Elric of Melniboné, the haunted, treacherous and doomed albino sorcerer-prince, is one of the great creations of modern fantasy. An introspective weakling in thrall to his soul-eating sword, Stormbringer, he is yet a hero whose bloody adventures and wanderings lead inexorably to his decisive intervention in the war between the forces of Law and Chaos.
Michael Moorcock heavily influenced David Gemmell and his influence is possibly now more important than his body of work. David Gemmell took the anti-hero to a new level by adding stronger plots, characters and word building and Moorcock’s hand can be seen in the creations of Tad Williams and, in my opinion, Steven Erikson.
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