Elric of Melniboné

Volume 1: Elric of Melnibone, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, and The Weird of the White Wolf

De: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman

Narrado por: Samuel Roukin

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 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 '60s into one enduring archetype.

Now, presented in the author's preferred story order, the classic Elric saga.

©2021 Michael Moorcock and Neil Gaiman (P)2021 Recorded Books

It's finally here

I've loved these stories since I was a teen. I found the first book at a garage sale I was dragged to and instantly fell in love. I've waited so long to hear them narrated so masterfully.

One Of the Best Fantasy Fictions Series of all Tim

I have a confession, I didn't get very far into chapter 1 before debating returning this book for credit. It is. in my opinion, a complete waste of time. BUT I fast forwarded to chapter 2 and discovered my favorite book put to audio. I read this saga right after reading Tolkiens LOR in the 1980s, and found it much more appealing. My copy of book one has been read so many times it is literally falling apart.
This audible version is an absolute delight. From chapter 2 on, I relished every second. It is beautifully performed and altho the order of the adventures is different from the paper backs, it certainly works. I am looking forward to book 2 for sure!
I SERIOUSLY considered taking a star off the overall rating due to chapter 1, but the rest of the book is just SO good, I cannot.

The “L” in “Elric” is not silent…

After waiting for YEARS (and giving up until Neil Gaiman stepped in (thank you!)) to get an audio version of the The *Elric* Saga, it made me more than little sad that NO ONE in the chain of production cared enough to correct the performer’s repeated mistake of mispronouncing “ELRIC” as “ERIC”…
While it was jarring, especially in some very key, almost cornerstone, moments of the narration, maybe I can pretend to myself that this is Terry Pratchett, quietly playing a little in-joke on his friend Neil… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Truly classic sword and sorcery

brought back lots of memories enjoying the audiobook version of this classic tale of sword and sorcery The melancholy emperor is one of the most iconic figures in fantasy literature. It was great to adventure with him again!

Very evocative and inspirational.

I very much intend to steal much of this for my D&D game. Lots of cool lots and fun adventures.

Back in time.

Elrics stories were the best, when i was growing up. Good to listen them after so much time has passed.

excellent

I enjoyed every minute of this great story. I read this book when I was a teenager, I liked it then, but after hearing it acted out I don't think I can go back to paper. 🙂

less refined drzzt book

imagination was there. everything else was lacking. you have to pay tribute to the classics thou right?

Excellent

Great version of classic Elric tales. Nicely labeled chapters. Over twenty hours of story! Go!

Discover an influential classic

I will start with a disclaimer that these stories are heavy on damsel tropes and other elements that do not hold up well through a modern lens. That said, there are also an incredible number of inventive and bizarre ideas that feel fresh even to a seasoned reader of fantasy novels. Elric’s world is psychedelic and ethereal. His aventures a mix of the mundane and the extremely surreal.

One of the most enjoyable things about this book to me was identifying all of the elements that inspired the works that I read in my own youth. The struggle between law and chaos, adventures spanning many overlapping planes of existence, an ancient civilization of dragon-riding people fallen to decadence, sentient swords that eat souls, to name but a few.

The narrator was generally good, but about 10% of the time he tried to read “Elric” he said “”Eric” instead, which was very distracting.