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Title: Elric at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0-88677-040-8 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: May, 1985 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must-read for any true Moorcock fan!
Comment: This volume consists of several Elric short stories. The first, eponymous one, took me completely by surprise. It was an all-out spoof of the fantasy genre in general, and of Elric in particular.
Tongue planted oh-so-firmly in cheek, Moorcock spends almost 70 pages skewering his own melancholic albino prince. How can any true Elric fan resist lines like these: [To Elric] "You are very welcome here," said Werther. "I cannot tell you how glad I am to meet one as essentially morbid and self-pitying as myself!" Or Werther's first assessment of Elric: "What a marvellous scowl! What a noble sneer!"
Up until this book, I had been reading the Elric novels because they are often held up as classics of the fantasy genre, and because my brother said they were good books. But, while I (mostly) admired the writing ability displayed by Moorcock in the previous novels, I found them repetitious at times, the main character nearly always unlikable, and the situations often incomprehensible.
After having read this short story, I am ready for an all-out Moorcock assault. I plan to read some of the other "eternal champion" books, but mostly, I am determined to find Moorcock's other comedies, for which he displays an even greater ability than he does for fantasy. In the forward to this book, Moorcock states: " . . . though I do prefer my comedies to my melodramas and personally would put a greater value on books such as Gloriana, The Condition of Muzak, Byzantium Endures or The Brothel in Rosenstrasse." I can't wait for my next experience rolling-on-the-floor laughing with Michael Moorcock.
Rating: 1
Summary: Blah!
Comment: I really expected more from this one. The only good thing about it is the really short story about Elric, not the one with him at the end of time which is just strange and really lacks a plot other than resembling a D&D dungeon crawl. The other stories are not even worth reading. Not worth a lot of money at all. Keep your eyes open in used book stores.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as good as the others
Comment: This book seemed to me to be lacking the great rich adventure I have come to expect from Michael Moorcock.. It is not acctually a full book., It contains other stories that are not directly linked to the Elric Saga.. It is a very fine book. But I wouldn't rate it as highly as the first 6 books of the series., I have read them all.
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Title: The Weird of the White Wolf by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0441888054 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Bane of the Black Sword (Elric Saga, Book 5) by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0441048854 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Vanishing Tower by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0425064069 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: November, 1983 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0425065596 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: March, 1984 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0441748635 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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