Elric of Melniboné by Michael MoorcockMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The last Moorcock I read was six years ago... but it was (allegedly) a Doctor Who book and I didn't enjoy it (see my review for details). It has taken me a while to get back to Moorcock, which is a pity because I really enjoyed his books as a teenager.
When I came across this book, I decided to go for it even though I thought I'd probably already read it... turns out I hadn't. In the Elric books I'd read, he already had Stormbringer but here, I learned how he came to possess it (or how it came to possess him?) and I thoroughly enjoyed this origin story. A real romp that had my hooked from more or less the first page.
This is the Moorcock I remember from my youth. I don't intend to wait another six years before I read more. I'm pretty sure I have The Sailor on the Seas of Fate somewhere... if only I can dig it out.
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