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The Skrayling Tree: The Albino in America
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Michael Moorcock
1,209 books3,750 followersMichael John Moorcock is an English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels.
Moorcock has mentioned The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw and The Constable of St. Nicholas by Edward Lester Arnold as the first three books which captured his imagination. He became editor of Tarzan Adventures in 1956, at the age of sixteen, and later moved on to edit Sexton Blake Library. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States. His serialization of Norman Spinrad's Bug Jack Barron was notorious for causing British MPs to condemn in Parliament the Arts Council's funding of the magazine.
During this time, he occasionally wrote under the pseudonym of "James Colvin," a "house pseudonym" used by other critics on New Worlds. A spoof obituary of Colvin appeared in New Worlds #197 (January 1970), written by "William Barclay" (another Moorcock pseudonym). Moorcock, indeed, makes much use of the initials "JC", and not entirely coincidentally these are also the initials of Jesus Christ, the subject of his 1967 Nebula award-winning novella Behold the Man, which tells the story of Karl Glogauer, a time-traveller who takes on the role of Christ. They are also the initials of various "Eternal Champion" Moorcock characters such as Jerry Cornelius, Jerry Cornell and Jherek Carnelian. In more recent years, Moorcock has taken to using "Warwick Colvin, Jr." as yet another pseudonym, particularly in his Second Ether fiction.
Moorcock has mentioned The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw and The Constable of St. Nicholas by Edward Lester Arnold as the first three books which captured his imagination. He became editor of Tarzan Adventures in 1956, at the age of sixteen, and later moved on to edit Sexton Blake Library. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States. His serialization of Norman Spinrad's Bug Jack Barron was notorious for causing British MPs to condemn in Parliament the Arts Council's funding of the magazine.
During this time, he occasionally wrote under the pseudonym of "James Colvin," a "house pseudonym" used by other critics on New Worlds. A spoof obituary of Colvin appeared in New Worlds #197 (January 1970), written by "William Barclay" (another Moorcock pseudonym). Moorcock, indeed, makes much use of the initials "JC", and not entirely coincidentally these are also the initials of Jesus Christ, the subject of his 1967 Nebula award-winning novella Behold the Man, which tells the story of Karl Glogauer, a time-traveller who takes on the role of Christ. They are also the initials of various "Eternal Champion" Moorcock characters such as Jerry Cornelius, Jerry Cornell and Jherek Carnelian. In more recent years, Moorcock has taken to using "Warwick Colvin, Jr." as yet another pseudonym, particularly in his Second Ether fiction.
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June 16, 2025
Elric: The Last of the Melnibohicans?
Michael Moorcock’s "The Skrayling Tree" is a sprawling, chaotic mix of mythology, history, and existential struggle. Consisting of three POV "branches," Oona von Bek is first abducted into the realm of the Skrayling Tree, where she uncovers her role in the battle between Chaos and Law. Husband and Elricn doppleganger. Ulrich pursues her across dimensions. Meanwhile, Elric, dragged into the conflict, broods, wields Stormbringer, and wrestles with destiny in unfamiliar spiritual terrain.
While the novel is subtitled "The Albino in America" we spend a decent time with the Crusades and Vikings - though the thrust is the trio's engagement with Native American folklore and mythology.
The novel’s scope is impressive, but its pacing meanders, and the philosophical musings can bog down the momentum. The Vikings and Crusaders add intrigue but feel more like atmospheric flourishes than essential plot drivers. Still, Moorcock delivers a strange, unpredictable adventure filled with rich mythology and surreal landscapes. Flawed, but enjoyable.
Michael Moorcock’s "The Skrayling Tree" is a sprawling, chaotic mix of mythology, history, and existential struggle. Consisting of three POV "branches," Oona von Bek is first abducted into the realm of the Skrayling Tree, where she uncovers her role in the battle between Chaos and Law. Husband and Elricn doppleganger. Ulrich pursues her across dimensions. Meanwhile, Elric, dragged into the conflict, broods, wields Stormbringer, and wrestles with destiny in unfamiliar spiritual terrain.
While the novel is subtitled "The Albino in America" we spend a decent time with the Crusades and Vikings - though the thrust is the trio's engagement with Native American folklore and mythology.
The novel’s scope is impressive, but its pacing meanders, and the philosophical musings can bog down the momentum. The Vikings and Crusaders add intrigue but feel more like atmospheric flourishes than essential plot drivers. Still, Moorcock delivers a strange, unpredictable adventure filled with rich mythology and surreal landscapes. Flawed, but enjoyable.
July 7, 2012
I've read other Michael Moorcock novel, and thought I would like this one, but I found The Skrayling Tree impossible to get into. I like a little complexity in my novels, but this one became convoluted and so hard to understand that I just gave up after a while. There was so much theoretical discussion about multiverses and balance and chaos, but not much emphasis on plot, and as a result this story suffered immensely. I didn't find any of the characters interesting. The one part that piqued my interest is when the characters went into Niffleheim, since I am a big fan of Norse mythology, but my interest quickly faded. Mostly I just wanted the book to end and I surprised myself by trudging through the finish line. Not an enjoyable read.
Carl Alves - author of Two For Eternity
Carl Alves - author of Two For Eternity
June 6, 2023
This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 2.0 of 5
Elric in America? Heck yeah! This should be good!
We learned in the previous book in this trilogy (The Dreamquest Trilogy) that Elric has become a non-corporeal being and can inhabit other planes of the Multiverse (if this sentence is already too strange for you, then this book is definitely not for you). Let's see if I can possibly sum this up.
The book starts with the narrative from Oona's point of view. Oona (Elric's daughter) and her husband Ulric von Bek are vacationing in Canada after saving the world(s) from the Nazis and World War II when Ulric is kidnapped. His captors are First Nation warriors from a different plane in the multiverse.
Because Oona has the power to walk on the moonbeam roads between universes, she goes in search of er husband and encounters Ayanawatta - a First Nations women who claims to have been the model/inspiration for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' Ayanawatta and Longfellow (who is also a moonbeam traveler) will help Oona search for Ulric.
Elric ... how do I say this ... Elric's body is tied to a mast of a sailing vessel while his non-physical body is searching for his sword Stormbringer. He's currently wielding Stormbringer's twin, Ravenbrand, which, while powerful, doesn't provide what Elric needs. His search brings him to a crew of Viking reavers (berserkers?), their leader the new incarnation of an old foe and Elric knows he's up to no good and must be defeated.
Ulric, it turns out, was taken away by an old friend of Elric's and told about an up-coming battle to end all battles. A Ragnarok of Melnibonean proportions. If Ulric wants to save his dear Oona, he needs to arrive at the Skrayling Tree, where the battle will take place, ahead of Oona and Elric in order to fulfil his role in this pre-destined (?) battle, and so Ulric heads out with a faithful friend at his side.
And there is a farting mastodon.
Ooof. This was tough.
I like Elric and the Elric books. I really do. I like his brooding and over-thinking things. I like the strange physics of his worlds. But this was one of the most rambling, strange, and disjointed on all the Elric books I've read. And that's saying something.
It was odd not to see Elric make an appearance until so late in this book, and odder, perhaps to have the first section of the book told from Oona's point of view. Has there ever been a woman's POV in the Elric stories before this? I don't think so.
The combination of Longfellow, the Vikings, and an old, faithful, farting mastodon was just extraordinarily odd, with separating our three main characters so that they could each have their own adventure which would bring them together again.
I really struggled with this book, and if it didn't feature Elric and wasn't part of a series I was trying to go through, I suspect I would have DNF'd this
I don't recommend this unless you are truly a massive Elric or Moorcock fan. Read the reviews, read a summary, but jump ahead to the next book. Please.
Looking for a good book? The Skrayling Tree by Michael Moorcock doesn't fit with the style and substance of the other 10 (?) Elric books. Read it if you feel you have to read the complete series, but you'll save yourself a headache if you just jump to the next book.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
Elric in America? Heck yeah! This should be good!
We learned in the previous book in this trilogy (The Dreamquest Trilogy) that Elric has become a non-corporeal being and can inhabit other planes of the Multiverse (if this sentence is already too strange for you, then this book is definitely not for you). Let's see if I can possibly sum this up.
The book starts with the narrative from Oona's point of view. Oona (Elric's daughter) and her husband Ulric von Bek are vacationing in Canada after saving the world(s) from the Nazis and World War II when Ulric is kidnapped. His captors are First Nation warriors from a different plane in the multiverse.
Because Oona has the power to walk on the moonbeam roads between universes, she goes in search of er husband and encounters Ayanawatta - a First Nations women who claims to have been the model/inspiration for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' Ayanawatta and Longfellow (who is also a moonbeam traveler) will help Oona search for Ulric.
Elric ... how do I say this ... Elric's body is tied to a mast of a sailing vessel while his non-physical body is searching for his sword Stormbringer. He's currently wielding Stormbringer's twin, Ravenbrand, which, while powerful, doesn't provide what Elric needs. His search brings him to a crew of Viking reavers (berserkers?), their leader the new incarnation of an old foe and Elric knows he's up to no good and must be defeated.
Ulric, it turns out, was taken away by an old friend of Elric's and told about an up-coming battle to end all battles. A Ragnarok of Melnibonean proportions. If Ulric wants to save his dear Oona, he needs to arrive at the Skrayling Tree, where the battle will take place, ahead of Oona and Elric in order to fulfil his role in this pre-destined (?) battle, and so Ulric heads out with a faithful friend at his side.
And there is a farting mastodon.
Ooof. This was tough.
I like Elric and the Elric books. I really do. I like his brooding and over-thinking things. I like the strange physics of his worlds. But this was one of the most rambling, strange, and disjointed on all the Elric books I've read. And that's saying something.
It was odd not to see Elric make an appearance until so late in this book, and odder, perhaps to have the first section of the book told from Oona's point of view. Has there ever been a woman's POV in the Elric stories before this? I don't think so.
The combination of Longfellow, the Vikings, and an old, faithful, farting mastodon was just extraordinarily odd, with separating our three main characters so that they could each have their own adventure which would bring them together again.
I really struggled with this book, and if it didn't feature Elric and wasn't part of a series I was trying to go through, I suspect I would have DNF'd this
I don't recommend this unless you are truly a massive Elric or Moorcock fan. Read the reviews, read a summary, but jump ahead to the next book. Please.
Looking for a good book? The Skrayling Tree by Michael Moorcock doesn't fit with the style and substance of the other 10 (?) Elric books. Read it if you feel you have to read the complete series, but you'll save yourself a headache if you just jump to the next book.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
August 24, 2020
Book#11 for Elric and the second installment in Moorcock’s (so far) dismal attempt to bring the Multiverse into the modern, known era of humanity. Why would he do this when he had such a great concept and an amazingly complex fantasy world to play in? Your guess is as good as mine, maybe better! Elric and The Nazis was middling at best, and I am worried Elric and The Americas is just not going to translate at all. So…
Um, Elric, where art thou?
This was a massive disappointment. It is just not swords-and-sorcery, and that is what Elric is. It’s like a cyberpunk Achilles or something worse. Sure, there is the Multiverse, in all its overexplained and bizarro-physics amazingness. But I already get it, Moorcock. I didn’t need a book with so many pages of theory and very little practice. Also, maybe you overdid the “let’s throw in THIS myth!” idea. I won’t even bother listing them, there are too many to balance a plot with, by far. I have seen people give stars for “leaving Europe and managing a non-Western Civ culture and mythology and worldview”. Yeah, whatever. Not this reader.
I miss Elric of Melnibone, brooding albino warrior-swordsman-philosopher
Um, Elric, where art thou?
This was a massive disappointment. It is just not swords-and-sorcery, and that is what Elric is. It’s like a cyberpunk Achilles or something worse. Sure, there is the Multiverse, in all its overexplained and bizarro-physics amazingness. But I already get it, Moorcock. I didn’t need a book with so many pages of theory and very little practice. Also, maybe you overdid the “let’s throw in THIS myth!” idea. I won’t even bother listing them, there are too many to balance a plot with, by far. I have seen people give stars for “leaving Europe and managing a non-Western Civ culture and mythology and worldview”. Yeah, whatever. Not this reader.
I miss Elric of Melnibone, brooding albino warrior-swordsman-philosopher
September 22, 2024
Brilliant use of the multiverse. This time as our MCs move through the various times and places, their size changes, as well. Very odd - but it's used within the story to cause discomfort and unsettle either the good guys or the bad guys, depending upon where we are in the story. We also discover that time moves in different ways depending upon where you are. Totally fascinating and compelling.
This book begins with Oona (the Dream Thief's Daughter) and the first third is told from her perspective. The second part of the story belongs to Elric and continues where the last book began. The final third of the book tells Ulric's story (he was kidnapped at the beginning of the book). None of the three knows what's going on with the others until the very end. Very well told. Interesting use of the multiverse.
Some of the threads have been tied, but there are a few more to follow in the next book! I highly recommend.
This book begins with Oona (the Dream Thief's Daughter) and the first third is told from her perspective. The second part of the story belongs to Elric and continues where the last book began. The final third of the book tells Ulric's story (he was kidnapped at the beginning of the book). None of the three knows what's going on with the others until the very end. Very well told. Interesting use of the multiverse.
Some of the threads have been tied, but there are a few more to follow in the next book! I highly recommend.
November 3, 2018
Really enjoyed it when Moorcock started combining all his stories into one huge universe. There was all kinds of crossover and you never knew you would show up.
Plus, Moorcock has always been great about twisting the cliches of fantasy fiction as well as mixing all kinds of mythologies together.
This has Elric and the Von Beks ( along with two new very cool characters. Two native american fantasy warrior types) on a quest to reach the tree at the center of the multiverse before a variety of evil guys do.
Why hasn't somebody scooped up the rights to start making Elric movies? This stuff would be brilliant on the big screen.
Plus, Moorcock has always been great about twisting the cliches of fantasy fiction as well as mixing all kinds of mythologies together.
This has Elric and the Von Beks ( along with two new very cool characters. Two native american fantasy warrior types) on a quest to reach the tree at the center of the multiverse before a variety of evil guys do.
Why hasn't somebody scooped up the rights to start making Elric movies? This stuff would be brilliant on the big screen.
November 7, 2022
4.5/5. I really enjoyed this book. Like the Dreamthief’s Daughter, this is not a typical Elric story, and feels more like a Von Bek story guest starring Elric. However, going in with expectations along these lines, this didn’t bother me much. The opening is compelling, and the adventure is vividly imaginative as usual for Moorcock. Also there is a farting mammoth. The plot can be confusing, and I imagine it could be even more confusing for readers without much familiarity with the Moorcock Multiverse beyond the Elric books. Still, this book is perhaps my favorite of the later Elric stories (published after the 70s). Highly recommended.
August 7, 2023
4.5/5. I really enjoyed this book. Like the Dreamthief’s Daughter, this is not a typical Elric story, and feels more like a Von Bek story guest starring Elric. However, going in with expectations along these lines, this didn’t bother me much. The opening is compelling, and the adventure is vividly imaginative as usual for Moorcock. Also there is a farting mammoth. The plot can be confusing, and I imagine it could be even more confusing for readers without much familiarity with the Moorcock Multiverse beyond the Elric books. Still, this book is perhaps my favorite of the later Elric stories (published after the 70s). Highly recommended.
September 23, 2017
I finally finished this book! I have had a quest to complete it since it came out 14 years ago, and I finally managed to get through it. This is NOT you typical Elric book. It leans heavily on philosophical constructs and an often hallucinatory plot line. However, you do end up thinking quite a bit about the nature of reality, and whether we are the dreamers or the Dream. It was worth reading, though it doesn't have much in the way of typical sword and sorcery fare within.
September 22, 2021
Interesting imagining of the multiverse as accessible in dreams, Includes his Elric character, and is apparently part of a series. This one took me a while to get it read, did not hold my attention as much as some of his other books, even with the potential of the multiverse and good imagery. Sections are written from the viewpoints of three of the characters. When he switched to the Elric viewpoint it did not seem to have anything to do with the previous storyline.
April 14, 2024
Not sure why the subtitle on this is "The Albino in America". Technically I suppose, it at least starts in America, but doesn't really stay there. And for a large part of time is following characters other than Elric. *shrug* Whatever. More like an Elric story than the last one I read, so I'm reasonably happy.
August 19, 2022
Moorcock's attempts to crowbar new stories into the Elric saga (when the original run of stories culminating in Stormbringer were fine enough by themselves) continue to disappoint. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/201...
July 6, 2019
It was not quite as good as the first part but still great.
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October 3, 2022Another Elric book with a happy ending.
February 17, 2025
Don't know why, but I had a harder time getting through this book than any other Moorcock. Still good enough not to quit, though.
September 26, 2025
Another perfectly acceptable mostly Von Bek adventure that features some Elric.
December 15, 2016
I really enjoyed the first book of this series and was looking forward very much to reuniting with Elric in this installment. This book is nothing like the first. It is extremely tedious. If you are considering reading this for Elric don't bother, he's almost a non-entity in it and when he is in it he's not the Elric that we know and love. Moorcock seems to spend the majority of this book reexplaining to us what a dream thief is and how dream paths work blah blah blah, i dont think the concept is that hard to grasp and if you are a fan of Moorcock you are probably more than adept with the concept by now. If you are new to Moorcock this really isn't the series to start with in any case.
So what it about? Oona and Ulric who got married at the end of book one got married and lived happily ever after - aww isnt that nice? No it didnt quite work out like that as Ulric got kidnapped by ghostly native american indians whilst holidaying in america, so of course Oona had to take all her clothes off and jump on a medicine shield to follow him through a whirlpool. What she discovers is that the whole of the cosmic balance as we know it is under threat (isnt it always i hear you say) and it is going to take quite a bit more explanation of the cosmic balance by Moorcock before she is going to be able to get on with it.
Just when you think the plot might be about to pick up Moorcock decides to split the narrative, mainly i think so that he can re-explain how the multiverse works, what the cosmic balance is and how dream weaving works just in case you didnt get it the first time round.
When he finally gets into resolving the plot he slips into gear and manages it with his usual concision which given the tedium of getting there doesnt feel like a just reward.
So what it about? Oona and Ulric who got married at the end of book one got married and lived happily ever after - aww isnt that nice? No it didnt quite work out like that as Ulric got kidnapped by ghostly native american indians whilst holidaying in america, so of course Oona had to take all her clothes off and jump on a medicine shield to follow him through a whirlpool. What she discovers is that the whole of the cosmic balance as we know it is under threat (isnt it always i hear you say) and it is going to take quite a bit more explanation of the cosmic balance by Moorcock before she is going to be able to get on with it.
Just when you think the plot might be about to pick up Moorcock decides to split the narrative, mainly i think so that he can re-explain how the multiverse works, what the cosmic balance is and how dream weaving works just in case you didnt get it the first time round.
When he finally gets into resolving the plot he slips into gear and manages it with his usual concision which given the tedium of getting there doesnt feel like a just reward.
May 21, 2023
I mostly enjoyed The Skrayling Tree. There's too much exposition and repetition in places but also some very vivid ideas to think about, like about how reality is shaped by dreaming and metaphor and the consciousness of all things, and the vivid places and beings you'll see. My favorite part of the book is easily the part narrated by Elric, which is also where the narrative gains more momentum as it looks like he'll come to meet the others but possibly on the wrong side. Oona, despite her bow skills, sounds too much like a spectator in her own story, while Ulric von Bek is a narrow-minded ass, somehow boring and annoying simultaneously. It's a shame that the climactic confrontation is narrated in his POV. I'm amused and dismayed by Oona's semi-Elektra thing of being married to a guy who is an alternate of and partly shares his mind with her father. But I read The Skrayling Tree on sheer momentum in a fairly short time, which should tell you a lot.
Moorcock may be writing basically the same quest stories over and over in his many Eternal Champion books--changing the goal item, details of the trip, and version of the protagonist--but it can be a strength at times for how it's fun to see characters from other stories show up unexpectedly or know things the current protagonist doesn't. On the other hand, I haven't read the majority of the Elric novels in 15 years or The Dreamthief's Daughter in about five (I think?) but I could follow this.
I recommend the book. It's not perfect, but how many novels make you think? Particularly recent epic fantasy, unfortunately....
Moorcock may be writing basically the same quest stories over and over in his many Eternal Champion books--changing the goal item, details of the trip, and version of the protagonist--but it can be a strength at times for how it's fun to see characters from other stories show up unexpectedly or know things the current protagonist doesn't. On the other hand, I haven't read the majority of the Elric novels in 15 years or The Dreamthief's Daughter in about five (I think?) but I could follow this.
I recommend the book. It's not perfect, but how many novels make you think? Particularly recent epic fantasy, unfortunately....
June 29, 2014
Though I didn't particularly like the first book in this series either, now was as good a time as any to revisit it as any, since I'd just re-read Amanda Hemingway's The Greenstone Grail and I'm learning some Norse mythology from an ancient Germanic studies club. This blends the Grail motif (as in Hemingway's trilogy, de-Christianized but given cosmic significance) with some North stuff, particularly a re-interpretation of the world-tree Yggdrasil, Native American history and legend from I've no idea what path of borrowing, and a lot of metaphysics babble. The three parts bring three characters by different pathways to the same destination: Oona von Bek, searching for for her abducted husband Ulric alongside Ayanawatta, a Native American sorcerer who has seen his destiny by dreaming himself into the future and reading about himself in Longfellow's poetry; Elric of Melniboné, Ulric's alter ego from another universe who dreams himself into medieval Europe and joins a sinister Viking called Gunnar the Damned on an expedition to Vinland; and Ulric himself. All this has something to do with stopping the balance between Law and Chaos from being disrupted and the universe from ending.
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May 23, 2012i've always been fond of Moorcock. and this is such a grand concept, sewing up the threads of the multiverse, i wanted to like it more. but Moorcock's writing doesn't seem to take flight any more and it takes no chances. the voices and the authorial perspective don't even really change when the narrator changes. what would Una Persson make of Oona van Bek, i kept wondering? and the answer came back: she might well recall a previous engagement, and decamp. plus there's no sense of building towards a climactic moment when the worlds collide, and then redistribute. it just kinda... fizzles. some really neat ideas i'm sure Alan Moore will be weaving into his League of Xtraordinary Gentlemen cumulative Literary History, but i'm thinking the outline probably looked better on paper than in the execution.
July 14, 2014
I've been reading Moorcock for many years and have enjoyed many of his strange, interconnected, philosophical "eternal champion" books with their character crossovers and brooding worldview. This book, however, is just garbage (at least, as much as I could stand to read). Untethered philosophizing, references to characters who (presumably) are introduced in other books, random wandering around to no purpose, and silly futzing with american indian history.
November 3, 2016
I liked this more than Dreamthief's Daughter. I think the scale changes are a good conceit. The book is divided into three sections (or branches), each written in the first-person perspective of a different individual. In each branch, we approach the climax from a different angle. I really dug that structure.
December 19, 2012
A nice fantasy that comprehensively treks through most of Moorcock's multiversal writing of recent years. The end is a bit weaker than the rest of the book because it gets too esoteric, but it's still an enjoyable read and a nice capstone to Moorcock's work.
October 17, 2014
I never thought there'd be a Michael Moorcock book I couldn't finish but here it is. I forced myself within 35 pages of the end before putting it down for good. Ploddingly slow, largely plotless and excruciatingly boring sums The Skrayling Tree up in a nutshell.
Read at your own risk.
Read at your own risk.
January 5, 2015
Moorcocks Welt, und sein Stil, wird im Alter immer vielschichtiger und filigraner. Das ist natürlich Geschmackssache. Den zweiten Elric der neueren Werke sollte man nicht unmittelbar mit dem lakonischen, geplagten Helden der Originale vergleichen.
February 11, 2011
Never thought I'd put down a Moorcock book because it was boring, but there it is.
May 29, 2014
If I had known that this was set in current times I never would have tried to read it. The synopsis didn't mention that bit.
March 4, 2017
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January 8, 2013
The best of the Elric books. A dazzling mixture of native American mytholgy and the Albino Warrior's history.
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