Duke Elric - Michael Moorcock [0]
“A mythological cycle …Highly relevant to the twentieth
century …The figure of Elric often resembles many purely
contemporary figureheads from Charles Manson to James Dean.”
—Time Out
“Elric is back! Herald the event!”
—Los Angeles Daily News on The Fortress of the Pearl
“[The Elric] novels are totally enthralling.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Among the most memorable characters in fantasy literature.”
—Science Fiction Chronicle
“If you are at all interested in fantastic fiction, you must
read Michael Moorcock. He changed the field
single-handedly: He is a giant.”
—Tad Williams
“A work of powerful and sustained imagination …The vast,
tragic symbols by which Mr. Moorcock continually illuminates
the metaphysical quest of his hero are a measure
of the author's remarkable talents.”
—J. G. Ballard, author of Crash
“A giant of fantasy.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A superb writer.”
—Locus
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate was first published
in the U.K. by Quartet in 1976.
Duke Elric was first serialized in the U.S. by DC/Helix
in 1997—98 and was first collected in Michael Moorcocks Multiverse,
published in the U.S. by DC/Vertigo in 1999.
Audio Realms’ introduction first appeared in their audiobook edition of
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, 2006, and appears here in print for the first time.
“Aspects of Fantasy” (part two) first appeared in Science Fantasy magazine
(edited by John Carnell) no. 62, December 1963. Part one can be found in
Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress, volume 3 of this series.
“The Flaneur des Arcades de l'Opera” first appeared in
The Metatemporal Detective, published in the U.S. by Pyr in 2008.
“Elric: A Personality at War,” by Adrian Snook, appears here for the first time.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for
permission to reprint previously published material:
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate first American edition, cover painting © 1976 by
Michael Whelan, all rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of DAW Books.
Page from Duke Elric copyright © 1997 by John Ridgway,
for Michael Moorcocks Multiverse, DC Comics preview.
Reprinted by permission of DC Comics.
Michael Moorcocks Multiverse cover artwork © 1999 by Walter Simonson,
for Michael Moorcocks Multiverse, DC Comics preview.
Reprinted by permission of DC Comics.
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate AudioRealms audiobook cover artwork © 2006
by Dalmazio Frau. Reprinted by permission of AudioRealms.
“Sailor on Seas of Fate: Book Two: No. 3” © 1979 by James Cawthorn, drawn
for Die See des Schichsals, Heyne (Germany). Previously unpublished.
Reprinted by permission of James Cawthorn.
“Los Reinos Jovenes” (“The Young Kingdoms”) map © 2006 by
Carlos de Miguel, for Elric de Melniboné/La Fortaleza de la Perla
(Elric of Melniboné/The Fortress of the Pearl), Edhasa Books’ Spanish edition.
Reprinted by permission of Edhasa Books.
“Zenith the Albino” advertisement collage © Monsieur Zenith the Albino,
Savoy Books, 2001, designed by John Coulthart.
Reprinted by permission of Savoy Books.
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate cover artwork copyright © 1976 by Patrick
Woodroffe, Quartet Books. Reprinted by permission of Patrick Woodroffe.
ALSO BY MICHAEL MOORCOCK
Behold the Man
Breakfast in the Ruins
Gloriana
The Metatemporal Detective
CHRONICLES OF THE LAST EMPEROR OF MELNIBONé
Elric: The Stealer of Souls
Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn
Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress
THE CORNELIUS QUARTET
The Final Program
A Cure for Cancer
The English Assassin
The Condition of Muzak
BETWEEN THE WARS: THE PYAT QUARTET
Byzantium Endures
The Laughter of Carthage
Jerusalem Commands
The Vengeance of Rome
And many more
To my oldest collaborator,
Jim Cawthorn
CONTENTS
Foreword by Michael Chabon
Introduction
THE SAILOR ON THE SEAS OF FATE
Audiorealms Introduction
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
DUKE ELRIC
Introduction to Duke