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The broken sword influenced Elric saga
Added by Media Influence Map · 25 September 2026
The evidence
Michael Moorcock has credited Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword as an influence on Elric: a doomed hero bound to a cursed, soul-drinking black sword, in a world of chaos and fading elder races where the gods are indifferent.
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