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<blockquote data-quote="nikolai" data-source="post: 1504538" data-attributes="member: 10130"><p>I found (and still find) this a really problem with Moorcocks stuff. The Elric stuff is in various collections, and has been chopped up in various different ways over the years. It is confusing to figure out which order to read stuff in. The only real solution is not to worry about it; but some more concrete suggestions are below. </p><p></p><p>The first Elric story ever writen was <strong>The Dreaming City</strong>. The first story chronologically is <strong>Elric of Melniboné</strong>. Both are good places to start. The last story chronologically is <strong>Stormbringer</strong>. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't worry about internal chronology though. I'd read <strong>Elric of Melniboné</strong> and then <strong>Stormbringer</strong>. Moorcock wrote the beginning and the end of the Elric cycle very close together, everything else is just an interjection written whenever Moorcock felt like it. It's best not to worry about the order that much, it isn't a closely linked or planned series like Wheel of Time. Just pick up something and get started, people get into the series in different way. I started with the Fantasy Masterworks, introduction volume.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857987438/202-9991973-5095831" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857987438/202-9991973-5095831</a></p><p></p><p>The internal chronology is:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Elric of Melniboné (novel) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Fortress of the Pearl (novel) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (collection) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Weird of the White Wolf (collection) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Vanishing Tower (aka The Sleeping Sorceress) (novel) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Revenge of the Rose (novel) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Bane of the Black Sword (collection) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Stormbringer (collection) </li> </ul><p></p><p>One what to read thread is on Moorcock's boards: <a href="http://www.multiverse.org/phpnuke/postp663.html#663" target="_blank">http://www.multiverse.org/phpnuke/postp663.html#663</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Elric is one aspect of the eternal champion. You can read the other stuff before Elric, or the other way around. There's no definitive order.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikolai, post: 1504538, member: 10130"] I found (and still find) this a really problem with Moorcocks stuff. The Elric stuff is in various collections, and has been chopped up in various different ways over the years. It is confusing to figure out which order to read stuff in. The only real solution is not to worry about it; but some more concrete suggestions are below. The first Elric story ever writen was [b]The Dreaming City[/b]. The first story chronologically is [b]Elric of Melniboné[/b]. Both are good places to start. The last story chronologically is [b]Stormbringer[/b]. I wouldn't worry about internal chronology though. I'd read [b]Elric of Melniboné[/b] and then [b]Stormbringer[/b]. Moorcock wrote the beginning and the end of the Elric cycle very close together, everything else is just an interjection written whenever Moorcock felt like it. It's best not to worry about the order that much, it isn't a closely linked or planned series like Wheel of Time. Just pick up something and get started, people get into the series in different way. I started with the Fantasy Masterworks, introduction volume. [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857987438/202-9991973-5095831[/url] The internal chronology is: [list] [*] Elric of Melniboné (novel) [*] The Fortress of the Pearl (novel) [*] The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (collection) [*] The Weird of the White Wolf (collection) [*] The Vanishing Tower (aka The Sleeping Sorceress) (novel) [*] The Revenge of the Rose (novel) [*] The Bane of the Black Sword (collection) [*] Stormbringer (collection) [/list] One what to read thread is on Moorcock's boards: [url]http://www.multiverse.org/phpnuke/postp663.html#663[/url] Elric is one aspect of the eternal champion. You can read the other stuff before Elric, or the other way around. There's no definitive order. [/QUOTE]
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