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By Michael Moorcock at Sun, 2006-07-09 23:57
Welcome to Moorcock's Miscellany, so-called because I reprint from time to time articles which interest me or which I've written and correspond with my readers. I'm sorry that it's impossible for me to carry on long email correspondence with readers, but I can be contacted via the Q&A section if you are trying to contact me for a specific reason. Many answers to general questions can be found in the FAQ. Pictures of books, magazines which I have edited, foreign editions and so on can also be found in the Image Hive. You can get additional information about my work in the Wikiverse. Information about forthcoming books, short stories, graphic novels, movies, games or features, as well as book signings and so on can usually be found in the the Q&A section of this site. From time to time, either to support various charities or to support this site, we run auctions, usually of scarcer books and other material by me.
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By Reinart der Fuchs at Wed, 2006-06-14 12:13
Welcome to Moorcock's Miscellany Dear reader, Many people have given their valuable time to create a website for the pleasure of posing questions to Michael Moorcock, meeting people from around the world, and mining the site for information. Please follow one of the links above to learn more about the site.
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By The Cosmic Balance at Thu, 2008-12-18 08:53
 Send your birthday greetings to Michael Moorcock in the Birthday greetings for Mike thread in the Q&A forum.
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By Michael Moorcock at Wed, 2008-12-03 11:00
 He died Tuesday December 2nd, some days before his 79th birthday (21 Dec).  Jagreen Lern and Elric by James Cawthorn, 1963 [*As well as providing illustrations for Michael Moorcock's books, Cawthorn also co-wrote with Moorcock the screenplay for The Land that Time Forgot, the 'Jerry Cornelius' novel The Distant Suns (as 'Philip James') and most of Fantasy - The 100 Best Books.] Obituary thread at Moorcock's Miscellany Obituary at John Coulthart's blog Obituary at John Picacio's blog Obituary at Ballardian.com
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By The Cosmic Balance at Mon, 2008-12-01 04:22
 Originally The Entropy Tango was to be published by Pierrot Press who planned to publish it as an LP size book with at least some of the songs. When Pierrot Press went bust, the project first moved to Virgin Books (who'd published Moorcock's The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle novel) before ending up at New English Library, who eventually published the book with monochrome illustrations (rather than the original colour ones) and sans the songs, although the lyrics were still included in the novel. Gloriana was planned as an operatic version of the novel and contains what Moorcock considers to be "some of the best [music] we did".
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By JohnDavey at Tue, 2008-09-30 03:30
The Nomads of the Time Streams (Nomads for short) are a worldwide group of fans devoted to the writings and music of Michael Moorcock. Founded in 1988, the Nomads produce an irregular magazine, The Time Centre Times, which features news and articles by and about Mike as well as both new and old fiction, such as short stories and extracts from upcoming novels.
Membership also includes special offers only available to Nomads, such as discounts on the purchase of new books, signed first editions and discounts on limited editions. Very limited special offers, etc., are available from time to time as well. Nomads also offers photocopies of long out of print M.M. material to members at cost (including such items as Burroughsiana and other magazines M.M. edited/wrote for in the late 1950s and early '60s). There are two different levels of membership for Nomads: 'Four-issue' and Eternal. Four-issue membership lasts, as it says, for four issues of The Time Centre Times, and costs £12.50 in the U.K., $25 in the U.S.A. and £20 for the rest of the world. Eternal membership lasts for the member's lifetime and costs £100 in the U.K., $150 in the U.S. and £150 for the rest of the world.
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By The Cosmic Balance at Sun, 2008-09-14 03:21
 Michael Moorcock has contributed his formulas for the novels A Cure for Cancer and Mother London to Formulas For Now, compiled by Hans Ulrich Obrist. "For centuries the formula has been one of the building blocks of human knowledge. In mathematics and science, formulas express information symbolically—to solve a problem, to describe an observable phenomenon, or to postulate a theory. More generally, a formula can be a plan of action; a statement or declaration; a definition or rule; or a list of ingredients or recipe to achieve a desired outcome. For all the contributors to this unique volume—including eminent minds from the fields of art, science, mathematics, performance, architecture, design, literature, and sociology—the formula is a fruitful way of investigating the nature of human existence. Selected especially for the book, more than one hundred invited participants have produced or chosen their own personal formulas to express the realities of contemporary life and to offer a means of negotiating a path through it." Formulas for Now is published in the US by Thames & Hudson priced $24.95 and is available from Amazon.com and all good bookshops.
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By The Cosmic Balance at Sun, 2008-09-07 15:52
 Nik Turner and Friends will be playing the music of Robert Calvert at a memorial gig for Bob on Sunday 28th Sept ember at The Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Kent. There will be a fan convention from 3 PM and live music from 8 PM. The gig features Nik, Adrian Shaw, Martin Griffin, Steve Swindells, Harvey Bainbridge, Alan Davey, Jerry Richards, Ron Tree and Nick Calvert plus special guests, including Texas-based Michael Moorcock who hopes "to do something over the phone". There will also be a solo acoustic set by Judge Trev. Dead Fred and Steve Pond will also be playing. As well as live music, players from Pentameters Theatre in Hampstead will perform two plays by Robert - "The Stars that Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" and "Cattle at Twilight" - while Calvert's widow, Jill Calvert, will have an exhibition of her paintings present. [Jill Calvert (neé Riches) was previously married to Michael Moorcock and illustrated several of his novels in the '70s.] Further details of the Memorial Concert can be found at www.nikturner.com. Tickets are £9 on the door, with advance tickets available from www.seetickets.com (subject to booking fee).
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By The Cosmic Balance at Sun, 2008-09-07 14:39
 Michael Moorcock appears in the second Tripwire Annual published August 2008 in a lengthy interview discussing his long career from early days to the upcoming Elric movie, with sidebars from P Craig Russell, Michael Whelan, Walt Simonson and Steve Ellis talking about illustrating Elric. Published by Joel Meadows, this year's annual Tripwire special includes a look at the history of Doctor Who on TV and in comics, looking at the Doctor's assistants and his rogues gallery, and examining his renaissance, complete with a great cover paiting by Tommy Lee Edwards. More contemporary Brit telefantasy is covered with articles on Primeval and Ashes To Ashes and Life on Mars, the other current UK genre hit shows. From the world of film, Martin Asbury talks about his work as a storyboard artist on many of the top movies of the last 25 years, including James Bond, Greystoke, Alien and Legend; there's a look at the plans for the expansion of Pinewood Studios and an examination of the way that George Lucas's ILM is run.
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By The Cosmic Balance at Sun, 2008-08-31 07:58
Michael Moorcock has confirmed that the first volume of Elric stories from Del Rey, Elric: The Stealer of Souls, is going to a second printing. The covers for the third and fourth volumes, Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress and Elric: Duke Elric respectively have been unveiled and can be seen in the Image Hive. John Picacio provides his second cover for the series with The Sleeping Sorceress, while Justin Sweet makes his debut with the cover for Duke Elric. Del Rey publish Elric: The Sleeping Sorcess this November; Elric: Duke Elric will be published in March 2009.
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