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Elric: The Dreaming City #2
Elric of Melniboné is exiled from his home and cursed to walk the land under the influence of the god of chaos, Arioch. The first time that Moorcock’s novels have been fully adapted in chronological order.
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33 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 8, 2021
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October 8, 2023
There's a big twist here that we all know now, I'm sure, and I don't really know how well it works within context. On one hand, it emphasizes just how different Elric is from his people - there'd been a few previously with almost equal compassion to him, but not so in here. He was an anomaly even to his beloved: the earlier adaptations in this series emphasized that as well, and now it all comes to a head. But on the other hand, it still feels kind of arbitrary and more than a little forced. A twist just for the sake of doing a twist, almost. They tried some new things and looked to deepen Elric's character, but couldn't quite pull it off. Half star off, sorry.
But I do like the somewhat revamped relationship Elric has with Stormbringer itself, and I'm looking forward to how this changes the final conclusion of everything. It should.
But I do like the somewhat revamped relationship Elric has with Stormbringer itself, and I'm looking forward to how this changes the final conclusion of everything. It should.
September 11, 2021
I enjoyed this more than the first issue. Less wordy, more visual with a nice balance of action and drama.
September 9, 2021
Conclusion of the first story cycle about our tragic hero Elric.
Like tragic characters from eons past, Oedip, Sysiphus, and Promethues, Elric is doomed to fight and win but always lose some part of him, always ending on the very brink of defeat wandering if fight was worth the sacrifice.
Elric, angry after communion with Arioch who told him that he played with Melniboneans and transformed them into inhuman monsters to be able to control them, decides to destroy his own homeland to prevent Chaos from extending its reach over Young Kingdoms.
But even as Elric manages to destroy the Melnibone it all comes at the huge cost - it is not that he loses the only person he loved but he also loses his new allies and leaves them to die while he manages to escape. Even when he tries to end his life Elric is nothing but puppet of greater forces - their goal is unknown and Elric becomes literally sailor on the sea of fate , trying to anchor himself where possible but usually just gets bounced around in what seems like continuous fight without any relief.
There are some changes in script here (I dont recall Cymoril to be like this, I though Yyrkoon was the bad guy) but all in all story follows the original book.
Art as always is pure joy for the eyes. It is incredible how artists managed to show pure decadency of the Melniboneans, entire nation that would definitely scare the living lights out of Pinhead and his cohorts.
Excellent book, highly recommended to all fans of heroic and dark fantasy.
Like tragic characters from eons past, Oedip, Sysiphus, and Promethues, Elric is doomed to fight and win but always lose some part of him, always ending on the very brink of defeat wandering if fight was worth the sacrifice.
Elric, angry after communion with Arioch who told him that he played with Melniboneans and transformed them into inhuman monsters to be able to control them, decides to destroy his own homeland to prevent Chaos from extending its reach over Young Kingdoms.
But even as Elric manages to destroy the Melnibone it all comes at the huge cost - it is not that he loses the only person he loved but he also loses his new allies and leaves them to die while he manages to escape. Even when he tries to end his life Elric is nothing but puppet of greater forces - their goal is unknown and Elric becomes literally sailor on the sea of fate , trying to anchor himself where possible but usually just gets bounced around in what seems like continuous fight without any relief.
There are some changes in script here (I dont recall Cymoril to be like this, I though Yyrkoon was the bad guy) but all in all story follows the original book.
Art as always is pure joy for the eyes. It is incredible how artists managed to show pure decadency of the Melniboneans, entire nation that would definitely scare the living lights out of Pinhead and his cohorts.
Excellent book, highly recommended to all fans of heroic and dark fantasy.
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