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Elric Of Melnibone
The first of the Elric Saga, this novel is signficant because the protagonist is a magic user and a bit frail—not quite the typical Sword and Sorcery hero.
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Moorcock, Michael
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, editor and critic originally of science fiction and fantasy, who has published many well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has worked as an editor and is also a successful musician. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, which were a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock
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