My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction Of Michael Moorcock Volume 1

Name: My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction Of Michael Moorcock Volume 1
Brand: Orion Publishing Co
SKU: 9780575115057
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By (author): Michael Moorcock

The first part of Gollancz's definitive collection of Moorcock's short fiction, this selection features some of his finest work.

From 'The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius' to 'The Cairene Purse', the stories here are incredibly varied in their style, execution and subject matter.

The stories included in this volume are:

My Experiences in the Third World War
Casablanca
Going to Canada
Leaving Pasadena
Crossing into Cambodia
The Mountain
The Deep Fix
The Frozen Cardinal
Wolf
The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius
The Real Life Mr Newman
The Cairene Purse

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Weight: 232g
Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
Publication Date: 23 Oct 2014
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780575115057

About Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock (1939-) Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre his novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Hugo Nebula World Fantasy Whitbread and Guardian Fiction Prize. In 1999 he was given the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award; in 2001 he was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame; and in 2007 he was named a SFWA Grandmaster. Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since the seventies with his own band the Deep Fix; and as a member of the prog rock band Hawkwind won a gold disc. His tenure as editor of New Worlds magazine in the sixties and seventies is seen as the high watermark of SF editorship in the UK and was crucial in the development of the SF New Wave. Michael Moorcock's literary creations include Hawkmoon Corum Von Bek Jerry Cornelius and of course his most famous character Elric. He has been compared to among others Balzac Dumas Dickens James Joyce Ian Fleming J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard. Although born in London he now splits his time between homes in Texas and Paris.