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Michael Moorcock
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English writer, editor, critic (born 1939)
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Michael John Moorcock is a British novelist, lyricist, screenwriter, and musician born in London on 18 December 1939. He began his work period in 1957 and has worked in England. His fields of work include fantasy literature, science fiction, comics, and historical fiction. He is a member of the group Hawkwind and has used pseudonyms including Bill Barclay, William Ewert Barclay, Michael Barrington, and Edward P. Bradbury.
Moorcock’s notable works include New Worlds, The sword of the dawn, The city of the beast, The Book of Corum, and McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. He has received the Nebula Award for Best Novella, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine and several Locus Awards.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 18 December 1939
- Works
- 781
Top works
- The sword of the dawn
- The city of the beast
- The best SF stories from New Worlds,#2
- The Book of Corum
- McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1939
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 939
- Total plays
- 15,423
Michael Moorcock (b. 1939) is a british science fiction and fantasy author best known for his character Elric of Melniboné. Besides his literary endevours he has contributed vocals, poetry and lyrics to rock bands Hawkwind (and, to a lesser extent Blue Öyster Cult). He also wrote and performed music with his own band Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix (also known as Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Moorcock">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- Michael John Moorcock , ( 1939-12-18 ) 18 December 1939 (age 86) , London , England
- Pen name
- Bill Barclay William Ewert Barclay Michael Barrington (with Barrington J. Bayley ) Edward P. Bradbury James Colvin Warwick Colvin Jr. Desmond Reid (shared)
- Occupation
- Novelist, journalist, script writer, musician, editor
- Period
- 1957–present
- Genre
- Science fiction , fantasy , weird fiction
- Subject
- Science fiction (as editor)
- Literary movement
- New Wave science fiction
- Notable works
- The Elric Saga (novels)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Official website
- www.multiverse.org
- Image
- Michael Moorcock 2012.jpg
- Work location
- England
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- date of birth
- 1939-12-18
- Commons category
- Michael Moorcock
- topic's main category
- Category:Michael Moorcock
- member of
- Hawkwind
- influenced by
- Andrea Dworkin
- birth name
- Michael John Moorcock
- pseudonym
- Desmond Reid
- ethnic group
- English people
- name in native language
- Michael John Moorcock
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- hashtag
- MichaelMoorcock
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, originally of science fiction and fantasy, who has published many well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has worked as an editor and is also a successful musician. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, which were a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s.
As editor of the British avant garde/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, leading to the advent of cyberpunk. His publication of Bug Jack Barron (1969) by Norman Spinrad as a serial novel was notorious; in Parliament, some British MPs condemned the Arts Council of Great Britain for funding the magazine. In 2008, The Times named Moorcock in its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Moorcock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.