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'''Michael Moorcock''' is a noted fantasy writer. Perhaps his most famous works are his '''Eternal Champion''' series, a series of anti-heroic heroic fantasy novels; most famously, around [[Elric of Melniboné]].  
'''Michael Moorcock''' (born 1939) is a noted critic, editor, and fantasy writer, part of the "[[New Wave]]" of science fiction writers in the 1970s. Perhaps his most famous works are his '''Eternal Champion''' series, a series of anti-heroic heroic fantasy novels, most famously centering on the Eternal Champion incarnation [[Elric of Melniboné]]. He has been married to two different women involved in SF: [[Hilary Bailey]], also an author, and [[Jill Riches]], an illustrator who did some of the cover art for Moorcock's books.
 
Moorcock identifies as an [[anarchist]],<ref name="killjoy">[[Margaret Killjoy]], ''[[Mythmakers and Lawbreakers]]'' (AK Press, 2009).</ref> and many of his works demonstrate an anarchist worldview.  Many of Moorcock's characters exhibit an [[androgynous]] characteristic, or are impliedly bisexual.  Moorcock has himself engaged in some kinds of feminist action: Lobbying English bookstores to move [[John Norman]]'s ''[[Gor]]'' books to a less accessible location, to "marginalize stuff that works to objectify women and suggests women enjoy being beaten".
 
Moorcock has similarly critiqued [[Robert A. Heinlein]] and [[H. P. Lovecraft]], among others, as authoritarians; see "[[Starship Stormtroopers]]".
 
 


==Influences and references==
==Influences and references==
* [[Mary Gentle]] has said her [[White Crow]] series was inspired by Michael Moorcock, as well as by [[Joanna Russ]]'s character Alyx.  
* [[Mary Gentle]] has said her [[White Crow]] series was inspired by Michael Moorcock, as well as by [[Joanna Russ]]'s character Alyx.  
* Moorcock was influenced by pulp writers, including '''[[Leigh Brackett]]''', Robert Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs; as well as classic fantasists such as [[Mervyn Peake]]. (He was friends with Mervyn Peake and [[Maeve Peake]].)
==Notable works==
* ''[[Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen]]'' alternate history / fantasy about [[Elizabeth I of England]] (1979 John W. Campbell Memorial Award; 1979 World Fantasy Award (Best Novel))
* ''[[Behold the Man]]'' (1967 [[Nebula Award]])
* [http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/bayley/ Bayley-Moorcock Letters] ([http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/bayley2/ Part 2])
===Criticism===
* "[[Epic Pooh]]" - a critique of [[Tolkien]]'s ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' as a "Merry England" work, similar to ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' ([http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=953 link at revolutionsf.com])
* "[[Starship Stormtroopers]]" (1978 essay) ([http://recollectionbooks.com/siml/library/Moorcock.htm link at recollectionbooks.com])
* ''[[Wizardry and Wild Romance]]'' (rev. ed. 2004, MonkeyBrain Books) (a study of epic fantasy, including of [[Fritz Leiber]])
===Dworkin===
Relating to [[Andrea Dworkin]]:
* [http://social-justice.politics.ox.ac.uk/events/dworkin/ Tribute to Andrea Dworkin], "Andrea Dworkin Commemorative Conference", Oxford University, 2006 April 7, Friday.
* [http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/MoorcockInterview.html Interview with Andrea Dworkin] at NoStatusQuo.com
==Further reading==
; from the author
* [http://www.multiverse.org/ Michael Moore's website] ("multiverse.org")
; databases
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/michael-moorcock/ FantasticFiction.co.uk]
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Michael_Moorcock ISFDB]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock "Michael Moorcock"], Wikipedia
; studies of
* [[Colin Greenland]], ''[[The Entropy Exhibition|The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction]]'' (1983)
* [[Colin Greenland]], ''[[Michael Moorcock: Death Is No Obstacle]]'' (1992; book-length interview)
* [[Carter Kaplan]], "Fractal Fantasies of Transformation: William Blake, Michael Moorcock and the Utilities of Mythographic Shamanism" in ''[[New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction]]'', (Hassler, Donald M. & Clyde Wilcox, eds.) Univ of South Carolina Press, 2008, ISBN 1-57003-736-1, pp. 35–52


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Latest revision as of 11:33, 16 February 2011

Michael Moorcock (born 1939) is a noted critic, editor, and fantasy writer, part of the "New Wave" of science fiction writers in the 1970s. Perhaps his most famous works are his Eternal Champion series, a series of anti-heroic heroic fantasy novels, most famously centering on the Eternal Champion incarnation Elric of Melniboné. He has been married to two different women involved in SF: Hilary Bailey, also an author, and Jill Riches, an illustrator who did some of the cover art for Moorcock's books.

Moorcock identifies as an anarchist,[1] and many of his works demonstrate an anarchist worldview. Many of Moorcock's characters exhibit an androgynous characteristic, or are impliedly bisexual. Moorcock has himself engaged in some kinds of feminist action: Lobbying English bookstores to move John Norman's Gor books to a less accessible location, to "marginalize stuff that works to objectify women and suggests women enjoy being beaten".

Moorcock has similarly critiqued Robert A. Heinlein and H. P. Lovecraft, among others, as authoritarians; see "Starship Stormtroopers".


Influences and references


Notable works

Criticism

Dworkin

Relating to Andrea Dworkin:

Further reading

from the author


databases


studies of
  1. ↑ Margaret Killjoy, Mythmakers and Lawbreakers (AK Press, 2009).
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