Book - Elric - The Stealer of Souls

Elric of Melniboné

The Stealer of Souls was a collection of stories published in Science Fantasy magazine in 1962 and 1963. The five stories were:

The Dreaming City
While the Gods Laugh
The Stealer of Souls
Kings in Darkness
The Flame Bringers (The Caravan of Forgotten Dreams)

Publication History:

1963 (UK) - Neville Spearman Ltd (HC) (Cover Guy Nicholls)
1967 (US) - Lancer (MM) (Cover Jack Gaughan)
1968 (UK) - Mayflower (MM) (Cover Bob Haberfield)
1973 (US) - Lancer (MM) (Cover Jeff Jones)
1974 (UK) - Mayflower (MM) (Cover Bob Haberfield)
1981 (UK) - Granada (MM) (Cover Bob Haberfield)

As Fantasy Masterworks, including Stormbringer
2001 (UK) - Gollancz

Series - Elric

Elric is the best known series of Michael Moorcock. It is the tale of a doomed Prince of a dying kingdom, who slays his love and betrays all he knows. His story is one of fate and longing, and a sometimes unwilling champion of Chaos. His companion Moonglum is often at his side, along with Stormbringer, the Black Sword.

The Stealer of Souls (1963)
Stormbringer (1965)
The Singing Citadel (1970)
The Sleeping Sorceress (1971)
Elric of Melniboné (1972) ((The Dreaming City, first U.S. Printing)
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976)





Original Stories:
The Dreaming City
While the Gods Laugh
The Stealer of Souls
Kings in Darkness
The Flame Bringers (The Caravan of Forgotten Dreams)
Dead God's Homecoming
Black Sword's Brothers
Sad Giant's Shield
Doomed Lord's Passing



Original books in the Cycle:

Elric of Melniboné (The Dreaming City)
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
The Weird of the White Wolf
The Sleeping Sorceress (The Vanishing Tower)
The Bane of the Black Sword
Stormbringer