Fortress Of The Pearl

by Michael Moorcock

Hardcover, 1989

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

Ace Hardcover (1989), Edition: 1st, 231 pages

Description

Elric, the albino sorcerer and heir to the kingdom of Melnibone, is tricked into helping an evil lord of Quarzhasaat search for the Pearl at the Heart of the World. The sequel is The Revenge of the Rose (1991). The preceding volumes in the saga are Elric of Melnibone (1972, 1986, 1992; abridged as The Dreaming Jewels, 1972); The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976, 1987, 1989); The Weird of the White Wolf (1977, 1983, 1989); The Vanishing Tower (1970, 1977, 1983; also titled: The Sleeping Sorceress, 1971); The Bane of the Black Pearl (1977, 1984); Stormbringer (1965; rev. ed. 1977, 1984); and Elric at the End of Time (1985, 1986). Two related titles are The Stealer of Souls and Other Stories (1965) and Elric, the Return to Melnibone (1973).

User reviews

LibraryThing member Karlstar
This was a very long awaited addition to the Elric Saga. Unfortunately, for me it did not live up to the original books. It didn't have the same alien feel, the same mysticism and strangeness that his earliest books had. This one is perhaps a little darker and more drawn out, less of Elric just
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going out and being Elric. I still enjoyed it though. Mediocre Moorcock is better than a lot of writers.
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LibraryThing member KateSherrod
Half a Conan tale, half a Randolph Carter, and then ALL THE BLOOD AND SOULS FOR MY LORD ARIOCH 8)
LibraryThing member helver
Placed chronologically somewhere very early in the Elric saga (before the death of Cymoril), this is the story of Elric taking down an all-but-dead empire that once thought itself a rival for Melnibone. He does this somewhat unwillingly - as he is manipulated into seeking out a particular Pearl
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that can only be found by a Dreamthief - people who are able to enter another person's dreams and live in those dreams as well as make real items from the dream. Unfortunately for the orchestrater of this little plot, he leaves Elric alive and doesn't quite poison him enough to make him fear death.

With the help of an experienced Dreamthief, Elric enters the dream of a nomadic princess/wisewoman and seeks the Pearl. Throughout the dream, the two are assaulted by dreams. In this place, they temporarily meet up with another aspect of Moonglum who guides them for a little way. Of course, at the end of the day, Elric retrieves the Pearl, rescues the princess and returns from dreamland. He takes the Pearl to his intended murderer and proceeds to stuff it down his throat. Then, our hero draws his sword and dedicates the entire remnant of that ancient empire to Arioch.
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LibraryThing member Count_Zero
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.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1989

Physical description

231 p.; 7 inches

ISBN

0441191231 / 9780441191239
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