The Fortress of the Pearl: An Elric Tale
1989 • 248 pages
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Average rating3.4
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Ratings9
Average rating3.4
Elric: The Fortress of the Pearl is the second volume of the definitive collection of Elric stories by Michael Moorcock published in narrative chronological order by Gollancz as part of The Michael Moorcock Collection. It is edited by John Davey.
It is preceded by Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories and followed by Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate.
Series
10 primary books12 released booksThe Elric Saga is a 10-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by Paolo Bacigalupi, Aliette de Bodard, and 15 others.
Series
7 primary booksElric Chronological Order is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by Michael Moorcock.
Series
40 released booksThe Eternal Champion Sequence is a 38-book series first released in 1962 with contributions by Michael Moorcock and Edward P. Bradbury.
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Muuuuch better than the first book. I'm reading in chronological order so given that this is actually 8th book in the series it makes sense. I just hope the rest between book 1 and book 8 will be more similar to this than to Elric of Melniboné. I doubt it for the next two books at the very least, though.
The story is alright, prose is beautiful in the tokienesque fairy tale sense and characters actually weren't pissing me off 90% of the time with their behavior. I still have issue with the ending because Elric acts like honorable warrior for 98% of the book only to slaughter half a city for no reason at the end. Like wtf? Maybe other novels will explain his relationship with chaos more and make it make sense...
But this is what I expected when I heard all the praise for this series. Not post-modern garbage the first book was. Moorcock is also exploring philosophical ideas here but it doesn't ruin the flow of the story unlike in the first book.
Interesting start, bus as soon as Elric goes to the Dreamlands, everything falls apart. I don't consider incohesive descriptions of weird lands where everything is different from our reality to be inherently attractive. All I want is a good plot and characters, this book fails at those.
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A fun little stand alone Elric story. Some of the more fun stories with the character have been those that carry him to other worlds and other planes. A story that carries him into dreams is particularly interesting and inventive. This might be my favorite Elric story.
