Michael Moorcock (n. 1939) es uno de los más prolíficos y exitosos autores de fantasía épica y su obra ha obtenido, entre otros, los premios Nebula, August Derleth, British Fantasy, World Fantasy, Campbell Memorial o el Guardian Fiction. El emperador albino Elric de Melniboné es el protagonista de la que sin duda es su saga más emblemática, publicada en Edhasa.
Elric, el de Melniboné Serie
Esta saga narra el viaje de un solitario emperador albino y sus andanzas a través de reinos llenos de intriga, magia y fuerzas oscuras. Desterrado de su trono y perseguido por sus enemigos, el protagonista busca su lugar en el universo mientras se ve envuelto en antiguos conflictos. La serie explora temas de identidad, destino e inevitabilidad, todo ello ambientado en un mundo épico de fantasía con un trasfondo melancólico.
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The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
- 170 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Leaving his cousin Yrkoon sitting as regent upon the Ruby Throne of Melnibone, leaving his cousin Cymoril weeping for him and despairing of his ever returning, Elric sailed from Imrryr, the Dreaming City, and went to seek an unknown goal in the world of the Young Kingdoms where Melniboneans were at best, disliked.
The Weird of the White Wolf
- 160 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Now sword and man are one, and Elric and his blade Stormbringer must go forth through havoc and horror to carve out their destiny.
The Vanishing Tower
- 176 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
Elric 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. But to achieve this, he must first brave such horrors as the Creatures of Chaos, the freezing wilderness of World's Edge, the golden-skinned Kelmain hordes, King Urish the Seven-fingered with his great cleaver Hackmeat, the Burning God, the Sighing Desert, and the terrible stone-age men of Pio. Although Elric holds within him a destiny greater than he could ever know, and controls the hellsword Stormbringer, stealer of souls, his task looks hopeless - until he encounters Myshella, Empress of the Dawn, the sleeping sorceress...
The Elric Saga - 5: The Bane of the Black Sword
- 157 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
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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Michael Moorcocks sechs Bände umfassender Zyklus vom Albinokönig aus der „Träumenden Stadt“ und von den beiden schwarzen Zauberschwertern „Sturmbringer“ und „Trauerklinge“ gilt heute schon unbestritten als eines der großen klassischen Werke der Fantasy-Literatur. „Elric von Melniboné – Die Sage vom Ende der Zeit“ umfasst die Bände •Elric von Melniboné •Die See des Schicksals •Der Zauber des Weißen Wolfs •Der verzauberte Turm •Im Banne des schwarzen Schwertes •Sturmbringer
