tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post4186411913007782549..comments2024-03-28T02:54:01.244-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: On the Original Elric StoriesAkrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-6071168014861235142011-03-02T17:50:34.662-05:002011-03-02T17:50:34.662-05:00Matthew, I just read Moorcock's introduction t...Matthew, I just read Moorcock's introduction to <i>To Rescue Tanelorn</i>, and he notes that "Kings in Darkness" is his least favourite Elric story. <br /><br />Nonetheless, I love the way that the Forest of Troos is described. Very creepy!Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-75915531755583464202011-03-02T15:33:05.163-05:002011-03-02T15:33:05.163-05:00I just read this edition a couple of months ago. ...I just read this edition a couple of months ago. As a teenager, I probably reread the Elric books (the DAW editions at that time) at least once a year), but I hadn't read them at this point for many a year. Some things I noticed:<br /><br />- Despite the obsession with presenting Elric as a Goth, he dresses more like a glam-rocker in the earlier appearances. In <i>The Dreaming City</i>, he appears like some cross between the Thin White Duke and the Mick Jagger of <i>Performance</i>.<br /><br />- <i>Kings in Darkness</i> is, I hate to say, kind of a dumb story, in which Elric comes off as an idiot and I can't imagine how he woos Zarozinia by his actions. I remember using that potion for many Stormbringer games over the years, though.<br /><br />- Moonglum is an actual dwarf (in the medical sense) at first. I always subconciously assume Jeff Dee's picture from the <i>Deities & Demigods</i> when I think of Moonglum.<br /><br />- I really dislike Picacio's artwork.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-9132760104047855992011-02-28T18:21:55.379-05:002011-02-28T18:21:55.379-05:00Thank you and "yes". :)Thank you and "yes". :)White Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00364560315934410923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-27914524904160692832011-02-28T13:20:39.802-05:002011-02-28T13:20:39.802-05:00One thing that I probably should have mentioned in...One thing that I probably should have mentioned in my original post is that the stories in the Del Rey collections are presented in order of publication, not in terms of the 'chronology' of Elric's life. The four novelettes that make up 'Stormbringer', for instance, describe the *final* adventures of Elric, yet they appear in the first Del Rey volume.<br /><br />Earlier collections presented the stories in 'chronological' order. (Unfortunately, they also contain edited versions of the stories, including removing the amazing opening to 'The Dreaming City'.)Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-37056642031475885192011-02-28T13:16:28.174-05:002011-02-28T13:16:28.174-05:00That's a great picture of Elric, Marjasall! M...That's a great picture of Elric, Marjasall! Mind if I use it in a future post (with full credit and link to your site, of course)?<br /><br />I agree as well re. the brilliance of the Michael Whelan covers.Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-70237957547866040292011-02-28T07:58:15.897-05:002011-02-28T07:58:15.897-05:00"(Anyone else notice that the artist of the a..."(Anyone else notice that the artist of the above illustration, John Picacio, stuck the ‘Eye of Sauron’ onto the hilt of Stormbringer?)"<br /><br />Seems to be a common interpretation: http://marjasall.blogspot.com/search/label/Elric<br /><br />Mine doesn't look like Sauron's eye, but I think the eye alludes to intelligence -- the sword being a living thing, that can 'see'.White Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00364560315934410923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-40769937391559948252011-02-28T06:38:47.985-05:002011-02-28T06:38:47.985-05:00I have that collection, but I haven't given it...I have that collection, but I haven't given it a try yet, but your review makes me think I should.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-38145171174314697872011-02-28T05:29:39.082-05:002011-02-28T05:29:39.082-05:00I keep meaning to read these, you've just made...I keep meaning to read these, you've just made up my mind!Fran Terminiellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506269178716477521noreply@blogger.com