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Not only did the singular Michael Moorcock create numerous legendary characters such as the definitive fantasy anti-hero Elric, the proto-cyberpunk Jerry Cornelius, and arguably the first modern steampunk protagonist Oswald Bastable, but he pioneered the concepts of the multiverse and as the editor of New Worlds, ushered in the New Wave literary movement.
His over 100 novels include notable works such as Stormbringer
(1965), The Final
Programme (1968),
Behold the Man
(1969), The Warlord of the Air (1971), Gloriana,
or the Unfulfill’d Queen (1978),
The War Hound and the World’s Pain (1981), Mother London
(1988), Colonel Pyat
sequence (Byzantium Endures [1981],
The Laughter of Carthage [1984],
Jerusalem Commands [1992],
and The Vengeance of Rome
[2006]), and The
Whispering Swarm [2015].
2018 saw two new Moorcock’s works: the Jerry Cornelius adventure,
Pegging the President,
and the French edition of Kaboul, which completes the
My
Experiences in the Third World War
sequence.
Befitting the
seminal nature of his career, Moorcock has been awarded the 1993
British Fantasy Award (Committee Award), 2000 World Fantasy Award for
Life Achievement, 2004 Prix Utopiales “Grandmaster” Lifetime
Achievement Award, 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in
the horror genre, 2008 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, and
In 2008, The Times named Moorcock in its list of “The 50
greatest British writers since 1945”. Among the numerous accolades
for his individual works include the 1967 Nebula Award (Behold the
Man), four BFA August Derleth Fantasy Awards (The Knight of
the Swords [1972], The King of the
Swords [1973], The Sword and the
Stallion [1975], and The Hollow Lands [1976]), 1974
British Fantasy Award (Best Short Story, “The Jade Man’s Eyes”),
1977 Guardian Fiction Award (The Condition of
Muzak), 1979 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel (Gloriana), and 1979 World Fantasy Award
(Gloriana).
His shorter works
have been collected in several volumes including The Deep Fix
(1966), The Time
Dweller (1969),
Moorcock’s Book of Martyrs
(1976), The Opium
General (1984),
Lunching with the Antichrist
(1995), Earl Aubec
(1993), Tales from
the Texas Woods (1997),
London Bone (2001),
and THE BEST OF MICHAEL MOORCOCK
(2009),
which recently enjoyed its
first digital edition as part Tachyon’s Particle Books line. Among
his many edited anthologies are Best SF Stories From
New Worlds (1-8; 1968-74), The Traps of Time
(1968), Before
Armageddon (1975),
England Invaded (1977),
and The New Nature of
the
Catastrophe
(with
Langdon Jones; 1993).
The polymath Moorcock impressive output has also included work in comics, music, film, and criticism. As if all this wasn’t enough, he’s the maintainer of The Jack Trevor Story Memorial Cup, whose previous winners include Howard Waldrop and Steve Aylett.
Michael and Linda Moorcock present the Jack Trevor Story Memorial Cup (aka the Prix Jack Trevor Story) to Howard Waldrop during Armadillocon 31. (photo: Jayme Lynn Blaschke)
All of us at Tachyon wish the extraordinary Michael, a happy birthday. May the winds of limbo continue to roar!
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