One thing that really struck me with this book was Moorcock’s prose.

This also solidified my desire to make my upcoming sword and sorcery story in the same format, making more of a quick, fast-paced pulp novella than some epic, over-bloated brick like a Game of Thrones book. Although, I also love the novella size, as this was under 200 pages, was fast-paced and flew by. Howard’s work, specifically his character Conan, and even more so, his character Kull, which served as a template for what the more popular Conan would become.Īll I really care about, though, is whether or not a story is good and entertaining and the first Elric novel definitely is.Įlric of Melniboné starts off with a bang and by the end of the first act, I found myself glued to the book and ended up reading it in under 24 hours. However, let’s be honest, Elric, as a character, also isn’t wholly original and all sword and sorcery tales really owe their existence to Robert E. Howard collections that I worked through over the past year. Now, after all these years, I know why my Elric homies have pushed Michael Moorcock’s top character on me so damn hard.ĭue to how many feel that The Witcher, among other things, have plagiarized Moorcock’s beloved Elric character and his stories, I wanted to finally check his books out after I got through the mountain of Robert E. Holy shit, I was pretty blown away by this from the get go!

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