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This isn't even really an ebook related question, so don't get too hung up on the morass of Elric ebooks.

So the Elric story was published two different ways:

Originally, five short stories were published as Stealer of Souls and four Novellas were published as Stormbringer.

Later, the series was expanded and reworked into six (slim) volumes again ending with Stormbringer.

(I know there are additional novels and stories later, but for this discussion, I'm comparing the sixties originals and the seventies expansion.)

The question is: Which of these two versions is a better read?

I would figure the six books were reworked and maybe flow together more cohesively. On the other hand, the originals are the originals.

I've already read Elric of Melnibone and Sailor on the Seas of Fate, but I thought this year I'd try and read Elric which would include rereading those two if that's the way I go.

Lastly, are the stories contained in the Elric: Stealer of Souls collection Del Rey put out a few years ago the same as the stories as they appeared in the two original sixties collections? I believe they are.