dataphyte 's review for:

Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
4.0

The book reads like a comic and it's far from sophisticated, but I savored it nonetheless for being one the progenitors of the Sword & Sorcery genre—I was never a fan of Conan, but this I can dig. It's weird and dark and kind of bad—kind of like early editions of Dungeons and Dragons—and I love it.

Now that fantasy is increasing plundered by the mainstream (SoIaF, Tolkien) it's nice to go back and experience literature from a less self conscience era.

Anyone who enjoys Elric should consider another series, Fafherd and the Grey Mouser.