The Best of Michael Moorcock Contributor(s): Moorcock, Michael (Author), Davey, John (Editor), VanderMeer, Jeff (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1892391864 ISBN-13: 9781892391865 Publisher: Tachyon Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: May 2009 Annotation: From the legendary author of the Elric sagas, this definitive collection captures the incomparable short fiction of one of science fiction and literature's most important contemporary writers. These exceptional stories range effortlessly from the genre tales that continue to define heroic fantasy to the author's critically acclaimed mainstream works. Classic offerings include "The Visible Men," the trilogy "My Experiences in the Third World War," "A Portrait in Ivory," and the Nebula award-winning novella "Behold the Man." With all of his finest stories finally collected in one volume, this is a long-overdue tribute to an extraordinarily gifted, versatile, and much-beloved author. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.05 lbs) 403 pages |
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/27/2009 pg. 116 Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 45 Library Journal 06/15/2009 pg. 68 Asimov's Science Fiction 04/01/2010 pg. 181 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "He is the master storyteller of our time."--Angela Carter Michael Moorcock: Legendary author of the Elric saga, Science Fiction Grand Master, platinum album-receiving rock star, and controversial editor of the new wave fiction movement's New Worlds. In this definitive collection, discover the incomparable stories of one of our most important contemporary writers. These exceptional stories range effortlessly from the genre tales that continue to define fantasy to the author's critically acclaimed mainstream works. Classic offerings include the Nebula Award-winning novella "Behold the Man," which introduces a time traveler and unlikely messiah that H.G. Wells never imagined; "The Visible Men," a recent tale of the ambiguous and androgynous secret agent Jerry Cornelius; the trilogy "My Experiences in the Third World War," where a Russian agent in an alternate Cambodia is powerless to prevent an inevitable march toward nuclear disaster; and "A Portrait in Ivory," a Melibone story of troubled anti-hero Elric and his soul-stealing sword, Stormbringer. Newer work handpicked by an expert editing team includes one previously unpublished story and three uncollected stories. |
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