@@tylerschoen5643 I sell some of them online, but eBay sucks and treats their sellers poorly so I just decided recently to slow it down a bit as I don't want to completely rely on them financially and such. I would estimate that I have around 15,000 books overall, so I will continue selling for quite a while whether I like it or not, but I do like it for the most part :)
wow never thought i would find this in Audio, TY ..here for a nostalgia trip:") I was there for the first print and read them all many many decades ago and if others have the correct pronunciation of Melnibone is in fact Melniboonee, in one book Elric introduces himself to a future companion and the reply written by moorcock was " I know of no Melniboonee !" thats what was written.. man this is gunna irk me as I listen I know it lol..
Is is my namesake and ive never trully read the originals. I know some storys from my pops but ive always wanted to read the original storys. Ty so much
Good to see this generation appreciating Mr Moorcock's writing. He was our escape through the 1970's when reading was our alternative media. Listening to Elric novels now, til i get to the newest one, as, it's been a minute.
I've had the good fortune to edit and publish a brand new Elric story, so I can say from personal experience that Mike is as wonderful a person as you could hope for.
What an excellent narrator I mean wow 😮 completely immerses me into the story and I just feel like I'm on this grand adventure with elric every step of the way
0:00 Book 1 18:49 bk 1, ch 2 31:43 bk 1, ch 3 44:45 bk 1, ch 4 57:46 bk 1, ch 5 1:22:04 bk 1, ch 6 1:37:41 Book 2 1:38:12 bk 2, ch 1 1:49:45 bk 2, ch 2 2:05:30 bk 2, ch 3 2:25:13 bk 2, ch 4 2:39:50 bk 2, ch 5 3:04:40 bk 2, ch 6 3:16:37 bk 2, ch 7 3:38:58 bk 2, ch 8 4:13:17 Book 3 4:14:00 bk 3, ch 1 4:25:56 bk 3, ch 2 4:38:53 bk 3, ch 3 4:55:15 bk 3, ch 4 5:14:56 bk 3, ch 5 5:25:53 Epilogue
I last read Elric in the 1970s when I was a teenager. I loved Michael Moorcocks worlds, you could really lose yourself in them. Judging by this, they stood the test of time! Thank you for the upload btw, I'm really enjoying it.
Am I the only one hearing something breathing for the first hour or so? Ominous. Also I have a vivid memory of the first book starting with Elric in the dream chambers and a very lucid narration about the trips and countless lives they dream of there.
When this gets adapted, i really hope it gets into the hands of people who are huge fans, & not just the typical Hollywood treatment for being mined for the image. Hopefully a great adaptation.
Yeah. Conan the Barbarian is a prime example. Yes. The Arnold films were just money making blockbusters with the big action star pf the time. But they were amazing compared to the newest one. Jason Momoa was more than a decent pick for Conan, but the movie itself was a bland, rushed, and shallow story seasoned with cgi, some lame twists and turns that a dead man could see coming, and money to try and cover up the taste. Movies and shows should stay true to the books. GoT proved that. Did great until they ran out of source material and had to do it themselves. Granted, Martin was involved, but it just became the shit standard. Shallow, rushed, and contradicting stories. Characters that had once been multi faceted and with such depth that the wonderful actors actually brought them to life; then relegated to having clothes and lighting get darker in later seasons so people "realize it's getting serious, and dark". Characters that once made decisions that, although shocking at times, made sense because of the Character's character, or lack thereof. Instead we got events taking place and people making choices because the writers decided it would happen. We gotta figure this out. They can't bastardize our stories!!!!
An animated TV series would probably be the best option because the novels are basically just collections of somewhat-isolated stories and because there are many fantastical events and creatures in the story, so animation would save a ton of money that would otherwise be spent on CG
I'd never read these before. I can see how these stories could inspire so much that came after. All in all this seems to be the archetype for Dark Elves. The pale skin, the slavery, the creative brutality. It's amazing to hear the parallels.
Wow, neat-o observation! I read them when I was in high school around 1984-85 time frame because I had been playing D&D for a couple years and saw it in Appendix N. Reading fantasy was very important to players back then, even stuff not in that list. That said, I never played in a group that had emphasized Drow except going through Queen of the Demonweb Pits once. We all know that some of Gygax & the gang's ideas either came from or were supported by this book (like sentient swords, lawful and chaotic alignments, elementals in the monster manual, planes of existence). Now, re-reading this series many years later, it seems to me that the flavor of Melnibonean evil, that ranges from conflicted elegance (in Elric's case) to supportive indifference (in Dyvim Tvar's and Cymoril's cases) to myopic lust for power (in Yrkoon's case) would be an excellent model for someone who wanted to role play a drow. If I were DMing a campaign that heavily involved drow, I would recommend that the players read at least "Elric of Melnibone" to get an idea of the kinds of personas drow might have... Listen at 2:35:14. It is also a model for how to frame a campaign of evil PCs so they don't just become murder hobos, but rather "work" for some shot caller who restricts their use of violence so that it is used primarily for the evil lord (or crime boss's) purposes. (Evil is an alignment to a force or cause, not a free for all.) We did a campaign setting and home brew rule set with evil characters that we called "Blackblade" that was modeled on this approach. Our evil characters served this mysterious being called "The Overlord" who basically told us what quests we would take, which allowed us to switch DM every couple weeks so everyone could both play and DM. (We did mini two-session "railroad" quests with a new DM every two weeks, and made it so that if you DMed your PC would get the same experience as if the player had played the PC in the adventure.) In a more low-fantasy approach, all you have to do is watch mafia documentaries to understand "the boss," "territory," and how they try to avoid police attention to get an idea how evil PCs might be controlled ...You demonstrate the importance of fantasy literacy and reading fantasy to the fantasy RGP player, not just consuming it form movies and video games, which seems to have become lost on newer players. Great stuff!!!
This is beautifully read, many thanks ... takes me back to my stoner days in my 20s when I would buy 2nd hand sci-fi and fantasy ... each book took me months to read, because I'd never remember it in the morning! As a writer I love the dialogue, even though there's sorcery, dragons, magic swords etc, the conversations between the characters are, for the most part, believable and realistic, giving the whole thing a credibility some fantasy lacks ... lovely stuff ❤
When the underworld creature, Thing, says Frank, before it dies, it has remembered, at the last moment, that before it was turned into Thing it used to be Frank Cornelius, the main adversary of another Eternal Champion, his brother, Jerry Cornelius.
Together with R. E. Howard's Conan, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Gene Wolfe's New Sun books, Moorcock's Elric is one of the true classics of the sci-fi & fantasy. Its charm - for me at least - lies in its pulpy campiness: the rather straightforward and simple plots, the edgelord-style descriptions of swordfights, Elric's wrestling with his moral dilemmas for the 10th time, bringing more and more ruin to himself and everyone around rather than taking that one simple step, much like the eternal Batman / Joker problem... And of course, credit to Mr. Moorcock for laying the foundations of all subsequent depictions of Dark Elves everywhere (call them Drow, Drukhari, Ayleids, what have you 🙂). Oh, and I'm just going to say it: Geralt of Rivia has absolutely nothing to do with this guy. Sure, he's got white hair. Yes, he drinks potions sometimes. Yes, some call him the White Wolf. Guess what - that applies to about a million fantasy characters, and at least a thousand real life metalheads. Freakin Jon Snow was called a White Wolf. Goddamn Lucius Malfoy looks like a snobby British Elric. And every Skyrim character chugs potions by the dozen. The Witcher books are inspired by Arthurian myths, Polish folk tales, the Thirty Years War, and the German invasion of Poland more than by Michael Moorcock's works. A much better parallel would be R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden, with his moral & love struggles and his self-harming unwillingness to kill Artemis Entreri. He is much more of a copycat character, pretty much a PG-13 version of Elric.
The witcher was heavily based off this character. I remember reading these amazing books back in highschool, I'm so glad I found this video! Thank you sir!
@elgatochurro wtf are you talking about?? I've read all of Sapkowski's work several times, AND all of Moorcock's Elric saga multiple times. Aside from brooding albino with white hair, there's like no similarities at all. Stop pushing idiotic talking points from know-nothing youtubers.
@@gwynbleidd1917 *ENTIRE PHILOPSOPHIZING OF THE WAR BETWEEN LAW AND CHAOS, GOOD AND EVIL, MAGIC AND MORE IS RIPPED ENTIRELY WORD FOR WORD OUT OF ELRIC OF MELNIBONE BOOKS* YOU DO NOT HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON, YOUR LIES ARE DISGUSTING AND WOULD BE HANDLED VIA A PUBLIC WHIPPING 200 YEARS AGO FOR HOW BRAZEN IT IS
@@gwynbleidd1917 Bruh is upset his favorite frail albino who needs to drink special potions to keep his strength up and blah blah blah is a copy pasta. anyways, i didnt see the comments appear later so.... yeah i did a few takes :3 I STILL dont see em, but go ahead and tell me how copying the entire world, outer worlds, meta universe, character, sub plots, word for word speeches, plot devices and more ALL AT ONCE isnt plagiarism is there a point like a black hole where theres so much plagiarism its no longer blatant plagiarism? Ive never seen such an exact rip off of another work before... Tolkein rip offs might be bland and boring but at least they didnt attempt to copy and paste the LOTR in microsoft word adn just find and replace the names XD
@@elgatochurro you're the one who's obviously upset, someone called out your angry ramblings lol. I love Moorcock's eternal champion books, and Sapkowski's witcher series. Unlike you, i don't see this as some weird team sports. Unlike you, I've actually read both series multiple times. Obviously Sapkowski took major influence from Michael Moorcock, but it definitely isn't copy-pasted lol. The fact that you think that proves you're ignorant on the topic of both writer's works.
Yeah I can hear a weird background breathing. Now either I'm developing emphysema ( damn that filthy pipeweed ) or this voice recording is summoning the " Elder Gods" ala Evil Dead 2. Mind you I am enjoying the reading, but I do object to the fact that I'm being used as a conduit for the Dark Ones. I don't want to sound pissy about this but, if I'm going to be roped into bringing about the End of All Things, you are definitely buying me a drink first. I mean fairs fair!
Yes his pronunciation of it is funny and beneath the high station of Elric , but I could be wrong. Drizzt Du’urden from house Daermon N'a'shezbaernon of Menzoberranzan has a unique name that may be difficult to pronounce for some.
@@followingtheroe1952 The writer of The Witcher was one of the people who translated the Elric books into Polish, so he definitely was cribbing off Moorcock.
can someone halpe me figure orders? Im interested in Moorcock's literature, but I dont know where I should start first. is this book related to the castle brass series? can I listen to this without knowing the others?
Yes, but with Michael Moorcock one could argue that you can start wherever you'd like, especially since he wrote a lot of them out of order. I started with this one and got hooked, but instead of reading 'The Fortress of the Pearl' second like I did, I'd recommend 'Sailor on the Seas of Fate' next.
@@michealpickering7444 Yeah same here, there's usually a lot of that when it comes to these prolific writers, especially Moorcock since his characters often overlap, plus the main one's being different incarnations of the Eternal Champion and sharing a similar destiny.
last hour, and it constantly sounds like someone in doing woodwork in the background. previously i have hears sighing, mumbling etc. Why so much background noises 😭
Probably about 2 or so, but I do break it up into more convenient times, such as when I walk somewhere (which is quite often since I don't drive). I have got in a habit of reading every single day, though some days are a bit light on quantity I find that it still adds up fast resulting in finishing many more books per year.
Yeah though it was completely unintended it was nice for me to be able to review my sleep. There's a part when I laugh for some reason, but it was timely as Elric was summoning Arioch.
One other dark fantasy setting that ripped off Moorcock here is Legacy of Kain: Soul devouring sword Reluctant white haired sorcerer emporer turned anti-hero Dying race / dying empire I cannot stop thinking about this since the reader here sounds so much like Simon Templeman
@@bluntforcetrauma8192 lol I figured it out... Someone recorded this live off there own computer or something and literally fell asleep at the mic for half of the book...
It is what it is, recorded it while sleeping (but at least it's not a honking snore), and being a very good recorder it picks up every noise, unfortunately though in this case. Can't find any other time to record any others because of the daytime sounds and cars, but if I happen to sleep in the living room for some reason I'll be sure to record another one.
Fucking youtube. No one will ever care that I've read Michael Moorcock as a youth, nor that I've wielded Stormbringer hundreds of times, only to cast down an inferior piece of mere metal. I'm very judgemental as 60 years turns out. Upvote
Well it's not me who is narrating, but I will eventually upload it, but I just need to find a better time to do it because the recorder picks up my breathing while I'm asleep. I'd record it in the day but there would be even more noises (cars, etc.), but will figure it out one way or another.
@@quincycroft3323 Well thank you, and there are no ads either :) I'll try to get 'Sailor on the Seas of Fate' uploaded soon sometime when I'm up late or sleeping in the living room (so that there's no snoring).
2 hours and 18 minutes in and the Elder Gods have gone strangely quiet. I don't like it, I'm dreading the sound of drums, I just know that sooner or later there's going to be drums.
Fabulous audio book. Listening to this, decades since I last read the book, one thing becomes quite clear: George Martin f___ing ripped off the whole vibe and concept, shamelessly: A waning dragon culture, white hair, Byzantine court intrigues, ultra violence and torture, good/evil characters, my God the list goes on. How pathetic.
Yeah it does seem that he was heavily inspired by Moorcock's stories, but thankfully he is a talented writer (though much lazier in recent years). Sorry bout the snoring/breathing in some of this audio book, hope it still sufficed for a nice trip down memory lane.
I'm fairly sure Moorcock didn't invent court intrigue (or "good / evil characters", whatever that means). It is for sure interesting to see the similarities in many more modern fantasy tales, though. Like the brooding, ostracized white-haired swordsman who uses potions to enhance his strength, which is straight up Geralt from the Witcher books.
George has jam packed ASOIAF with allusions. He uses them as cyphers to solve background secrets. I am not familiar with Moorcock’s stuff enough yet, but I think mostly it’s to make “eternal hero?” connections with Elric/Corum/Jack between the Targaryens and Jaqen: I.E. Jaqen is a Targaryen heir, also Mance( aka Aegon the not-dead-baby) and Hawkmoon?
@@mistermaestersirthomas9164- Wait, so you think both Jaquen H'ghar & Mance Raider are both Targ descendants?! 😯 Not saying I think you're wrong... I'm just intrigued! lol Would love to know how you came to this theory! Thanks!
@@KabbalahSherry yes, they both are; Jaqen is Stark also, not sure if Mance is Dayne or Baratheon (less likely but possible?!?). If fact the line goes: Rhaella plus probably Arthur Dayne (could be Papa Baratheon but likely Dayne) makes Aegon Targaryen aka Mance Ryder (“house of Rhaegar “ aka Rhaegar’s “sons” father but not Rhaenys’ dad) ; Aegon(Mance) makes Aegon(Young Griff) with the “Dornish Man’s wife” aka Elia (Rhaenys’ father is the “Dornish man” since he slept with Elia to make Rhaenys similar to “The Handmaid’s Tale” bodyguard situation); Mance later sleeps with Lyanna (Robin Hood/Maid Marion except both are in disguise in armor Lyanna as Laughing Tree and Mance as Rhaegar) the “Northman’s daughter “ (this is why Mance sings Dornish man and Northman’s daughter in that order); Lyanna and Aegon(Mance) make the twins Aegon the Younger(Jaqen) and Aegon the even Younger(Jon Snow) (Romulus and Remus/ Pip, Pip the younger, Pip the even Younger reference to both Black Adder and real English history). Aegon’s hair dye clue/Arya’s sigil clue/Blackfyre sigil clue: all help to show you that most (maybe all?!?) dual color haired characters are metaphorically house sigil coded: Aegon(young Griff) Blue/White (sorta the flower/ Targ hair/heir broken clue) Mance/Lyanna “houses” (it’s a broken clue since Mance doesn’t really have a house and Aegon(Young Griff) is recognized by Rhaegar his “nuncle”; Darkstar Black/White Dayne/Reyne his Mother is a Reyne (Stark is a misdirection maybe Swann but it makes sense about his white hair dedication and Lannister hate), Barbary Dustin brown/Grey Ryswell/Stark (pregnant girl in black water pool, Grendel’s mother allusion) married Brandon at the tree no witnesses nor officiant, parents of Ramsey True-born (actually Stark’s oldest living heir as Brandon’s son, Grendel allusion ) , Aegon (Jaqen) red/white Targaryen/Stark sent after the Tower of Joy by Ned with probably Sir Dustin [2 out of 3 survived not out of 10 total people and also a bunch of women and kids who were there at either (maybe both) a Septa Nunnery or/and a whorehouse (possible historical reference of the ?Italian Nunnery whorehouse? Mentioned in Assassin’s Creed 2, Shakespeare reference to “where whores go” a “nunnery”)]. Jaqen was sent to Lorath, captured by Euron in the area Ayra is warned about pirates lurking, sold to the Faceless Men as a “dragon egg” Targaryen child to kill Balon, raised by the Faceless Men until he met Syrio and decided to not give up his name ( like in real life with Sean, Jon, Shawn, John, Jack, etc.. Valarian is Aegon, Lorathi is Jaqen same name different cultures/languages) just like Ayra won’t give up her name in the future). Like the Count of Monty Cristo, Jaqen has returned home trained by a mentor Syrio who is ?dead?!? Now?!? (Other allusions imply he’s still alive elsewhere, the reader hasn’t seen him yet in theory since Syrio we know was Jaqen) and has been given a massive cash to get his revenge. Jaqen has a list like Ayra and like Ayra it has people on it who are actually innocent of Jaqen’s accusations like Ned. Jaqen is the one actually talking to Ned in the Cells face changing from Robert ( Jaqen was the one who poisoned him, sorta Theseus returning home in disguise to “face” his “father” killing the “great white bore” Robert. Both Cercei and Lancel think the other did it.) to Petyr and then into creepy crawlies (just like Kindly Man and Euron face changing). Ned was too delirious to make sense but confused Jaqen with denying what Jaqen thought he knew from the people he talked to, Jaqen decided to wait in the cells as Jaqen and get sent to the Wall with Ned to get the truth of Tower of Joy and his parentage, probably thinking Ned is his Dad (Theseus confronting his father) and Lyanna is his Mother (the main payoff for “Starcest” clues). “Jack will jump over the candle(dragonglass)stick “ to kill Euron (on the revenge list) next book with Sam (LOTR Frodo and Sam…. vs. orc to steal armor), Jaqen will steal Euron’s armor and patch (Princess Bride ?Dread Pirate Roberts? Allusion), Jaqen will “facechange” (actually his real face as a twin) into Jon confusing Sam (and the reader) since Jon should be dead and hasn’t come back yet and is too far away even if he survived the stabbing. this will get even more confusing for the reader when Jon is resurrected later, and triply confusing when Euron fights Jon at the Wall only to face reveal as Jon in Euron’s (actually Rhaegar’s rubiless armor) just without Jon’s face-scars (twin-tell trope not seen on Jon’s vision). “How can this be me?” (Probably misquoted ruffly the same) It’s your brother Jon….
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Amazing! I see your book hauls. Do you sell them online?
@@tylerschoen5643 I sell some of them online, but eBay sucks and treats their sellers poorly so I just decided recently to slow it down a bit as I don't want to completely rely on them financially and such. I would estimate that I have around 15,000 books overall, so I will continue selling for quite a while whether I like it or not, but I do like it for the most part :)
A special thanks to TH-cam so we can enjoy this audiobook. They only care about music and ads.
wow never thought i would find this in Audio, TY ..here for a nostalgia trip:") I was there for the first print and read them all many many decades ago and if others have the correct pronunciation of Melnibone is in fact Melniboonee, in one book Elric introduces himself to a future companion and the reply written by moorcock was " I know of no Melniboonee !" thats what was written.. man this is gunna irk me as I listen I know it lol..
Is is my namesake and ive never trully read the originals. I know some storys from my pops but ive always wanted to read the original storys. Ty so much
all these years i was calling in MEL NI BONE instead of mel nib o nay, i may be in my 60s on the outside only but im never to old to learn,,thanks xx
Yeah that's how I was pronouncing it too.
same here
Same here at 68 😅😂
It's the accent on the é that does it :D
@@finncullen ty xx
Good to see this generation appreciating Mr Moorcock's writing. He was our escape through the 1970's when reading was our alternative media. Listening to Elric novels now, til i get to the newest one, as, it's been a minute.
I've had the good fortune to edit and publish a brand new Elric story, so I can say from personal experience that Mike is as wonderful a person as you could hope for.
*"Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou."* Stormbringer , Elric's 'sword'.
Such a crazy ending. Love this series.
Well said great series never did find the Greyhawk series
Finally! Someone has finally posted book one. My favorite anti-hero since the '70s
❤❤❤
Drizzt type?
What an excellent narrator I mean wow 😮 completely immerses me into the story and I just feel like I'm on this grand adventure with elric every step of the way
I’m glad I’m not the only one who heard snoring
One of the greatest characters of fantasy. My personal favorite of all.
The narrator is Samuel Roukin, if anyone's interested. He's an actor too.
Funny, from all the interviews I’ve seen and heard with M Moorecock, I could have sworn it was him.
0:00 Book 1
18:49 bk 1, ch 2
31:43 bk 1, ch 3
44:45 bk 1, ch 4
57:46 bk 1, ch 5
1:22:04 bk 1, ch 6
1:37:41 Book 2
1:38:12 bk 2, ch 1
1:49:45 bk 2, ch 2
2:05:30 bk 2, ch 3
2:25:13 bk 2, ch 4
2:39:50 bk 2, ch 5
3:04:40 bk 2, ch 6
3:16:37 bk 2, ch 7
3:38:58 bk 2, ch 8
4:13:17 Book 3
4:14:00 bk 3, ch 1
4:25:56 bk 3, ch 2
4:38:53 bk 3, ch 3
4:55:15 bk 3, ch 4
5:14:56 bk 3, ch 5
5:25:53 Epilogue
TY! 🙏
May Arioch bless you. 😈🙏
I last read Elric in the 1970s when I was a teenager. I loved Michael Moorcocks worlds, you could really lose yourself in them. Judging by this, they stood the test of time! Thank you for the upload btw, I'm really enjoying it.
The scene with Dr Jest, the only time Jest is ever seen, is still memorable to this day, 40 years after I first read it.
Am I the only one hearing something breathing for the first hour or so? Ominous. Also I have a vivid memory of the first book starting with Elric in the dream chambers and a very lucid narration about the trips and countless lives they dream of there.
yea that is quite annoying
Guy's reading a whole book for your amusement and you have it for free! Show some gratitude lads!! @@ElderRaceofMan
When this gets adapted, i really hope it gets into the hands of people who are huge fans, & not just the typical Hollywood treatment for being mined for the image. Hopefully a great adaptation.
Yeah. Conan the Barbarian is a prime example. Yes. The Arnold films were just money making blockbusters with the big action star pf the time. But they were amazing compared to the newest one. Jason Momoa was more than a decent pick for Conan, but the movie itself was a bland, rushed, and shallow story seasoned with cgi, some lame twists and turns that a dead man could see coming, and money to try and cover up the taste. Movies and shows should stay true to the books. GoT proved that. Did great until they ran out of source material and had to do it themselves. Granted, Martin was involved, but it just became the shit standard. Shallow, rushed, and contradicting stories. Characters that had once been multi faceted and with such depth that the wonderful actors actually brought them to life; then relegated to having clothes and lighting get darker in later seasons so people "realize it's getting serious, and dark". Characters that once made decisions that, although shocking at times, made sense because of the Character's character, or lack thereof. Instead we got events taking place and people making choices because the writers decided it would happen. We gotta figure this out. They can't bastardize our stories!!!!
An animated TV series would probably be the best option because the novels are basically just collections of somewhat-isolated stories and because there are many fantastical events and creatures in the story, so animation would save a ton of money that would otherwise be spent on CG
Yeah, let's keep it away from Peter Jackson; since he completely butchered "The Hobbit"!
I don't think there's anything in the story of Elric that Hollywood has any interest in. I myself am grateful for that.
I want it to be a Skyrim like game. I think that would be the best way to really make it fun.
The Elric books have to be my favourite of all time. When I first read them I couldn't put them down.
Excellent reading ! Over the decades since my childhood My favorite Has always been Elric .
I'd never read these before. I can see how these stories could inspire so much that came after.
All in all this seems to be the archetype for Dark Elves. The pale skin, the slavery, the creative brutality.
It's amazing to hear the parallels.
Not to mention the Targaryens.
Dnd, warhammer, witcher, GoT, etc it’s amazing to see how many things this has influenced
Wow, neat-o observation! I read them when I was in high school around 1984-85 time frame because I had been playing D&D for a couple years and saw it in Appendix N. Reading fantasy was very important to players back then, even stuff not in that list. That said, I never played in a group that had emphasized Drow except going through Queen of the Demonweb Pits once. We all know that some of Gygax & the gang's ideas either came from or were supported by this book (like sentient swords, lawful and chaotic alignments, elementals in the monster manual, planes of existence). Now, re-reading this series many years later, it seems to me that the flavor of Melnibonean evil, that ranges from conflicted elegance (in Elric's case) to supportive indifference (in Dyvim Tvar's and Cymoril's cases) to myopic lust for power (in Yrkoon's case) would be an excellent model for someone who wanted to role play a drow. If I were DMing a campaign that heavily involved drow, I would recommend that the players read at least "Elric of Melnibone" to get an idea of the kinds of personas drow might have... Listen at 2:35:14. It is also a model for how to frame a campaign of evil PCs so they don't just become murder hobos, but rather "work" for some shot caller who restricts their use of violence so that it is used primarily for the evil lord (or crime boss's) purposes. (Evil is an alignment to a force or cause, not a free for all.) We did a campaign setting and home brew rule set with evil characters that we called "Blackblade" that was modeled on this approach. Our evil characters served this mysterious being called "The Overlord" who basically told us what quests we would take, which allowed us to switch DM every couple weeks so everyone could both play and DM. (We did mini two-session "railroad" quests with a new DM every two weeks, and made it so that if you DMed your PC would get the same experience as if the player had played the PC in the adventure.) In a more low-fantasy approach, all you have to do is watch mafia documentaries to understand "the boss," "territory," and how they try to avoid police attention to get an idea how evil PCs might be controlled ...You demonstrate the importance of fantasy literacy and reading fantasy to the fantasy RGP player, not just consuming it form movies and video games, which seems to have become lost on newer players. Great stuff!!!
yep, and the Witcher series is a complete Elric ripoff.
Nobody brings up Legacy of Kain! It even has a soul devouring sword!
I havnt had the pleasure of this since 1993 which had the original hardbacks sadly gone now at 50 this is a rare treat
One of my favorite series. Thank you
Thank you for this! This series and Elric were my first swords and sorcery loves. ❤
Very well read. I have been seeking a good version of this tales since before time began.
And thank you so much I just can't get enough my man you are awesome you have earned a subscriber
Thanks for posting. I have been waiting ages to see this come up on TH-cam. One of my all time favorite novels.
No prob, and sorry bout the snoring.
@@wileyschmitt lol i thought i was having trouble breathing.. awesome job though. im going to check out more of your work
@@wileyschmittI was driving while listening to this and thought something was wrong with my vehicle at first.
@@cheyennew811 Ha! Yeah like a leaky hose or valve.
The first volume of the elric saga arrived about a few weeks ago, I'm reading it now and it's great.
This is beautifully read, many thanks ... takes me back to my stoner days in my 20s when I would buy 2nd hand sci-fi and fantasy ... each book took me months to read, because I'd never remember it in the morning! As a writer I love the dialogue, even though there's sorcery, dragons, magic swords etc, the conversations between the characters are, for the most part, believable and realistic, giving the whole thing a credibility some fantasy lacks ... lovely stuff ❤
Thank you for the upload. First time ive heard this story. Loved it. Ive just bought the book
Great recording, but the snoring in the background is killing me Smalls
Is it snoring or some kind of breathing machine
Lovely read and well done! looking forward to part 2 :)
He does a great job, and I do plan to upload some others, but part 2 might already be available on TH-cam if you search for it.
I loved reading this book as a depressed teenager
Whoever voiced this should be a voice actor, if he's not already (which, judging by the quality of the recording, he might not be)
I think it's a professional recording from a voice actor, just replayed and re-recorded on a different device (hence the breathing, snoring, etc)
i was just wondering about the sleeping person@@bobbytate9907
Well done! Thank you
Thank you so much
When the underworld creature, Thing, says Frank, before it dies, it has remembered, at the last moment, that before it was turned into Thing it used to be Frank Cornelius, the main adversary of another Eternal Champion, his brother, Jerry Cornelius.
Every small detail across the cosmos blows my mind
I love this book!
Together with R. E. Howard's Conan, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Gene Wolfe's New Sun books, Moorcock's Elric is one of the true classics of the sci-fi & fantasy. Its charm - for me at least - lies in its pulpy campiness: the rather straightforward and simple plots, the edgelord-style descriptions of swordfights, Elric's wrestling with his moral dilemmas for the 10th time, bringing more and more ruin to himself and everyone around rather than taking that one simple step, much like the eternal Batman / Joker problem... And of course, credit to Mr. Moorcock for laying the foundations of all subsequent depictions of Dark Elves everywhere (call them Drow, Drukhari, Ayleids, what have you 🙂).
Oh, and I'm just going to say it: Geralt of Rivia has absolutely nothing to do with this guy. Sure, he's got white hair. Yes, he drinks potions sometimes. Yes, some call him the White Wolf. Guess what - that applies to about a million fantasy characters, and at least a thousand real life metalheads. Freakin Jon Snow was called a White Wolf. Goddamn Lucius Malfoy looks like a snobby British Elric. And every Skyrim character chugs potions by the dozen. The Witcher books are inspired by Arthurian myths, Polish folk tales, the Thirty Years War, and the German invasion of Poland more than by Michael Moorcock's works. A much better parallel would be R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden, with his moral & love struggles and his self-harming unwillingness to kill Artemis Entreri. He is much more of a copycat character, pretty much a PG-13 version of Elric.
Thanks for the upload!
Thank you very much from France.
Thank you for your video friend!
Thanx, sorry bout the snoring :)
The witcher was heavily based off this character. I remember reading these amazing books back in highschool, I'm so glad I found this video! Thank you sir!
Based is not correct that giu ripped off moorcock.
It's not based, it's copy pasted. Every aspect and even name and theme...the Witcher is not it's own character
Check out Warhammer ' Felix and Gotrex ' books. All about an invincible Dwarf slayer that travels around with a poet.
@elgatochurro wtf are you talking about?? I've read all of Sapkowski's work several times, AND all of Moorcock's Elric saga multiple times. Aside from brooding albino with white hair, there's like no similarities at all. Stop pushing idiotic talking points from know-nothing youtubers.
@@gwynbleidd1917 *ENTIRE PHILOPSOPHIZING OF THE WAR BETWEEN LAW AND CHAOS, GOOD AND EVIL, MAGIC AND MORE IS RIPPED ENTIRELY WORD FOR WORD OUT OF ELRIC OF MELNIBONE BOOKS*
YOU DO NOT HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON, YOUR LIES ARE DISGUSTING AND WOULD BE HANDLED VIA A PUBLIC WHIPPING 200 YEARS AGO FOR HOW BRAZEN IT IS
This is such a great listen to at work
I wanna support
You're unhinged
@@gwynbleidd1917 Bruh is upset his favorite frail albino who needs to drink special potions to keep his strength up and blah blah blah is a copy pasta.
anyways, i didnt see the comments appear later so.... yeah i did a few takes :3
I STILL dont see em, but go ahead and tell me how copying the entire world, outer worlds, meta universe, character, sub plots, word for word speeches, plot devices and more ALL AT ONCE isnt plagiarism
is there a point like a black hole where theres so much plagiarism its no longer blatant plagiarism? Ive never seen such an exact rip off of another work before... Tolkein rip offs might be bland and boring but at least they didnt attempt to copy and paste the LOTR in microsoft word adn just find and replace the names XD
@@elgatochurro lmao cope. And I love both writer's works a lot so idk why you're acting like it's team sports. You're unhinged, chud
@@elgatochurro you're the one who's obviously upset, someone called out your angry ramblings lol. I love Moorcock's eternal champion books, and Sapkowski's witcher series. Unlike you, i don't see this as some weird team sports. Unlike you, I've actually read both series multiple times. Obviously Sapkowski took major influence from Michael Moorcock, but it definitely isn't copy-pasted lol. The fact that you think that proves you're ignorant on the topic of both writer's works.
@@elgatochurro just saw your subscription list. Of course you're a terminally online lolli fan. Makes total sense now lmao
I love the audiobook over here my man but you have to do something about the noises in the background.
Thank you so much, This Narration is fantastic!
Thanks for the reading!
I was looking for this 🤠🐎
Yeah I can hear a weird background breathing. Now either I'm developing emphysema ( damn that filthy pipeweed ) or this voice recording is summoning the " Elder Gods" ala Evil Dead 2. Mind you I am enjoying the reading, but I do object to the fact that I'm being used as a conduit for the Dark Ones. I don't want to sound pissy about this but, if I'm going to be roped into bringing about the End of All Things, you are definitely buying me a drink first. I mean fairs fair!
Thank you so much for this.
Thanks for this! Awesome reading!
thanks for pronouncing melnibone correctly
I hd troble mistaking it...
@@elgatochurro Hwo mch troble?
@@finncullen it must've been late at night I typed this
Make Melnibone Great Again!
And make the barbarians pay for it
I would love that on a T-shirt.
This should be a movie.
NO, No no! Not every good tale should be mauled by the cesspit called hollywierd.
Needs a good director so many ways Hollywood would mess it up
MM was in talks about it I thought I read years back...
But the Witcher kind of ruined it I guess. Should of hit up this gem earlier I guess.
What a pleasant surprise to hear the voice of Hadrian Marlowe
Mel nib eh nigh? I've always thought it was Melneh bone. Now I know! 🤷🏻♂️😂
Yes his pronunciation of it is funny and beneath the high station of Elric , but I could be wrong. Drizzt Du’urden from house Daermon N'a'shezbaernon of Menzoberranzan has a unique name that may be difficult to pronounce for some.
Blood And Souls For Arioch
I would love to listen to this, been wanting to get into Elric for ages, unfortunately the snoring is too much for me.
Read them then, they're all very short books, plus Moorcock never snores!
Audibke has the Omnibus renditions read by the same Narrator. I have all of them. Each being around 30 hours
Love these books
WHAT IS WITH THE BREATHING IN THE BACKGROUND!
This! I can't tell which is worse, the background noise/breathing or the half a dozen times he says "Eric" instead of "Elric"
Please do the knight of swords!
I can hear you breathing through the recording
Fantastic!
What is the slithering breathing noise in the background?
44:44 chapter 4
Who did the art at the 40 and 50 minute mark? They look fantastic.
Edit: also 45 minute mark.
Another edit: Robert Gould! Still not sure of 45 min.
Michael Whelan at 45 min
@@dennisolsson1597 thanks and cheers
I would have guessed Frazetta
Who else? Here is here as a Blue Öyster Cult fan?
Who else what? And what does "Here is here as a Blue Oyster Cult fan?" mean?
thank you
Did anyone notice how much this is like the Witcher? But imo this is way better by far. I never liked Witcher lore 😅
Geralt Targaryean
@@followingtheroe1952 The writer of The Witcher was one of the people who translated the Elric books into Polish, so he definitely was cribbing off Moorcock.
It is the inspiration.
@rikk319 oh wow! That makes sense 🤔
What’s up with the heavy breathing in the background?
Vader making sure the recording happens on schedule.
Bookmark:
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can someone halpe me figure orders? Im interested in Moorcock's literature, but I dont know where I should start first. is this book related to the castle brass series? can I listen to this without knowing the others?
Go to the TH-cam channel 'The Library Ladder', the guy there just a video recently that will help answer that for you.
What's with the strange breathing sounds?
It's Arioch ;)
Hey I'm new to these novels. This is the right one to start with right?
Yes, but with Michael Moorcock one could argue that you can start wherever you'd like, especially since he wrote a lot of them out of order. I started with this one and got hooked, but instead of reading 'The Fortress of the Pearl' second like I did, I'd recommend 'Sailor on the Seas of Fate' next.
@@wileyschmitt ok thank u I always have this issue when I'm reading a new author.
@@michealpickering7444 Yeah same here, there's usually a lot of that when it comes to these prolific writers, especially Moorcock since his characters often overlap, plus the main one's being different incarnations of the Eternal Champion and sharing a similar destiny.
@@wileyschmitt yikes. You getting them to start with the weirdest out there story?
@@Tallahassee21 I'm doing what now?
Some books lend themselves to narration. This reads better.
I agree, plus they're all short books that should be read first, though I do think this narrator does as good of a job as anyone could.
last hour, and it constantly sounds like someone in doing woodwork in the background. previously i have hears sighing, mumbling etc. Why so much background noises 😭
THANK YOU
Why is there heavy breathing in the background audio? Is this not an audiobook reupload?
it sounds like someone is heavily breathing in the background and it's creeping me out
Okay wtf is woth the creepy breathing
I think it's a dog
thanks
What is that weird breathing sound that starts around the 30:00 mark?
yeah, its unpleasant and distracting
nice
How many hours do you ready daily?
Probably about 2 or so, but I do break it up into more convenient times, such as when I walk somewhere (which is quite often since I don't drive). I have got in a habit of reading every single day, though some days are a bit light on quantity I find that it still adds up fast resulting in finishing many more books per year.
@@wileyschmitt great job 🎉I love you voice
Is this narrated by Simon Templeman?
I was thinking the same! Sounds like kain!
I can hear your breathing in the background of the audio, ain't half bad
Yeah though it was completely unintended it was nice for me to be able to review my sleep. There's a part when I laugh for some reason, but it was timely as Elric was summoning Arioch.
@@wileyschmittthis is old, but; you can run your audio through certain programs to remove the sound of breathing
Legendary
One other dark fantasy setting that ripped off Moorcock here is Legacy of Kain:
Soul devouring sword
Reluctant white haired sorcerer emporer turned anti-hero
Dying race / dying empire
I cannot stop thinking about this since the reader here sounds so much like Simon Templeman
Yeah those games were pretty good back in the day, the 2nd game Soul Reaver was pretty popular too.
What's that breathing noise
It was recorded while I was sleeping.
Arioch
@@wileyschmitt Syntax error
@@wileyschmittbuild a little sound booth with your sofa cushions, a fort for the recorder 🤔
Dont mind me just making a book mark
2:25:10
great book so far, buttwhy does it sound like someone is snoring in the background? that's really distracting to your excellent reading..
THAT "SNORING" IS NOT COMING FROM THE RECORDING. SOMEONE IS IN YOUR HOUSE. GET OUT IMMEDIATELY!
@@bluntforcetrauma8192 lol I figured it out... Someone recorded this live off there own computer or something and literally fell asleep at the mic for half of the book...
So weird!! I thought I could hear myself BREATHING!!
@@ck4942 lol
@@grey8940no way 😂
Why is there annoying breathing in the background the entire time?
I do wish whomever captured this hadnt been sat so close to a mic as their breathing is audible and a little distracting
thanks for uploading but i cant help but notice you heavy breathing in the mic the whole time lmao, kind of funny but also distracting
It is what it is, recorded it while sleeping (but at least it's not a honking snore), and being a very good recorder it picks up every noise, unfortunately though in this case. Can't find any other time to record any others because of the daytime sounds and cars, but if I happen to sleep in the living room for some reason I'll be sure to record another one.
Ikr lol
Fucking youtube. No one will ever care that I've read Michael Moorcock as a youth, nor that I've wielded Stormbringer hundreds of times, only to cast down an inferior piece of mere metal. I'm very judgemental as 60 years turns out. Upvote
Please tell me book 2 Sailor on the Seas of Fate will be narrated by you.
Well it's not me who is narrating, but I will eventually upload it, but I just need to find a better time to do it because the recorder picks up my breathing while I'm asleep. I'd record it in the day but there would be even more noises (cars, etc.), but will figure it out one way or another.
@@wileyschmitt I see, well that is still mighty generous of you for uploading the audiobook.
@@quincycroft3323 Well thank you, and there are no ads either :) I'll try to get 'Sailor on the Seas of Fate' uploaded soon sometime when I'm up late or sleeping in the living room (so that there's no snoring).
@@wileyschmitt Awesome.
This is a fantastic audiobook. Good voice work.
Samuel Roukin is bar none a top 10 narrator. Guess people are right when they say they always listen to British ppl.
Wow
2 hours and 18 minutes in and the Elder Gods have gone strangely quiet. I don't like it, I'm dreading the sound of drums, I just know that sooner or later there's going to be drums.
The one and true White Wolf
Kinda confused that The writer would have Irkun conspire loudly and in the open like that so early on.
It's a literary device; it shows the reader that the decadent, jaded court was used to such things.
Getting the story going. Worked.
@@rikk319 ok. also love how his cousin doesnt understand his empathic nature but she still supports him. that is just so cute
This series got me into fantasy with anti heroes when i was a kid.
Fabulous audio book. Listening to this, decades since I last read the book, one thing becomes quite clear: George Martin f___ing ripped off the whole vibe and concept, shamelessly: A waning dragon culture, white hair, Byzantine court intrigues, ultra violence and torture, good/evil characters, my God the list goes on. How pathetic.
Yeah it does seem that he was heavily inspired by Moorcock's stories, but thankfully he is a talented writer (though much lazier in recent years). Sorry bout the snoring/breathing in some of this audio book, hope it still sufficed for a nice trip down memory lane.
I'm fairly sure Moorcock didn't invent court intrigue (or "good / evil characters", whatever that means). It is for sure interesting to see the similarities in many more modern fantasy tales, though. Like the brooding, ostracized white-haired swordsman who uses potions to enhance his strength, which is straight up Geralt from the Witcher books.
George has jam packed ASOIAF with allusions. He uses them as cyphers to solve background secrets.
I am not familiar with Moorcock’s stuff enough yet, but I think mostly it’s to make “eternal hero?” connections with Elric/Corum/Jack between the Targaryens and Jaqen: I.E. Jaqen is a Targaryen heir, also Mance( aka Aegon the not-dead-baby) and Hawkmoon?
@@mistermaestersirthomas9164- Wait, so you think both Jaquen H'ghar & Mance Raider are both Targ descendants?! 😯 Not saying I think you're wrong... I'm just intrigued! lol Would love to know how you came to this theory! Thanks!
@@KabbalahSherry yes, they both are; Jaqen is Stark also, not sure if Mance is Dayne or Baratheon (less likely but possible?!?). If fact the line goes: Rhaella plus probably Arthur Dayne (could be Papa Baratheon but likely Dayne) makes Aegon Targaryen aka Mance Ryder (“house of Rhaegar “ aka Rhaegar’s “sons” father but not Rhaenys’ dad) ; Aegon(Mance) makes Aegon(Young Griff) with the “Dornish Man’s wife” aka Elia (Rhaenys’ father is the “Dornish man” since he slept with Elia to make Rhaenys similar to “The Handmaid’s Tale” bodyguard situation); Mance later sleeps with Lyanna (Robin Hood/Maid Marion except both are in disguise in armor Lyanna as Laughing Tree and Mance as Rhaegar) the “Northman’s daughter “ (this is why Mance sings Dornish man and Northman’s daughter in that order); Lyanna and Aegon(Mance) make the twins Aegon the Younger(Jaqen) and Aegon the even Younger(Jon Snow) (Romulus and Remus/ Pip, Pip the younger, Pip the even Younger reference to both Black Adder and real English history).
Aegon’s hair dye clue/Arya’s sigil clue/Blackfyre sigil clue: all help to show you that most (maybe all?!?) dual color haired characters are metaphorically house sigil coded: Aegon(young Griff) Blue/White (sorta the flower/ Targ hair/heir broken clue) Mance/Lyanna “houses” (it’s a broken clue since Mance doesn’t really have a house and Aegon(Young Griff) is recognized by Rhaegar his “nuncle”; Darkstar Black/White Dayne/Reyne his Mother is a Reyne (Stark is a misdirection maybe Swann but it makes sense about his white hair dedication and Lannister hate), Barbary Dustin brown/Grey Ryswell/Stark (pregnant girl in black water pool, Grendel’s mother allusion) married Brandon at the tree no witnesses nor officiant, parents of Ramsey True-born (actually Stark’s oldest living heir as Brandon’s son, Grendel allusion ) , Aegon (Jaqen) red/white Targaryen/Stark sent after the Tower of Joy by Ned with probably Sir Dustin [2 out of 3 survived not out of 10 total people and also a bunch of women and kids who were there at either (maybe both) a Septa Nunnery or/and a whorehouse (possible historical reference of the ?Italian Nunnery whorehouse? Mentioned in Assassin’s Creed 2, Shakespeare reference to “where whores go” a “nunnery”)]. Jaqen was sent to Lorath, captured by Euron in the area Ayra is warned about pirates lurking, sold to the Faceless Men as a “dragon egg” Targaryen child to kill Balon, raised by the Faceless Men until he met Syrio and decided to not give up his name ( like in real life with Sean, Jon, Shawn, John, Jack, etc.. Valarian is Aegon, Lorathi is Jaqen same name different cultures/languages) just like Ayra won’t give up her name in the future). Like the Count of Monty Cristo, Jaqen has returned home trained by a mentor Syrio who is ?dead?!? Now?!? (Other allusions imply he’s still alive elsewhere, the reader hasn’t seen him yet in theory since Syrio we know was Jaqen) and has been given a massive cash to get his revenge. Jaqen has a list like Ayra and like Ayra it has people on it who are actually innocent of Jaqen’s accusations like Ned. Jaqen is the one actually talking to Ned in the Cells face changing from Robert ( Jaqen was the one who poisoned him, sorta Theseus returning home in disguise to “face” his “father” killing the “great white bore” Robert. Both Cercei and Lancel think the other did it.) to Petyr and then into creepy crawlies (just like Kindly Man and Euron face changing). Ned was too delirious to make sense but confused Jaqen with denying what Jaqen thought he knew from the people he talked to, Jaqen decided to wait in the cells as Jaqen and get sent to the Wall with Ned to get the truth of Tower of Joy and his parentage, probably thinking Ned is his Dad (Theseus confronting his father) and Lyanna is his Mother (the main payoff for “Starcest” clues). “Jack will jump over the candle(dragonglass)stick “ to kill Euron (on the revenge list) next book with Sam (LOTR Frodo and Sam…. vs. orc to steal armor), Jaqen will steal Euron’s armor and patch (Princess Bride ?Dread Pirate Roberts? Allusion), Jaqen will “facechange” (actually his real face as a twin) into Jon confusing Sam (and the reader) since Jon should be dead and hasn’t come back yet and is too far away even if he survived the stabbing. this will get even more confusing for the reader when Jon is resurrected later, and triply confusing when Euron fights Jon at the Wall only to face reveal as Jon in Euron’s (actually Rhaegar’s rubiless armor) just without Jon’s face-scars (twin-tell trope not seen on Jon’s vision).
“How can this be me?” (Probably misquoted ruffly the same) It’s your brother Jon….