MM:
Why was "The Dream of Earl Aubec" edited out of the White Wolf version of Elric? Carter Kaplan mentioned it the other day in reference to a way to begin the Elric movie, I went looking for it in the White Wolf texts and saw that it was removed. When at last I managed to dig out an old paperback copy of the text over the weekend, I immediately recognized it as a sequence that had effected me very deeply in my youth.
What were the reasons for this alteration to the Elric series? Has it been placed in the Earl Aubec White Wolf text? Is there a "definitive" edition of the Eternal Champion series, or will it remain a work in progress as you keep adding texts?
I ask these questions as someone that originally read the Elric series (U.S. DAW editions) circa the middle 70s. Perhaps you see the various Elric texts as being very fluid and not bound by a strict sequence of texts. While I understand the authorial urge to add to or tweak a given text, by removing a lengthy and familar passage aren't you flirting with the same sort of possible error in judgment that Poul Anderson committed when he revised "The Broken Sword"? I wouldn't go so far as to say that you were messing with perfection, but how about "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"?
I see "The Dream of Earl Aubec" as a singularly influential passage of the Elric series. If it is not part of any "in print" book, it should be made available somewhere else - perhaps here on this website as part of its content. That's just my heart-felt but insistent suggestion, I understand there may be legal impediments or your own reluctance for whatever reason. Still, the removal of the Earl Aubec story from the Elric series has me scratching my head with puzzlement.
I look forward to reading your thoughts on the subject.
Why was "The Dream of Earl Aubec" edited out of the White Wolf version of Elric? Carter Kaplan mentioned it the other day in reference to a way to begin the Elric movie, I went looking for it in the White Wolf texts and saw that it was removed. When at last I managed to dig out an old paperback copy of the text over the weekend, I immediately recognized it as a sequence that had effected me very deeply in my youth.
What were the reasons for this alteration to the Elric series? Has it been placed in the Earl Aubec White Wolf text? Is there a "definitive" edition of the Eternal Champion series, or will it remain a work in progress as you keep adding texts?
I ask these questions as someone that originally read the Elric series (U.S. DAW editions) circa the middle 70s. Perhaps you see the various Elric texts as being very fluid and not bound by a strict sequence of texts. While I understand the authorial urge to add to or tweak a given text, by removing a lengthy and familar passage aren't you flirting with the same sort of possible error in judgment that Poul Anderson committed when he revised "The Broken Sword"? I wouldn't go so far as to say that you were messing with perfection, but how about "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"?
I see "The Dream of Earl Aubec" as a singularly influential passage of the Elric series. If it is not part of any "in print" book, it should be made available somewhere else - perhaps here on this website as part of its content. That's just my heart-felt but insistent suggestion, I understand there may be legal impediments or your own reluctance for whatever reason. Still, the removal of the Earl Aubec story from the Elric series has me scratching my head with puzzlement.
I look forward to reading your thoughts on the subject.
Comment