I first read this book, as well as part 2, when I was 10 years old... I read both books in about 3 days over a holiday weekend. I could not put it down, up until this point all hero books I had read were the same, hero was big and buff, strives for kingship over his domain and marry a queen... Nope! not here, everything I had ever read or known was tossed out. Elric instantly became one of my favorite SF/F characters. I highly recommend this book to any and all fantasy/Sci-Fi fans. ( )

I first read this book, as well as part 2, when I was 10 years old... I read both books in about 3 days over a holiday weekend. I could not put it down, up until this point all hero books I had read were the same, hero was big and buff, strives for kingship over his domain and marry a queen... Nope! not here, everything I had ever read or known was tossed out. Elric instantly became one of my favorite SF/F characters. I highly recommend this book to any and all fantasy/Sci-Fi fans. ( )

The Vanishing Tower: http://www.librarything.com/review/25465912
The Bane of the Black Sword: http://www.librarything.com/review/25447673
Stormbringer: http://www.librarything.com/review/25447639 ( )

See reviews for the specific books. The Elric novels are some of the best fantasy around, for those who like their fantasy a little dark and a little strange. No dwarves or gnomes, just Elric's struggle against the gods and his dark fate. ( )

very awesome, intriguing and darkly philosophical, if you like adventure and like a bad ass antihero who totes a soul sucking black sword that can kill Demons and Demi-Gods, this is your book.