Michael Moorcock
Author of Elric of Melniboné
About the Author
Michael Moorcock, 1939 - Writer Michael Moorcock was born December 18, 1939 in Mitcham, Surrey, England. Moorcock was the editor of the juvenile magazine Tarzan Adventures from 1956-58, an editor and writer for the Sexton Blake Library and for comic strips and children's annuals from 1959-61, an show more editor and pamphleteer for Liberal Party in 1962, and became editor and publisher for the science fiction magazine New Worlds in 1964. He has worked as a singer-guitarist, has worked with the rock bands Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult and is a member of the rock band Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix. Moorcock's writing covers a wide range of science fiction and fantasy genres. "The Chronicles of Castle Brass" was a sword and sorcery novel, and "Breakfast in the Ruins: A Novel of Inhumanity" uses the character Karl Glogauer as a different person in different times. Karl participates in the political violence of the French Revolution, the Paris Commune, and a Nazi concentration camp. Moorcock also wrote books and stories that featured the character Jerry Cornelius, who had no consistent character or appearance. "The Condition of Muzak" completed the initial Jerry Cornelius tetralogy and won Guardian Literary Prize in 1977. "Byzantium Endures" and "The Laughter of Carthage" are two autobiographical novels of the Russian emigre Colonel Pyat and were the closest Moorcock came to conventional literary fiction. "Byzantium Endures" focuses on the first twenty years of Pyat's life and tells of his role in the Russian revolution. Pyat survives the revolution and the subsequent civil war by working first for one side and then another. "The Laughter of Carthage" covers Pyat's life from 1920-1924 telling of his escape from Communist Russia and his travels in Europe and America. It's a sweeping picture of the world during the 1920's because it takes the character from living in Constantinople to Hollywood. Moorcock returned to the New Wave style in "Blood: A Southern Fantasy" (1994) and combined mainstream fiction with fantasy in "The Brothel of Rosenstrasse," which is set in the imaginary city of Mirenburg. MoorCock won the 1967 Nebula Award for Behold the Man and the 1979 World Fantasy Award for his novel, Gloriana. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Moorcock, Michael, b. 1939, British writer known primarily for science fiction/fantasy. He has written under many pseudonyms and his bibliography is very complex.
Be extremely careful when combining his works!
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Series
Works by Michael Moorcock
The Elric Saga, Part I (Elric of Melniboné; The Sailor on the Seas of Fate; The Weird of the White Wolf) (1983) 845 copies
The Elric Saga, Part II (The Vanishing Tower; The Bane of the Black Sword; Stormbringer) (1984) 575 copies
The Cornelius Chronicles Vol. II: The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius/The Entropy Tango (1986) 115 copies
Cornelius Chronicles, Vol. 3 (Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century/the… (1987) 70 copies
The Elric Saga: Part IV (The Dreamthief's Daughter; The Skrayling Tree; The White Wolf's Son) (2005) 65 copies
Before Armageddon (An Anthology of Victorian and Edwardian Fiction Published Before 1914, Volume 1) (1975) — Editor — 38 copies
My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 1 (2014) 20 copies
Breakfast in the Ruins and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 3 (2014) 19 copies
Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer #1 - The First Dream: Bargains in Blades (2004) 13 copies
La Légende de Hawkmoon : Le Joyau noir ; Le Dieu fou ; L'Epée de l'Aurore ; Le Secret des Runes… (2009) 12 copies
The Brothel in Rosenstrasse and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 2 (Moorcock Best Short… (2014) 10 copies
Behold The Man [short fiction] 7 copies
The Cairene Purse [short fiction] 6 copies
New Worlds SF 149, April 1965 — Editor — 6 copies
An Alien Heat & The Hollow Lands (2 Books from the Dancers at the End of Time Trilogy) (1972) 5 copies
Sir Milk and Blood 5 copies
The Last Enchantment 5 copies
Stormbringer 5 copies
Sea Wolves 5 copies
New Worlds SF 146, January 1965 5 copies
White Stars 4 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #1 4 copies
Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer #2 - The Second Dream: The Sea-King's Sister (2004) 4 copies
The Stone Thing 4 copies
London Bone [novelette] 4 copies
The White Wolf's Song 4 copies
Red Pearls: An Elric Story 3 copies
Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer #3 - The Third Dream: The South Wind's Soul (2006) 3 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #2 3 copies
Sojan The Swordsman 3 copies
Star*Reach #6 — Author — 3 copies
Tom Strong #32 — Author — 3 copies
Le Cycle d'Elric complet en 7 tomes: 1/Elric des dragons 2/La forteresse de la perle 3/Le navigateur sur les mers du… (1984) 3 copies
THE TIME DWELLER 3 copies
New Worlds SF 153, August 1965 3 copies
The Tank Trapeze 3 copies
Ancient Shadows 3 copies
The Sea of Demons 3 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #5 3 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #7 3 copies
Mission to Asno 3 copies
Voortrekker A Tale of Empire 3 copies
The Affair of the Bassin Les Hivers [Lapointe; Una Persson; Vautrin; Irma Vep; Zenith the Albino] 3 copies
The Flaneur Des Arcades De L'opera 3 copies
Crimson Eyes 3 copies
Dead Singers 3 copies
A Dead Singer [short fiction] 3 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #6 3 copies
Ironface {short story} 3 copies
The Peking Junction 3 copies
The Case Of The Nazi Canary 3 copies
Dead God's Homecoming 3 copies
New Worlds SF 156, November 1965 3 copies
Sojan and the Sons of the Snake-God 2 copies
The Roaming Forest 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer #4 - The Fourth Dream: Dragon Lord's Destiny (2006) 2 copies
Sojan and the Plain of Mystery 2 copies
The Ghost Warriors 2 copies
Sojan and the Devil Hunters of Norj 2 copies
Sad God's Shield 2 copies
Constant Fire 2 copies
Black Sword's Brothers 2 copies
The Girl who Killed Sylvia Blade 2 copies
The Longford Cup 2 copies
Black Petals 2 copies
Doomed Lord's Passing 2 copies
The Delhi Division 2 copies
The Swastika Set-Up 2 copies
Benediction: Warlord Of The Air 2 copies
The Entropy Circuit 2 copies
Prisoners in Stone 2 copies
The Sunset Perspective A Moral Tale 2 copies
The Complete Ice Schooner 2 copies
Niki Hoeky — Editor — 2 copies
Introduction (New Worlds 7) 2 copies
Revolt In Hatnor 2 copies
New Worlds SF 166, September 1966 2 copies
Elriko kronikos 2 copies
The Purple Galley 2 copies
Sojan at Sea 2 copies
A Portrait in Ivory 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #3 2 copies
New Worlds SF 143, July-August 1964 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #8 2 copies
The Eternal Champion [short story] 2 copies
The Sleeping Sorceress [short story] 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #9 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #10 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #11 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #4 2 copies
Robot 24 2 copies
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse #12 2 copies
Blitz Kid 2 copies
Waiting for the End of Time... 2 copies
Nomad Of Time (All 3), The 1 copy
Schoonerul Gheții 1 copy
The Brothel in Rosenstrasse and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 2 (Moorcock Best Short… (1822) 1 copy
Revolutions 1 copy
Harlequin's Lament 1 copy
The Minstrel Girl 1 copy
A espada diabólica 1 copy
Phase Three 1 copy
Further Information 1 copy
The Elric Saga, Part I and Part II (in Two volumes) Eric of Melnibone, the Sailor on the Seas of Fate, the Weird of the… (1984) 1 copy
Preliminary Data 1 copy
De comavluchteling 1 copy
New Worlds SF, August 1965 1 copy
The Kassandra Peninsula 1 copy
New Worlds SF, October 1965 1 copy
The champion of garathor 1 copy
New Worlds 1 copy
Dogfight Donovan's Day Off 1 copy
The Lovebeast 1 copy
The city in the autumn stars - copy of a fragment of the manuscript - inscribed by the author 1 copy
The Real Life Mr Newman 1 copy
Le cycle d'Elric 1 copy
Starship Storm Troopers 1 copy
New Worlds SF 171 1 copy
The Fracking Factory 1 copy
Printer's Devil 1 copy
Starship Stormtroopers 1 copy
Cheering for the Rockets 1 copy
Aspects Of Fantasy Part 4 1 copy
The Lost Canal 1 copy
Furniture 1 copy
Earl Aubec of Matador 1 copy
The Spencer Inheritance 1 copy
Through The Shaving Mirror 1 copy
London Flesh 1 copy
Aspects Of Fantasy Part 3 1 copy
Tout corum 1 copy
No Ordinary Christian 1 copy
My Life 1 copy
The White Pirate 1 copy
The Hordes Attack 1 copy
The sedentary Jew 1 copy
Daughter of a Warrior King 1 copy
Pride of the Empire 1 copy
Ravenbrand 1 copy
New Worlds SF 142, May-June 1964 — Editor — 1 copy
The Children of the Pit 1 copy
A Winter Admiral 1 copy
The Visible Men 1 copy
The Dodgem Decision 1 copy
The Dying Castles 1 copy
Going Home 1 copy
The Romanian Question 1 copy
New Worlds SF 171, March 1967 — Editor — 1 copy
Sojan Swordsman of Zylor! 1 copy
The Gangrene Collection 1 copy
Elric Series 1 copy
The Murderer's Song 1 copy
The Black Blade's Song 1 copy
Bug Jack Barron 1 copy
The Last Call 1 copy
Rens Karto of Bersnol 1 copy
The Siege of Noothar 1 copy
Dek of Noothar 1 copy
Modem Times 1 copy
Klan the Spoiler 1 copy
Leaving Pasadena 1 copy
Going to Canada 1 copy
The History of the Runestaff: The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, The Sword of the Dawn, The Runestaff… (1656) 1 copy
SF Reprise 1 1 copy
The Swords of Corum 1 copy
Islands 1 copy
Goodbye, Miranda 1 copy
The Sleeping Princess 1 copy
אבי-סער 1 copy
Peace on Earth 1 copy
Associated Works
The Gormenghast Trilogy (1967) — Introduction, some editions; Introduction, some editions — 4,337 copies
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Foreword, some editions — 1,874 copies
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (2003) — Contributor — 767 copies
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists (2011) — Contributor — 417 copies
9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember (2002) — Author — 249 copies
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 (1982) — Contributor — 237 copies
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown: A Treasury of Bizarre Tales Old and New (1993) — Contributor — 194 copies
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories (2006) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Great Captains (The Epic Romance of King Arthur) (1956) — Introduction, some editions — 52 copies
Twenty Houses of the Zodiac: Anthology of International Science Fiction (1979) — Contributor — 44 copies
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Contributor — 36 copies
Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! Stories of Crime, Love, and Rebellion (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies
A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ (2007) — Contributor — 28 copies
Exploring Fantasy Worlds: Essays on Fantastic Literature (I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of… (1985) — Contributor — 22 copies
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 15: Worldcon 2008 Special (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2019, Vol. 137, Nos. 3 & 4 (1991) — Contributor — 12 copies
Monolith 003 : Almanah Znanstveno-fantasticne Knjizevnosti (Monolith, No. 003) (2000) — Contributor — 3 copies
Millemondi Inverno 1996 — Contributor — 2 copies
Locus Nr.492 2002.01 — Contributor — 1 copy
Science Fantasy 62, December 1963 — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Moorcock, Michael John
- Other names
- Barclay, William
Barclay, Bill
Barrington, Michael
Bradbury, Edward P.
Colvin, James
Colvin, Warwick, Jr. (show all 11)
Harris, Roger
Moorcock, Mike
Moorcock, M. J.
Reid, Desmond
Renegade - Birthdate
- 1939-12-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Texas, USA
Paris, France - Occupations
- science fiction writer
editor
musician
fantasy writer - Relationships
- Hilary Bailey (ex-wife)
Linda Steele (wife) - Organizations
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America
- Awards and honors
- Nebula Award (Novelette, 1967) - Behold the Man (Novelette ∙ 1967)
August Derleth Award (1972) - The Knight of the Swords (1972)
August Derleth Award (1973) - The King of the Swords (1973)
British Fantasy Award (Best Short Story, 1974) - The Jade Man's Eyes (Best Short Story ∙ 1974)
August Derleth Award (1975) - The Sword and the Stallion (1975)
August Derleth Award (1976) - The Hollow Lands (1976) (show all 13)
Guardian Fiction Award (1977) - The Condition of Muzak (1977)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1979) - Gloriana (1979)
World Fantasy Award (Best Novel, 1979) - Gloriana (Best Novel ∙ 1979)
British Fantasy Award (Committee Award ∙ 1993)
World Fantasy Award (Lifetime Achievement, 2000)
Prix Utopiales "Grandmaster" Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (literary fantasy and science fiction ∙ 2008) - Disambiguation notice
- Moorcock, Michael, b. 1939, British writer known primarily for science fiction/fantasy. He has written under many pseudonyms and his bibliography is very complex.
Be extremely careful when combining his works!
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THE DEEP ONES: "The Stealer of Souls" by Michael Moorcock in The Weird Tradition (May 10)
THE DEEP ONES: "Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel" by Michael Moorcock in The Weird Tradition (September 2021)
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Duke Dorian Hawkmoon is enjoying a quiet life ruling the Kamarg, a marshy area with its own unique wildlife such as horned horses (and based on the real-life area of France, known as the Camargue). The setting is an alternative Europe, seemingly in the far future after a period where a technological society - possibly ours - collapsed. Five years before the story begins, Hawkmoon and his friends were instrumental in overthrowing a tyrannical regime known as the Dark Empire, based on a reborn technology and operating from their version of Great Britain. The rulers of the regime supposedly all perished at the Battle of Londra (London) or just before, yet Dorian's tranquil existence, married to the daughter of Count Brass (who also died in the battle), and enjoying family life with her and their son and daughter, begins to be blighted when local people start to eye him with disapproval.
He discovers that rumour is rife that the ghost of Count Brass is out in the marshes at night telling passersby that Dorian betrayed him and led him to his death. Determined to quash this, he rides out to meet the apparent imposter, but discovers things are not that simple. This man is a younger version of the Count, and soon he brings younger versions of Dorian's other close friends to meet him, who also died in the struggle against Granbretan. They have been brought there by someone they term the oracle, who has told them they are in a netherworld - for them, it is endless night - but that they will be restored to their former lives if they kill Dorian who otherwise will lead them all to their deaths. Luckily, he persuades them to doubt the oracle, and when the creature reappears in a strange pyramidal device which can appear and disappear, it transpires he is one of the supposedly deceased ex-rulers of the former Dark Empire. Dorian and the others set out on an epic journey to find out what is going on and why this man is having to work through intermediaries to kill him. The answers when they come lead to heartbreak for Dorian.
This is a short page-turning read, not a profound story, but colourful and with a zany cast of characters including a villain who wears a mask with a working and chiming clock in it. The ending is the best part, as Dorian truly pays a terrible price and yet is left wondering whether the past he remembers is real or imaginary.… (more)