Recommending The Elric Saga in 3 Minutes
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2024
- Today I'm recommending The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock in 3 minutes!
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"The Elric Saga" is more than a fantasy series; it is a seminal work that has shaped the landscape of fantasy fiction. Michael Moorcock's creation of Elric and the exploration of the Eternal Champion concept have left an enduring legacy. It's definitely worth the time!
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I got my eye on a series that spands moorcock complete works. But starts with elric
Elric is one of the most fascinating characters in fantasy. He was intended to be the antithesis of Conan. Great series.
Elric basically Guts from Berserk with sorcery and a poet and if his dragonslayer sword were sentient and malicious.
@@longwlenguyen4214Wasn't Miura influence by Morecock? Or was the other way around?
@@eduardmanecuta5350 I know that, I just simply comparing Elric with the most popular dark fantasy manga ever known, since nobody read the book and know what Elric personality was like, and both series character are near identical for example the sidekicks Moonglum and Puck serve as a foiled to Elric brooding and Guts cynicism.
@@longwlenguyen4214 If memory serves me well, I found on a site a few years ago the influences of Kintaro Miura. There, I remember, was listed Elric of Melniboné as well.
@@longwlenguyen4214 That's where Miura took his concept of free will vs destiny? From Moorcock? I'm genuinely interested.
Great video! I'm a huge fan of Elric, Jerry Cornelius, von Bek, Corum and pretty much everything Moorcock has written (including his non-SFF literary work). I think you did a great job of highlighting how great the Elric stories are, while being fair and mentioning the small flaws (which I think are excusable flaws... it's not surprising that 20-year-old Moorcock writing the first pulpy Elric stories for magazines in the early 1960s feels very different than 80-year-old Moorcock writing Elric stuff in the 2020s). Thanks for highlighting my favorite author (who is also a super nice guy by the way)!
There was a time, late teens to early twenties, where I kind of binge-read everything Moorcock had written. I think of all of those, I enjoyed _Hawkmoon_ the most.
Recommendation for the next "recommendation" video: _The Black Company_
I didn't enjoy hawkmoon when I first tried it, but I do enjoy the more traditional heroic fantasy of it in Moorcocks style.
The way Moorcock writes, I've no real idea what'll happen next. Normally it's "our hero wins again!" With no tension or build up
This FINALLY had a Re-Release in my homecountry last year, absolutely loved it.
Awesome!!!
I love these 3 minutes recommendations. Keep them coming.
Love this series. Elric is my all time favorite fictional character. I have several different editions on my bookshelf. A note on those Gallery Saga Press editions you mentioned: They're a good recommendation, and someone wanting to get into the series really only needs the first two volumes of that printing to get a complete version of the saga. The Elric Saga has 12 books at this point, but the order is wonky because the full story is pretty much already told in the first 6 books, then the 7th and 8th books (Fortress of the Pearl & Revenge of the Rose) fill in some gaps in the timeline of the first 6, and everything after that honestly kinda goes off the rails and mostly ignores the established continuity. But the Gallery Saga Press editions rearrange the order of the first 8 books to put books 7 & 8 back into their proper chronology. (Fortress becomes book 2 of volume 1 and Revenge becomes book 2 of volume 2.) So for a new reader, picking up volumes 1 & 2 of this new edition will provide the original 6-book saga in its entirety, plus two additional books of content, all without the timeline confusion of previous editions. It's very convenient.
Elric is my favorite character as well, and Moorcock is my favorite writer. :)
Looks incredible, love the art and the character design. Coincidentally I just became obsessed with Brom's art the other day. I am adding it to my TBR list.
I think the Elric depictions by Brom and Robert Gould are probably the ones that are most accurate to how I picture the character in my head.
I've read them, and great summary. They are not the best written stories ever, but they are still good enough to be an entertaining read, and they are interesting for their originality and the influence they've had on so many books that have come after.
My library has the audiobook, which is handy as I like to multitask and listen as I do house chores.
Also he's a big inspiration for Raistlin Majere, Drizzt Do'urden and Anomander Rake. He's kind of a big deal
I want to know this series, but I wont begin this until I have and read all the Von Beck and the Erekosë series as the better introduction to the multiverse.
Good examples! Yes, he is definitely a big deal. Hope you enjoy it once you get around to them! I plan on getting to Von Beck and Erekosë eventually too
@@CapturedInWords They can be pricey to collect, but I'm basically grabbing any used Moorcock I come across.
And in addition to the inpspirations mentioned in the video plus the ones you just mentioned, there are even more such as the Dungeon & Dragons sword Blackrazor being a copy of Stormbringer, and Warhammer using Moorcock's 8-pointed star of chaos.
@@magellan1000 _Oh my, we do love our cursed sentient swords of mass destruction, don't we?_
@@MagusMarquillinElric also the inspiration for Guts and Griffith from Berserk, Guts had Elric depression and stubbornness but without the sorcery or poetry and the body of Conan the Barbarian, Griffith got Elric looks and charm but without the compassion or humanity behind it, but with Conan ambitious of conquering. The Idea of Evil basically dollar-store Balance and the The God Hands are off brand Chaos Lords and Arioch.
I started these last year and have read 8 of them now and really enjoy them. They feel so different from most "classic" fantasy. Thanks for the video!
This is my favorite booktube channel I love your videos man keep it up :)
I'm happy to hear that, thank you!! :)
Thanks to your Grim Dark video, I found out about Elric, and now I'm on book 2 of the saga in less than a day. This character/world/etc are just too great. Thanks for making these videos, or I would've been without Elric all my life.
Really happy to hear I helped introduce to Elric! Glad you're enjoying it!
Ok now I want to check this series out- awesome video!. It sounds amazing and so intriguing.
You should! :D
Stormbringer is awesome
Yessss 100% Agree!
unless you get hit by it.
I just began reading the first book! I am excited to start this classic series!
Such a great series!
Bought the first book in Kindle. I read the Dragonbone chair first and then jumped into Elric. Just finished the first book within the book, when he comes back from the void and gets Stormbringer. Pros: fast paced, perfectly sized chapters to devour, great characters and compelling stories. Cons: so far kind of over the top (even keeping in mind when it was written) moments and dialogue, it's not all the time but it keeps popping up. And there's like a constant cliffhanger of "but this will make sense" that I don't love, feels like I am reading a prequel. So far, so good. It's 680 pages in Kindle and I'm up to 230.
One of my favorite bands has written several songs about this series. I should check it out.
Currently reading Elric saga. Great series
Oh my gosh, I just picked this series up a few weeks ago and am waiting to start until I finish my current reads. Now I’m really excited! 😆
Hope you enjoy it!!
Great series. I wish I could get the books but I am yet to find them in my country.
I have been reading it on and off as a rebound story between big books and it works like a charm 🤣
I have never even heard of this but my attention has been stolen. I will be reading this.
They are awesome, I think most fantasy fans will love them.
Hi I recently bought conan the barbarian complete edition
Could you make a video like this about conan I have no idea where to start or what the "big storys/must reads are"
I would love to see 3 minute recommendation for Witcher series!
It's a shame that because it's a fantasy novel, whenever people do artwork depicting Elric, they always go utterly mental. They make Elric look totally over-the top. Completely whacky, with mad armour that's decorated all over the place. Yet for all that, nobody has ever (IMHO) got his face right. Most people just draw a man's face that's a bit brooding and 'aquiline'. But Elric wasn't a man, he was a Melnibonean. He had a graceful, tapering face with slanted eyes and (if I remember correctly) pointed ears. And he wasn't afraid of 'slumming it' as he went about on his travels with Moonglum across the Young Kingdoms. So all the mad armour would have been pointless. He would have worn much more utilitarian, functional, battle ready armour than all the artists portray. I'm just waiting for the film to come out. Hope they do a better job of the artwork than most people do!
What film?
@@giangerd3686 The film that MUST come out, some time. They seem to have done all the other fantasy novels (LOTR etc). Been waiting 30+ years already though.
@@alexguest9937If I remember correctly he was described as ethereal beautiful and handsome despite him being albino, Elric basically a creepier version of Tolkien Elves and the Melnibonean were much closer to old European Folk tales of monstrous Elves also Michael Moorcock did mentioned Elric had a Scottish accent.
On my TBR to read Elric is where u want to start as he Michael moorcock most popular work
Awesome! Elric of Melnibone is where to start, hope you enjoy!
The dreaming city was pretty great
Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop....You had me at Moorcock. >_>
I would like to hear your 3 minute sell for Piranesi and/or The Will of the Many
Both are great! But Piranesi is better!
Tried reading Elric once, got through a couple books, but nothing caught me. Might give it another go sometime, but the prose and dialogue just didn't do it for me.
Sheeesh i get it im going to read those damed books soon!!!1
As if my tbr wasnt long enough already 😂
How many books do you ready in a month on average?
An interesting review… 😊
Thanks! 🙂
Nine job, now all you have to do is summon Lord Arioch in 3 minutes.👹
PS - look up an album titled Chronicles of the Black Sword by Hawkwind.
I know you're less into manga, but if you like this book, I think you'll like the Berserk manga
I did not like the first book, Elric came off as a moaning dummy who could have avoided a bunch of the problems he dealt with by using his head, instead he sews seeds for further ruin. Stormbringer is an awesome sword though.
Yeah in book 1 he is sort of a passive protagonist at times, this bothered me a bit as well but his character arc gets a lot better
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Yeah I am tempted to give it another go, cause it is so influential and readily recommended, perhaps with a different audiobook narrator
First book is amazing. They drop off after that.
Great video but I really dislike the 321 opening
Would you prefer a 123? 😅
Elric has been on my list for a while. It's a long list...
Hope you enjoy it when you get around to it! Haha yeaaa I can relate, the list is pretty much never ending 😂
I hated Wheldrake in "Revenge of the Rose" at first. I thought he was Moorcock's Jar Jar Binks, and I wished he would cut it out with all the pseudo-intellectual babbling. He grew on my by the end of the story though. Some of Moorcock's writing choices take some getting used to.
The first volume of the elric saga arrived about a few weeks ago, I'm one the first book and I'm liking it. The second volume arrived a week ago as well.
What would u rank the stories
Elric sounds alot like Rin from the poppy war, and I didn't like her 😂 (not that I don't sympathise, but still)
I can see why the prose puts people off. A modern writer would make these stories 300 pages longer, Tad Williams 600.
But they are strange to read as they are put together in chronological by story which can be vastly different than publication.
I was sick of Moorcock's use the multiverse by the Eighties. Elric was certainly the best thing he ever wrote.