Michael Moorcock
Wizard of wild romance!
Michael John Moorcock (born 1939) is without doubt one of Britain’s most popular and most prolific writers. He became editor of Tarzan Adventures in 1956, at only sixteen, later moving on to edit Sexton Blake Library.
As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971, Moorcock fostered the development of the New Wave (see sidebar) in the UK and indirectly in the U.S.
His earliest influence seems to have been Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars) – his earliest work about Sojan is highly reminiscent of the atmosphere and episodic adventures of John Carter. Moorcock went beyond mere imitation and began to find his own voice as a writer in the stories of Erekosë, the Eternal Champion.
Moorcock was one of the first British writers to work in the sword and sorcery genre. He has also written several straight science fiction books (although he doesn’t like to think of himself as a science-fiction writer) and many mainstream novels (but with themes – and characters! – not so far removed from those of his fantasy writing).
Moorcock’s books have won many awards and he received a British Fantasy special committee award in 1993 and the World Fantasy Life Achievement award in 2000.
Resources
Colin Greenland, Michael Moorcock: Death is No Obstacle , ISBN 0-86130-087-4, Savoy (1992)
An extended interview. Of especial interest is the first section, “Six Days to Save the World”, which covers the narrative structures of the Elric and other Eternal Champion stories.
Berry Sizemoor (host), 
Moorcock’s Miscellany 
A portal to Moorcock’s journalism, literary articles and the like, bibliographical information, and so on. (An extensive update of www.MULTIVERSE.org.)
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