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Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #3)
Elric of Melniboné. Traitor. Savior. Lover. Thief. Last king of a fallen empire whose cruelty was surpassed only by its beauty. Sustained by drugs and the vampiric powers of his black sword, Stormbringer, haunted by visions of a tragic past and a doomed future, Elric wanders the world in quest of oblivion. But the great lords of Law and Chaos have other plans for this torm...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
November 25th 2008
by Del Rey
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Oh, I really liked this one. The tale of how Elric came to be who he is when first we see him in volume 1. Brilliant stuff, really. If you like classic sword-and-sorcery, you could do much worse than to pick up Moorcock's Elric books and start reading!
My favorite part was this at the end, because I was on a plane feeling melancholy. He really is a great character for when you're feeling doomed and whiny.
"And now, Elric had told three lies. . . . And upon those three lies was Elric's destiny to be built, for it is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction."
"And now, Elric had told three lies. . . . And upon those three lies was Elric's destiny to be built, for it is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction."
The Message of the Elric Saga, Presented in Three Lines
Elric: I have Great Expectations and with Stormbringer I shall Overcome All Obstacles!
Destiny: Fuck. You.
Stormbringer: Yeah. Fuck you.
curtain falls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCxL3-Fl7...
Elric: I have Great Expectations and with Stormbringer I shall Overcome All Obstacles!
Destiny: Fuck. You.
Stormbringer: Yeah. Fuck you.
curtain falls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCxL3-Fl7...
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And still improving. I really enjoyed the drama and pathos of "The Sleeping Sorceress." Here the idea of Law and Chaos as opposed to Good and Evil are fleshed out better. Elric's self-titled origin story wasn't quite as compelling, but still very good.
I haven't read all of the Elric Omnibuses yet (waiting to finish this one prior to starting the last one), but so far, this one is the best, even beating the novel "Stormbringer". We see the adventure of the Three Who Are One, our good buddies the Elementals (meeting the Earth King, Grome), and we at last see the origins of Elric's doom. Best of all, we actually get to see Cymoril for a respectable length of time, and I'm certain that this is the only time that either Mournblade or the...more
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