Reviews

Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories by Michael Moorcock

raidingkvatch's review

A large part of this book is ‘Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer’ which was originally written as a graphic novel, illustrated by Walter Simonson; I would prefer to read that version of the story. I had already read ‘Elric of Melniboné’ elsewhere, I read everything else in this volume.

lurpasskatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

funfamilyvideos's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

voodude's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

carmelitasays's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

duncan_black's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

highlander2006's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

luana420's review

5.0

Big fan!

The complicated publishing history of Elric makes jumping in a bit of a challenge (several recommendations by friends were simply no longer in print), but as a newly-former-noob I can say this ones's a good entry point.

Moorcock's prose is wry and sardonic, often making me laugh out loud as I read this on my morning commute. The absurdities and Big Vistas/Situations pile on so quickly, and the responses by characters are never less than turned to 11, you can't help but think a lot of this is simply a larf.

The incidents that pile on at breakneck speed ("Making of a Sorcerer" features Elric being taken in by the Sea King, learning of a Chaos Lord drinking the oceans with a big hollowed-out tree for a straw (!!!), AND he is keeping the Sea King's mermaid sister hostage in a big clam) almost make this look like The Gothic Hobbit -- but I suppose nobody should tell Moorcock that.

Well, I guess I'm down to see the, uh, downfall of Melniboné! I don't think that sword's up to any good!

urbino's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

benjaminparris's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25