Elric Swords and Roses - Michael Moorcock [183]
The Weird of the White Wolf (1977) is a chronological arrangement of selected contents from The Stealer of Souls and The Singing Citadel, compiled in order to bring them in line with the developing series. At the time of this writing, The Weird of the White Wolf is due to become the third unabridged Elric audiobook.
The Vanishing Tower (1977) is a retitling, with minor textual amendments, of The Sleeping Sorceress. Collectors should note that, in 1981, The Vanishing Tower was the second of three Elric books published as illustrated editions in slip-cases. This edition (in a pictorial red case) also had a smaller, limited edition (in a brown case) signed by the author, artist (Michael Whelan) and publisher.
The Bane of the Black Sword (1977) is a chronological arrangement of selected contents from The Stealer of Souls and The Singing Citadel, compiled in order to bring them in line with the developing series.
The somewhat misleadingly titled Six Science Fiction Classics from the Master of Heroic Fantasy (1979) is a boxed set of six American paperbacks: Elric of Melniboné, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Weird of the White Wolf, The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword and Stormbringer.
Elric at the End of Time (1984) is a collection of short fiction and non-fiction which actually contains only three Elric-related items among its contents of seven (excluding the introduction). The title story was also published separately in 1987 as a large-format novella (q.v.) illustrated by Rodney Matthews.
The Elric Saga Part One (1984) is the first Elric omnibus, and contains Elric of Melniboné, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate and The Weird of the White Wolf. The Elric Saga Part Two (1984) is the second omnibus, and contains The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword and Stormbringer.
Elric at the End of Time (1987) is a separate, large-format novella illustrated by Rodney Matthews for whom it was originally written some years earlier. Collectors should note that it was published simultaneously in both hardcover and paperback formats.
The Fortress of the Pearl (1989), the first Elric novel for thirteen years, expanded the saga and slots, chronologically, between events in Elric of Melniboné and The Sailor on the Seas of Fate.
The Revenge of the Rose (1991) slots between events in The Sleeping Sorceress and the stories from The Bane of the Black Sword.
In 1992, Moorcock began an ambitious project of re-ordering, revising and republishing much of his back-catalogue in a large set of omnibuses in the UK under the collective title, “The Tale of the Eternal Champion.” The first of these to feature the albino prince was Elric of Melniboné (1993), containing Elric of Melniboné, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate and selected contents from The Weird of the White Wolf. The omnibus was retitled in the USA, when the “Eternal Champion” series began to appear there, as Elric: Song of the Black Sword (1995).
The second British omnibus to feature Elric was Stormbringer (1993), containing The Sleeping Sorceress, The Revenge of the Rose, selected contents from The Bane of the Black Sword, and Stormbringer. This omnibus was retitled in the USA as Elric: The Stealer of Souls (1998), not to be confused with the Del Rey volume of the same name (q.v.).
Collectors should note that, in the UK, “The Tale of the Eternal Champion” omnibuses were published simultaneously in both hardcover and paperback formats. In the USA, hardcover editions appeared ahead of their paperback versions.
Elric: Tales of the White Wolf (1994) is an original anthology of Elric stories by Moorcock and others, edited by Edward E. Kramer & Richard Gilliam.
Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse (1999) is a graphic novel illustrated by Walter Simonson, Mark Reeve & John Ridgway, originally serialized in twelve parts (1997/98). It contains three interconnecting tales (each illustrated by a different artist), one of which—Ridgway’s—is