[Sorontur]

Ok, this has been baffling me for a while, and i figure if anyone can answer it, you guys can!


The elric saga: 8 books.


Stormbringer: 6th book made in the series.


Now, this is where it gets confusing. The story ends in stormbringer. Book 7 - The tower of pearl, and book 8 - Red Rose, are both placed in the time period right after book 2 or 3.


Why on *earth* was there no commentary, or warning, or....anything! argg...that would say that it ended in book 6!?!? It totally killed the story..because i was expecting to read 2 more books after stormbringer! And now reading the tower of pearl..knowing exactly whats going to happen in the end..really kills it.


Can anyone shed some light?

[Rob B]

I kind of went through the same thing. I think a large part of the problem is the complicated and sordid publishing history of the Albino. Publishers, in the 70s and early 80s, renaming stories and novels without Moorcock's permission helped to complicate matters. The Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club published two Elric omnibuses in the early 80s, which still sell pretty well, I think.

If you have the two White-Wolf omnibus (US) editions (Bane of the Black Sword, Elric, The Stealer of Souls ), this helps matters as they contain the majority of the Elric tales pubulished. In the second one, Elric, The Stealer of Souls , there is a very annotated bibliography that sorts out the complicated publishing history. Moorcock and his longtime UK editor put together the volumes and Moorcock cleaned up some inconsistencies and smoothed things out, I think.

That said, there is the new trilogy which began with The Dreamthief's Daughter and continuing with The Skraeling Tree either later this year or early next. This new trilogy also features Ulrich von Bek and I think take place either after Fortress of the Pearl or Revenge of the Rose, I always forget the title, but it is the one that features Oona.

Hope this helps.

[Sorontur]

Well, it was well informative, but i guess i was more or less praying for a ...


"oh no..thats not the end! After those books..or this or that......elric comes back..blah blah" ; )


Oh well, thanks =)


Anyone got any dates on the new harry potter, crossroads of twilight (book 10..WOT) ?

[enazwo]

As most know, reading the Fantastical-Fantasy-Database-info-center located at www.fafadaincent.com. Elric was the gay alter-ego of the great french chef who Moorcock dined with on his journey of self discovery in his youth. There was so much happening in Moorcock's life at the time that pubishers who naturally have a tendancy to rape talented people had their hands full with Moorcock.
He naturally thwarted their undermining efforts by writing these later tales and living long enough to still be a creative force to be reckoned with.

The biggest tragedy relating to Moorcock is he probably will never attain the recognition his original genius deserves. So there!

[Hobbit]

There are a lot of comments round here about my liking of Mike Moorcock- there was a time in the UK when he was one of the few fantasy writers that you could get hold of here. He's a nice bloke too - following a conversation with him by email he sent me from the States some lovely signed bookplates for my Eternal Champion books, which are very highly prized here at Hobbit towers. Always inventive and often different, whether Sf, Fantasy or contemporary writing.

As for recognition, well, found this article at Science Fiction Weekly this week:

'Samuel R. Delany and Michael Moorcock will be inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, organizers announced at ConQuesT 33, held during Memorial Day weekend in Kansas City, Mo. The late James Blish and Donald Wollheim will be inducted posthumously, according to a report on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Web site. The induction will take place at the University of Kansas on July 5 as part of the John W. Campbell and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards ceremony.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame was founded in 1996 by the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas and by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society.'

Nice to see...

[Sorontur]

Originally posted by enazwo
As most know, reading the Fantastical-Fantasy-Database-info-center located at www.fafadaincent.com.


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Thanks for the info guys