Weak and sickly from birth, Elric is forced to subsist on drugs and potions to sustain his strength and health.

Although born in London, he now splits his time between homes in Texas and Paris. He carries Stormbringer in a scabbard at his belt, and wears the ancient Ring of Kings on his left hand. Warrior guards attack but fueled with the soul stuff of the Elder trees Elric and cousin make short work of them as their souls go screaming down to hell. He has been compared to, among others, Balzac, Dumas, Dickens, James Joyce, Ian Fleming, J.R.R. The Michael Moorcock Library: Elric Stormbringer. Elric and cousin attack the fearsome trees and suck their soul stuff with the twin horrors, StormBringer and MournBlade. Michael Moorcock's literary creations include Hawkmoon, Corum, Von Bek, Jerry Cornelius and, of course, his most famous character, Elric. His tenure as editor of New Worlds magazine in the sixties and seventies is seen as the high watermark of SF editorship in the UK, and was crucial in the development of the SF New Wave. Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since the seventies with his own band, the Deep Fix and, as a member of the prog rock band, Hawkwind, won a gold disc. In 1999, he was given the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2001, he was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame and in 2007, he was named a SFWA Grandmaster. ‘Elric: Stormbringer’ has two heroes: Stormbringer is a magic sword of great power. Elric of Melnibon, Michael Moorcock, 1972. The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Whitbread and Guardian Fiction Prize. And the sword moaned sweetly and settled even more smoothly into his grasp. Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature.

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