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Michael Moorcock

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English writer, editor, critic (born 1939)

United KingdomWritersBorn 1939 · age 86
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Michael John Moorcock 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.

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Michael Moorcock
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You only need fear the bees if you’ve broken the law.” That familiar phrase was used to justify every encroachment on citizens’ liberty.

p. 346

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Michael Moorcock
said · 2013
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There were three known existing sapphires.

p. 355

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Michael Moorcock
said · 2013
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Wasn’t all their effort worthless? Wouldn’t it be better to accept the impossibility of their mission? He began to think Krane was mad.

p. 371

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Awards 13

2008Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
2004Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
2002Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
1997Inkpot Award
1979John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
1979World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
1977Guardian Fiction Prize
1976August Derleth Award
1975August Derleth Award
1974British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
1973August Derleth Award
1972August Derleth Award
1968Nebula Award for Best Novella

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Michael John Moorcock 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.

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United Kingdom
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Born 1939 · age 86
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