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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Es dificil a veces volver hacia atrás, a los cimientos de un género literario y no tener la sensación de cliché. Se que el Elric de Moorcock fue pionero en el Fantasy por muchas cosas, pero su lectura me resultó bastante formulera. Al parecer lo mas rompedor de esta novela fue la condiciòn de antihéroe de su protagonista, pero creo que Elric no lo es tanto, por lo menos en esta primer entrada, es un Rey, a quien le secuestran a su novia, y se pasa el libro de misión en misión, tratando de rescatarla. Su moral es bastante clara, e incluso superior a la de sus compatriotas. Lo más "distinto" de Elric como héroe es su apariencia, y tampoco creo que esto juegue demasiado en la trama. En fin, que es entretenido, razonablemente corto y tiene algunas ideas interesantes (el barco que anda por tierra; el espejo que roba la memoria y que al romperse invade de recuerdo ajenos el cerebro de quienes estan cerca; la manipulacion de los dioses/demonios). Al parecer en sus secuelas mejora. ( ) It would be really easy to dismiss Elric as tropey pulp fantasy. I mean, it absolutely IS that. But this is a character that first appeared in 1961 and a book that only came together in the early 70s. If anything D&D owes more to Moorcock than even Tolkien. This is why when Elric is doing some his most stupid emo-princelinging, it helps to remember that pretty much everyone from Drizzt to Lotar and even Kylo Ren can trace their creative lineage back to the original mopey prince of pulp. no reviews | add a review
Is contained inThe Elric Saga, Part I (Elric of Melniboné; The Sailor on the Seas of Fate; The Weird of the White Wolf) by Michael Moorcock Has the adaptationDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML: It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody.... He is Elric, Emperor of Melnibone, cursed with a keen and cynical intelligence, schooled in the art of sorcery -- the hero of Michael Moorcock's remarkable epic of conflict and adventure at the dawn of human history... Included is a dramatic introduction read by Michael Moorcock over 10 mins in length. .No library descriptions found. |
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