopeless and beautifully flawed. Elric, so obsessed with what could be that he often fails to appreciate the present moment.
Beautifully detailed dreamscapes, civilisations, and complex characters; monsters written so vividly it makes your skin crawl. Moorcock is a master weaver of fantasy. This is a complicated saga of an albino emperor who seems cursed to be an eternal plaything of the gods, of his soul sword, his misplaced confidence in others, and his adventures throughout the Young Kingdoms, seeking answers to questions he can barely define.
Oddly enough, I don’t generally recommend Moorcock’s antihero often, or lightly. Sword & sorcery are a genre highly susceptible to ones own personal convictions, and I would recommend the book/s to mature audiences familiar with high/epic fantasy realms.
In the end, I know that, whatever books the world holds, however many I read, I will always return to Elric, and the Dreaming City will always welcome me home.
Beautifully detailed dreamscapes, civilisations, and complex characters; monsters written so vividly it makes your skin crawl. Moorcock is a master weaver of fantasy. This is a complicated saga of an albino emperor who seems cursed to be an eternal plaything of the gods, of his soul sword, his misplaced confidence in others, and his adventures throughout the Young Kingdoms, seeking answers to questions he can barely define.
Oddly enough, I don’t generally recommend Moorcock’s antihero often, or lightly. Sword & sorcery are a genre highly susceptible to ones own personal convictions, and I would recommend the book/s to mature audiences familiar with high/epic fantasy realms.
In the end, I know that, whatever books the world holds, however many I read, I will always return to Elric, and the Dreaming City will always welcome me home.