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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345498623
ISBN-139780345498625
eBay Product ID (ePID)60675329
Product Key Features
Book TitleElric : the Stealer of Souls
Number of Pages498 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Fantasy / Epic
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes, Picacio, John
GenreFiction
AuthorMichael Moorcock
Book SeriesChronicles of the Last Emperor of Melnibone Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-033639
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisOver the years since he first appeared, Elric of Melnibon has spawned role-playing games, comic books, and numerous imitators. Now this first of six illustrated omnibus volumes brings back the classic fantasy tales of Elric, out of print for more than a decade. Illustrations., "The stories here are the raw heart of Michael Moorcock. They are the spells that first drew me and all the numerous admirers of his work with whom I am acquainted into Moorcock's luminous and captivating web." -from the Foreword by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melnibon , and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique hero-weak in body, subtle in mind, dependent on drugs for the vitality to sustain himself-with great crimes behind him and a greater destiny ahead: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the sixties into one enduring archetype. Now, with a major film in development, here is the first volume of a dazzling collection of stories containing the seminal appearances of Elric and lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist John Picacio-plus essays, letters, maps, and other material. Adventures include "The Dreaming City," "While the Gods Laugh," "Kings in Darkness," "Dead God's Homecoming," "Black Sword's Brothers," and "Sad Giant's Shield." An indispensable addition to any fantasy collection, Elric: The Stealer of Souls is an unmatched introduction to a brilliant writer and his most famous-or infamous-creation. "The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed." -The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, "The stories here are the raw heart of Michael Moorcock. They are the spells that first drew me and all the numerous admirers of his work with whom I am acquainted into Moorcock's luminous and captivating web." from the Foreword by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique heroweak in body, subtle in mind, dependent on drugs for the vitality to sustain himselfwith great crimes behind him and a greater destiny ahead: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the sixties into one enduring archetype. Now, with a major film in development, here is the first volume of a dazzling collection of stories containing the seminal appearances of Elric and lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist John Picacioplus essays, letters, maps, and other material. Adventures include "The Dreaming City," "While the Gods Laugh," "Kings in Darkness," "Dead God's Homecoming," "Black Sword's Brothers," and "Sad Giant's Shield." An indispensable addition to any fantasy collection, Elric: The Stealer of Souls is an unmatched introduction to a brilliant writer and his most famousor infamouscreation. "The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed." The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
LC Classification NumberPR6063.O59E47 2008
