Moorcock crosses genres, bends boundaries, and breaks rules as only a master storyteller can.â âLibrary Journal âHe is the master storyteller of our time.â âAngela Carter Michael Moorcock: Legendary author of the Elric saga, Science Fiction Grand Master, platinum albumâreceiving rock star, and controversial editor of the new wave fiction movementâs 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 authorâs critically acclaimed mainstream works. Classic offerings include the Nebula Awardâwinning novella âBehold the Man,â which introduces a time traveler and unlikely messiah that H.G. Wells never imagined; âThe Visible Men,â a recent tale of the ambiguous and androgynous secret agent Jerry Cornelius; the trilogy âMy Experiences in the Third World War,â where a Russian agent in an alternate Cambodia is powerless to prevent an inevitable march toward nuclear disaster; and âA Portrait in Ivory,â 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 Newer work handpicked by an expert editing team includes one previously unpublished story and three uncollected stories.
Moorcock crosses genres, bends boundaries, and breaks rules as only a master storyteller can.â âLibrary Journal âHe is the master storyteller of our time.â âAngela Carter Michael Moorcock: Legendary author of the Elric saga, Science Fiction Grand Master, platinum albumâreceiving rock star, and controversial editor of the new wave fiction movementâs 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 authorâs critically acclaimed mainstream works. Classic offerings include the Nebula Awardâwinning novella âBehold the Man,â which introduces a time traveler and unlikely messiah that H.G. Wells never imagined; âThe Visible Men,â a recent tale of the ambiguous and androgynous secret agent Jerry Cornelius; the trilogy âMy Experiences in the Third World War,â where a Russian agent in an alternate Cambodia is powerless to prevent an inevitable march toward nuclear disaster; and âA Portrait in Ivory,â 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.