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Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe epic tale of Elric of Melnibone, albino prince of ruins, moves to it's awesome conclusion -with the whole of the natural and supernatural world in mighty conflict - the final conflict, Armageddon. Elric holds the key to the future: the new age which must follow the destruction.To turn that key he must sacrifice all that he loves and risk his very soul... -
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Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe founders of modern literary fancy deserve their own place in the light. The Borealis Legends line is a tribute to the creators of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres as we know them today... -
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Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsElric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock's doomed anithrero, has become a pivotal figure in fantasy literature since his first appearance more than thirty years ago...Categorized as:
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![Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock, Michael Wm. Kaluta]()
Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock, Michael Wm. Kaluta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Moorcock’s writing is intricate, fabulous, and mellifluous. Reading his words I was, and am, reminded of music. His novels are symphonic experiences. They dance and cry and bleed and make promises that can live only in the moment of their utterance.”–from the Foreword by Walter Mosley, New York Times bestselling author of Blonde Faith and Devil in a Blue DressElric of Melniboné...Categorized as:
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Elric in the Dream Realms by Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKinslayer. Soul reaver. Sorcerer. Thief. And last emperor of a cruel, decadent race. Elric of Melniboné is all of these–and more. His life is sustained by drugs and magic–and energy sucked from the victims of his vampiric black sword, Stormbringer, a weapon feared by men and gods alike...Categorized as:
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![Duke Elric by Michael Moorcock, Michael Chabon]()
Duke Elric by Michael Moorcock, Michael Chabon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Michael Moorcock’s work as a critic, as an editor and as a writer has made it easier for me and a whole generation of us to roam the ‘moonbeam roads’ of the literary multiverse...Categorized as:
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![Corum: The Prince with the Silver Hand by Michael Moorcock]()
Corum: The Prince with the Silver Hand by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Book 8 in The Eternal Champion Series. This second volume of the Chronicles of Corum is separated from the first not just by time, but by location. Summoned by hopeful worshippers elsewhere in the Multiverse, Corum responds to their plea and finds himself in a realm of harsh and unyielding winter...Categorized as:
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The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsStormbringer is brought Home! Elric returns to Yishana, and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginable moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city, Tanelorn... -
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The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Eternal ChampionFleeing through slate hills barren of even the promise of life, Elric and his blade Stormbringer find a dark ship at the edge of a black sea: and thus begins a voyage that will challenge all the champions Time can summon, and more.. -
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The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the wizard Ingold's world, the monstrous Dark have been mere legends for thousands of years. But now, they have emerged to ravage the land. Reissue... -
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The Vanishing Tower by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsElric of Melniboné, proud prince of ruins, last lord of a dying race, wanders the lands of the Young Kingdoms in search of the evil sorcerer Theleb K'aarna. His object is revenge... -
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The White Wolf's Son: The Albino Underground by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings- Aspect published the previous novel in the series, The Skrayling Tree, in hardcover (0-446-53104-9) in 2003 and in mass market (0-446-61340-1) in 7/04. The prior novel. The Dreamthief's Daughter (Aspect hardcover, 2001, 0-446-52618-5; mass market, 2002, 0-446-61120-4) received praise from the Washington Post, Denver Post, and Locus, where it was featured on the 2001 Recommended Reading list...Categorized as:
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![The Sword of the Dawn by Michael Moorcock]()
The Sword of the Dawn by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDORIAN HAWKMOON knew his destiny was still ruled by the Runestaff - but while he strove to discover where in time and space he was, KING HUON's scientists perfected deadlier war-machines. The armies of the Dark Empire spread farther and faster across the globe, staining the map with blood..Categorized as:
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![The Oak and the Ram by Michael Moorcock]()
The Oak and the Ram by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA POWER CONSUMEDThe seasons have turned from spring to summer across the quiet earth - yet the Fhoi Myore were hiding in mist, awaiting their chance to unleash their icy realm of death. To defeat the Cold Gods, Corum of the Silver Hand must restore the High King's power with legendary treasures - the Golden Oak and the Silver Ram - lost talismans that wield miraculous forces unknown to Corum..Categorized as:
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![Elric at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock]()
Elric at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis book includes two of Moorcock's Elric stories, as well as tales of other Moorcock heroes such as Sojan, and several essays on his craft:- Elric at the End of Time- The Last Enchantment- The Secret Life of Elric of Melnibone- Sojan the Swordsman- New Worlds - Jerry Cornelius- In Lighter Vein- The Stone...Categorized as:
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Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsElric of Melniboné is a requisite title in the hard fantasy canon, a book no fantasy fan should leave unread. Author Michael Moorcock, already a major player in science fiction, cemented his position in the fantasy pantheon with the five-book Elric saga, of which Elric of Melniboné is the first installment...Categorized as:
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![The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock]()
The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJohn Daker dreams of other worlds, and a name: Erekosë. He finds the strength to answer the call, travelling to a strange land ruled by the aging King Rigenos of Necranal. Humanity is united in a desperate fight against the inhuman Eldren, and he must fight with them. But the actions of his brethren turns his loyalties, and as Erekosë he will take a terrible revenge... -
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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsProfessor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.But the journey sends her on a quest across the Dreamlands and into her own mysterious past, where some secrets were never meant to surface...Categorized as:
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The Silver Warriors by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion. Phoenix in Obsidian aka The Silver Warriors.Erekose made his choice, and fought against humanity. With them destroyed, he has no choice but to find solace with the Eldren.There is no rest for the Eternal Champion though, and again he changes, Urlik Skarsol is now Erekose and Erekose is Urlik, prince of the Southern Ice...Categorized as:
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![The Sword of the Dawn by Michael Moorcock]()
The Sword of the Dawn by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLancer #73-824. First Lancer Printing in VG+ condition. Tanning to the spine spine seams. Dust soiling to the wrappers...Categorized as:
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The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe third novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion...Categorized as:
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The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe novel is set at some indeterminate time in a post-nuclear holocaust future, where science and sorcery co-exist and the Dark Empire of Granbretan (Great Britain) is expanding across Europe...Categorized as:
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![The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock]()
The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe seventh installment in the prolific Moorcock's series about warrior Elric of Melnibone is set early in the warrior's career, opening as the Lord Gho Fhaazi seeks the principal seat on the ruling Council of Seven of the city of Quarzhasaat... -
![The Skrayling Tree: The Albino in America by Michael Moorcock]()
The Skrayling Tree: The Albino in America by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNine by Nine and Three by Three In search of her kidnapped husband, Oona von Bek and the mammoth-riding shaman White Crow must cross Hiawatha's lands of legend to a fabled golden city... We all Seek Looking for the creators of the black sword Stormbringer, Elric of Melnibone journeys to Vinland, where he encounters fierce pygmies in need of an ally.. -
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![The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino by Michael Moorcock]()
The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAs Nazism engulfs the Fatherland, the albino Ulric von Bek, last Count of Bek, battles to keep the dark sword Ravenbrand from being taken by Adolf Hitler...As an unhuman army engulfs Tanelorn, the albino Elric, last sorcerer-king of Melniboné, fights to keep the black sword Stormbringer from being taken by Gaynor the Damned...They both fail...Categorized as:
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![The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny, Tim White]()
The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny, Tim White
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsRoger Zelazny's chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now, here are all ten novels, together in one magnificent omnibus volume. Witness the titanic battle for supremacy waged on Earth, in the Courts of Chaos, and on a magical world of mystery, adventure and romance...Categorized as:
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The Elric Saga Part II by Michael Moorcock, Robert Gould
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOmnibus contains: The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword, and... -
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The Elric Saga Part I by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIncludes first 3 volumes in the series: Elric of Melnibone, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate and The Weird of the White Wolf... -
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The Weird Of The White Wolf by Michael Moorcock, Michael Whelan
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsBook 3 of DAW Series...Categorized as:
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The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsYoung and old, familiar fans and newcomers, will be captivated by Michael Moorcock's legendary Eternal Champion collection. Timeless, classic and beyond a doubt one of the foundations of modern Fantasy, the Eternal Champion is a series of stories that no Fantasy aficionado should pass up.Includes The Eternal Champion, Phoenix in Obsidian, To Rescue Tanelorn and The Sundered Worlds...
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