Nomad Scry reviewed Elric of Melniboné : Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman
A trailblazer shadowed by it's progeny.
4 stars
So trippy. Making dream babies and horse hauntings and merging with yourself to battle extrauniversal entities.
Elric of Melnibone, the Fortress of the Pearl, the Sailor on the Seas of Fate, and the Weird of the White Wolf
audio cd
Published March 15, 2022 by Recorded Books, Inc..
So trippy. Making dream babies and horse hauntings and merging with yourself to battle extrauniversal entities.
This was a slog to read. Maybe it's the writing, maybe it's the plot. The characters are formed and knowable but each book in the volume read differently - that is due to them being written at different times.
I do know that I read the first two books before as a teenager, and it was then that I put Elric away. I just didn't care for him. Maybe it's the way women are portrayed, maybe it is just the first book was written for a magazine. I don't know. I'll give this volume 3 stars mainly for the appendix items -meaning I found this to be two stars but gave an extra one due to the work put into the volume.
I may not return to see Elric. Who knows?