A review by modkuraika
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock

4.0

I'm a huge fan of the Legacy of Kain games and The Witcher and know that this series was a precursor to both that as well as the Drizzt novels and arguably a lot of grimdark fantasy in general and I can absolutely see the reverbations this would cause, even if it never had the same recognition as Conan, which it was acting as a kind of antithesis too. Even beyond it starting the trend, I found the book super fun and straight to the point. The prose still holds up remarkably in my mind and even by today's standards, it still feels a little outside of the box.