Elric Swords and Roses - Michael Moorcock [187]
“The Flaneur des Arcades de l’Opera,” in The Metatemporal Detective, USA, 2008
“Elric: A Personality at War” (non-fiction by Adrian Snook)
Elric in the Dream Realms:
Del Rey p/b, USA, 2009, comprising:
The Fortress of the Pearl
Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer (script)
“A Portrait in Ivory,” orig. in Logorrhea: Good Words Make
Good Stories (anthol., ed. John Klima), USA, 2007
“Aspects of Fantasy (3): Figures of Faust” (non-fiction), in Science Fantasy No. 63, Feb. 1964
“Earl Aubec of Malador: Outline for a Series of Four Fantasy Novels”
“Introduction to the Taiwanese Edition of Elric,” in Elric of Melniboné, Taiwan, 2007
“One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock” (by Neil Gaiman), in Elric: Tales of the White Wolf, USA, 1994
Elric: Swords and Roses:
Del Rey p/b, USA, 2010, comprising:
The Revenge of the Rose
Stormbringer: First Draft Screenplay
“Black Petals,” orig. in Weird Tales No. 349 (edited by Stephen H. Segal & Ann VanderMeer), USA, Mar./Apr. 2008
“Aspects of Fantasy (4): Conclusion” (non-fiction), in Science Fantasy No. 64, Apr. 1964
“Introduction to The Skrayling Tree,” written for Borders, Inc., 2003
“Introduction to the French Edition of Elric,” in Le Cycle d’Elric, France, 2006
“Elric: A New Reader’s Guide” (non-fiction by John Davey)
MINUTIAE:
In both of the variant omnibus editions called Elric: The Stealer of Souls, the version of Stormbringer appears in a definitive, re-revised form, retaining its full, four-novella length but also incorporating some of the pertinent changes from its 1965 abridgment which were lost during its 1977 restoration to full length.
Non-Elric items contained within the Elric at the End of Time collection include “Sojan the Swordsman” (a composite of short tales featuring Moorcock’s first ever fantasy hero), “Jerry Cornelius & Co.” (two essays on that character) and the short story “The Stone Thing.”
The essay “The Secret Life of Elric of Melniboné”—between its first fanzine appearance (1964) and its collection in Elric at the End of Time—was also in Sojan (Savoy Books p/b, UK, 1977). That collection additionally contained another piece of non-fiction, “Elric,” which originally appeared in the fanzines Niekas No. 8 (ed. Ed Meskys, 1963, as a letter) and Crucified Toad No. 4 (ed. David Britton, 1974).
The French omnibus, Elric le Necromancien (Éditions Opta h/c, 1969), collected The Stealer of Souls and the full version of Stormbringer—plus the novellas “The Singing Citadel” and “To Rescue Tanelorn …”—all arranged in correct chronological order some eight years before any English-language equivalents. Most recently, in France, the mammoth omnibus, Le Cycle d’Elric, collected in a single volume Elric of Melniboné, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Weird of the White Wolf, The Sleeping Sorceress, The Revenge of the Rose, The Bane of the Black Sword, “The Last Enchantment,” Stormbringer and “Elric at the End of Time”! There is also a French anthology of Elric stories by hands other than Moorcock’s (although he introduces it), Elric et la Porte des Mondes, which seems unlikely ever to receive an English-language edition.
Many graphic adaptations of the Elric saga have appeared over the years, mostly starting as comics. Moorcock himself, together with James Cawthorn, plotted a two-part strip in 1972, in which Elric and Conan the Barbarian join forces (“A Sword Called Stormbringer!” & “The Green Empress of Melniboné” in Conan the Barbarian Nos. 14 & 15). Cawthorn also produced a one-off graphic adaptation of Stormbringer for Savoy Books (1976). Several other Elric one-offs have appeared over the years, drawn by various hands, but the most widely available series for some time were Pacific/First Comics’ Elric of Melniboné (6 parts), Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate (7 parts), Elric: Weird of the White Wolf (5 parts), Elric: The Vanishing Tower (6 parts) and Elric: The Bane of the Black Sword (6 parts), all serialized throughout