Hi everyone!
I remind you that next Tuesday the exercise is as follows: Story
where clearly see a world of Sci-Fi or fantasy. Monitor the description that will be the topic at hand (3 pages / double spaced / letter 12)
Recommended Reading:
Clockwork Orange. A. Burgess
Melniboné Elric. M. Moorcock
As the latter is hard to find set at the entrance that makes this novel.
Melniboné Elric (M. Moorcock)
His flesh is the color of a sun-bleached skull and long hair that falls on men is milky white. At its head is slender with beautiful highlights two slanted eyes, sad and crimson, and the wide sleeves of her yellow blouse emerge two slender hands, also the color of bone, resting in the arms of a throne carved from a single, huge ruby.
crimson eyes show concern and, occasionally, a hand up to touch a light helmet, placed on white hair, a helmet made of an alloy exquisitely dark green clay into the shape of a dragon on the verge of take flight. And in the hand caressing the gesture crown away, wearing a ring with a rare solo Actorie stone whose hearts are changed at times lazily and take new forms like smoke has a conscience, so restless in his prison diamond as young albino in Ruby Throne. It provides extensive
staircase steps in which quartz entertains the court, dancing with such delicacy and ethereal grace that seems a procession of ghosts. He mentally reflect on moral issues and that activity alone, separating it from the vast majority of his subjects, as they are not human.
These are the people of Melniboné, Dragon Island, who ruled the world for ten thousand years, and he lost his command for less than five hundred years. They are cruel and clever people, and for them, morality is not beyond the due respect for the traditions of a hundred centuries.
For the young, four hundred twenty-eight direct descendant of the first Emperor of Melniboné Brujo, the arrogance of the people is presumptuous and stupid, it is clear that the Isle of the Dragon has lost most of its power and soon, in a couple of centuries, is threatened by a direct conflict with the human nations to rise to that call with a certain condescending, the Young Kingdoms. In fact, some fleets have already pirate raids on Imrryr unsuccessfully Beautiful, Dream City, capital of Melniboné, Dragon Island.
And yet, even the closest friends of the emperor refused to discuss the possibility of declining Melniboné. Dislike hearing him mention the subject and consider their comments inconceivable and, indeed, a serious lack of good taste. So the emperor
meditate alone. He complains that his father, Sadric LXXXVI, had not had more children, as well as could have its place in the Ruby Throne another suitable monarch. Sadric died a year ago, muttering a cheerful welcome which went to reclaim his soul. Sadric had not known during most of his life, another woman his wife, but the Empress had died to give birth to their only offspring, that being short of blood. In fact, Sadric, in their emotions Melniboné (so different and alien to those of humans newcomers), had always loved his wife and found no pleasure in any other company, even in the child caused his death and that was all that remained of it. Magic potions, strange herbs and incantations which fed the little life artificially maintained all the arts of Kings Melniboné Wizards. And it has survived, still does, thanks only to witchcraft, as Elric is extremely languid nature without their potions, could barely raise his hand to the throne all day.
If any advantage has won the young emperor of this continuing weakness may be that, of necessity, have read a lot. Before the age of fifteen he had read all the volumes in the library of his father, some more than once. Its Sadric initially hidden powers are far superior to those possessed by their ancestors for many generations. Has a profound world beyond the shores of Melniboné, although no direct experience of it. If so desired, could resurrect the ancient power of the Dragon Isle and govern this and the Young Kingdoms as a tyrant invulnerable. But his readings have also taught him to wonder about the use to which the power to question his motives, even questioning whether he should use his own, for any reason. His readings have led to this moral, however, only covers. So for his subjects is an enigma and, for some, a threat because the albino not think or act according to their charges on how to think and act a real Melniboné (and more specifically, an emperor of Melniboné). His cousin Yyrkoon, for example, has been heard more than once expressed deep doubts about the emperor's right to govern the people of Melniboné. "That sickly bookworm take us all to ruin," said one evening to Dyvim Tvar, Lord of the Caves of the Dragon. Dyvim
Tvar is one of the few friends of the emperor and had hastened to report the comment, but the young monarch downplay the issue calling it a betrayal trivial, when any of his predecessors would have rewarded such feelings with a slow and refined public performance.
emperor's attitude is further complicated by the fact that Yyrkoon, now we hardly hide his feelings that should be the one who occupied the throne, is the brother of Cymoril, the albino girl who considered him more friend and who, someday, want to empress.
In the mosaic floor of the court may be the prince Yyrkoon with their finest silks and furs, with her jewels and brocades, dancing with a hundred women, all of which it is said, have been lovers at some point. Morays Yyrkoon factions, both beautiful and moody, are framed by long black hair, ondulado y ungido de aceites; su expresión es, como siempre, sardónica y su porte arrogante. La pesada capa de brocado se mece a un lado y a otro, sacudiendo a los demás bailarines con cierta fuerza. La lleva casi como si fuera una armadura o, quizás, un arma. Entre muchos de los cortesanos, el príncipe Yyrkoon goza de algo más que respeto. Pocos se sienten heridos por su arrogancia, e incluso estos guardan silencio, pues se sabe que Yyrkoon es también un brujo de consideración. Además su comportamiento es el que la corte espera y agradece en un noble Melniboné; es el que desearía n ver en su emperador.
Y el emperador lo sabe. Le gustaría complacer a su corte, que se esfuerza en halagarle con bailes and entertainment, but can not be encouraged to participate in that, privately, consider a sequence of postures tedious and irritating rituals. In this, perhaps even more arrogant than Yyrkoon, who is quite brute.
From the porches, the music gets higher and more complex when the slaves, specially trained and underwent surgery to sing a single note perfect, are stimulated to a more passionate effort. Even the young emperor is moved by the sinister harmony of the song, which kinda looks like nothing so far released by a human throat. Why should their pain produce such splendid beauty, she wonders. Or is that all Beauty is created through the pain? Is this the secret of great art, in Melniboné as among humans? Emperor Elric
close your eyes.
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