Elric: Die Illustrierte Gesamtausgabe
Frankfurt: Fischer/Tor, 2023 (November) hardcover;
title translates as “Elric: The Illustrated Complete Edition”;
translated by Hannes Riffel;
original price: €68;
1,165 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-3-596-70768-3;
cover artist: Chris Achilléos;
illustrated by John Picacio, (Gerald) Brom, Piotr Jabłoński, Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme + John Collier (map).
Elric of Melniboné — proud prince of ruins, kinslayer — call him what you will. He remains, together with maybe Jerry Cornelius, Moorcock’s most enduring, if not always most endearing, character…
Elric: Die Illustrierte Gesamtausgabe is a German omnibus of (pretty much) the entire primary Elric saga — see below — and this combined-title edition is unique, with no English-language equivalent.
Contents:-
p. 7: ‘Die Rückker Des Thin White Duke’ (‘The Return Of The Thin White Duke’) by Alan Moore;
p. 13: Elric Von Melniboné (Elric Of Melniboné);
p. 139: ‘Vorwort Zu Die Festung Der Perle’ (‘Foreword To The Fortress Of The Pearl’) by Neil Gaiman;
p. 141: Die Festung Der Perle (The Fortress Of The Pearl);
p. 319: ‘Vorwort Zu Auf Der See Des Schicksals’ (‘Foreword To The Sailor On The Seas Of Fate’) by Michael Chabon;
p. 321: Auf Der See Des Schicksals (The Sailor On The Seas Of Fate);
p. 451: ‘Vorwort Zu Der Zauber Des Weissen Wolf’ (‘Foreword To The Weird Of The White Wolf’) by Kai Meyer;
p. 455: Der Zauber Des Weissen Wolfs (The Weird Of The White Wolf);
p. 549: ‘Mein Ewiger Held’ (‘My Eternal Champion’) by Walter Mosley;
p. 551: Der Schlafende Magierin (The Sleeping Sorceress);
p. 679: ‘Vorwort Zu Die Rache Der Rose’ (‘Foreword To The Revenge Of The Rose’) by Holly Black;
p. 681: Die Rache Der Rose (The Revenge Of The Rose);
p. 877: ‘Vorwort Zu Der Fluch Des Schwarzen Schwertes’ (‘Foreword To The Bane Of The Black Sword’) by Markus Heitz;
p. 881: Der Fluch Des Schwarzen Schwertes (The Bane Of The Black Sword);
p. 977: Vorwort Zu Sturmbringer’ (‘Foreword To Stormbringer’) by Tad Williams;
p. 981: Sturmbringer (Stormbringer);
p. 1,163: ‘Quellennachweise’ (‘Sources’).
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