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Michael Moorcock

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

December 18, 1939

Website

http://www.multiverse.org/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Poul Anderson, Leigh Brackett, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lord Dunsany, Rob ...more

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Michael John Moorcock is an English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels.

Moorcock has mentioned The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw and The Constable of St. Nicholas by Edward Lester Arnold as the first three books which captured his imagination. He became editor of Tarzan Adventures in 1956, at the age of sixteen, and later moved on to edit Sexton Blake Library. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States. His serialization of N ...more

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Michael Moorcock’s books

Average rating: 3.93 · 258,647 ratings · 12,712 reviews · 1,003 distinct works • Similar authors

	Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 27,061 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (The Elric Saga, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 11,315 ratings — published 1976 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stormbringer (The Elric Saga, #6) 4.17 avg rating — 9,664 ratings — published 1965 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 10,034 ratings — published 1977 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vanishing Tower (The Elric Saga, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 9,157 ratings — published 1970 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bane of the Black Sword (The Elric Saga, #5) 4.03 avg rating — 7,521 ratings — published 1977 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behold the Man 3.77 avg rating — 7,409 ratings — published 1969 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elric Saga Part I (Elric Saga, #1-3) 4.10 avg rating — 4,575 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fortress of the Pearl (The Elric Saga, #8) 3.78 avg rating — 4,548 ratings — published 1989 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dancers at the End of Time (Eternal Champion, #10) 3.99 avg rating — 3,935 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Michael Moorcock

Elric Chronological Order (13 books)
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Michael Moorcock

3.94 avg rating — 85,706 ratings

Tale of the Eternal Champion (14 books)
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Michael Moorcock

4.04 avg rating — 25,393 ratings

Dancers at the End of Time (6 books)
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Michael Moorcock

3.91 avg rating — 12,337 ratings

The Swords Trilogy (3 books)
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Michael Moorcock

3.94 avg rating — 11,174 ratings

Karl Glogauer (2 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 7,787 ratings

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“I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.”
― Michael Moorcock, Elric: The Stealer of Souls

tags: best-sellers, fantasy-genre, ideas, inspiration, popularity, self-deprication

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“What happened to fantasy for me is what also happened to rock and roll. It found a common denominator for making maximum money. As a result, it lost its tensions, its anger, its edginess and turned into one big cup of cocoa.”
― Michael Moorcock

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“Time is the enemy of identity”
― Michael Moorcock

tags: identity, time

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Polls

October FANTASY -- The following poll decides which two selections will go on to the final round for Fantasy BOTM for October 2017.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

19 votes, 24.1%

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

12 votes, 15.2%

Gloriana by Michael Moorcock

12 votes, 15.2%

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

9 votes, 11.4%

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

8 votes, 10.1%

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

8 votes, 10.1%

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky

6 votes, 7.6%

Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist

4 votes, 5.1%

Unsouled by Will Wight

1 vote, 1.3%

79 total votes

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