Works

The City in the Autumn Stars
Michael Moorcock
The Steel Tsar
Michael Moorcock
The War Hound and the World's Pain
Michael Moorcock
The Cornelius Quartet
Michael Moorcock
The Eternal Champion
Michael MoorcockThe Sword of the Dawn
Michael Moorcock
The Runestaff
Michael Moorcock
Phoenix in Obsidian
Michael MoorcockErekosë
Michael Moorcock
The Land Leviathan
Michael MoorcockThe Time Dweller
Michael MoorcockThe King of the Swords
Michael Moorcock
The Knight of the Swords
Michael Moorcock
The Mad God's Amulet
Michael MoorcockThe Jewel in the Skull
Michael Moorcock
The History of the Runestaff
Michael MoorcockElric of Melniboné
Michael MoorcockFamous Michael Moorcock Quotes
“Legends are best left as legends and attempts to make them real are rarely successful”
Source: Elric of Melniboné
Book 1, Chapter 6 “A Haven of Civilization” (p. 214)
The Land Leviathan (1974)
Source: Short fiction, London Bone (1997), p. 423
Michael Moorcock Quotes about the world
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 18 (p. 166)
Book 3, Chapter 1 “General O. T. Shaw” (p. 92)
Oswald Bastable, The Warlord of the Air (1971)
Source: Short fiction, The Lost Canal (2013), p. 355
“Wild days, wild riders, and the stink of warfare across the world!”
Book 1, Chapter 3 “Elvereza Tozer” (p. 269)
The Sword of the Dawn (1968)
Book 3, Chapter 4 (p. 669)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter (p. 367)
Michael Moorcock: Trending quotes
Source: Elric: The Stealer of Souls
Michael Moorcock Quotes
“You have no proof of this,” I said.
“No. But a theory must be tested to be disproved, Mr Bastable.”
Book 1, Chapter 8 “A Decision in Cold Blood” (p. 233)
Oswald Bastable, The Land Leviathan (1974)
Book 3, Chapter 2 (p. 642; words spoken by Hitler)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Book 2, Chapter 8 “Revolutions” (p. 410)
Oswald Bastable, The Steel Tsar (1981)
Book 1, Chapter 2 “The Dream—and the Nightmare—of the Chilean Wizard” (p. 187)
The Land Leviathan (1974)
Book 3, Chapter 5 “Five Heroes and a Heroine” (p. 467)
The Runestaff (1969)
Book 2, Chapter 4 (p. 564)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
“Again that smile of exquisite and self-congratulatory piety.”
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 8 (p. 98)
Book 3 “Visions and Revelations” Chapter 4 “The Lady of the Chalice” (p. 416)
Erekosë, Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
Source: Book 1, Chapter 5 “The Machine” (p. 160), The Mad God's Amulet (1968)
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 18 (p. 166)
Book 2, Chapter 8 “Revolutions” (p. 413)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
She looked at Klein uncomprehendingly.
Source: The Sundered Worlds (1965), Chapter 4 (p. 206)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 9 (p. 310)
The Jewel in the Skull (1967)
Source: Book 1, Chapter 2 “Yisselda and Bowgentle” (p. 13)
“It’s never ‘should’ with engineers, my old friend, but ‘how’? Have you not learned that much?”
Source: The von Bek family, The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 4 (p. 231)
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 7 (pp. 85-86)
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 3 (p. 42)
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 4 (p. 55)
Book 3, Chapter 7 “Project NFB” (p. 135)
Oswald Bastable, The Warlord of the Air (1971)
Book 1, Chapter 10 “Lost Hopes” (p. 336)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
Book 2, Chapter 7 “A Mechanical Man” (p. 395)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
Book 2 “The Champion’s Road” Chapter 5 “The Black Sword” (p. 365)
Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 1 (p. 181)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 4 (p. 226)
Prologue (p. 463)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 14 (p. 377)
Book 1, Chapter 5 “A City of Glowing Shadows” (p. 406)
The Runestaff (1969)
“Tyrants hate original thinking.”
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
Source: Book 3, Chapter 3 “Chi’ng Che’eng Ta-Chia” (p. 106)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 14 (p. 376)
“It’s all a question of power and rarely a question of justice.”
Book 1, Chapter 8 “The Message” (p. 324)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
Book 2, Chapter 8 “Revolutions” (p. 419)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
Book 3, Chapter 2 (p. 646)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Prologue (p. 321)
Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
Book 2, Chapter 9 (p. 612)
Erekosë, The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Source: The Eternal Champion (1970), Chapter 9 “At Noonos” (p. 50)
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 6 (p. 79)
Book 2, Chapter 4 “The Black Ships” (p. 359)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
“You’re not right or wrong. You’re crazy.”
Book 2, Chapter 1 “The Camp on Rishiri” (p. 342)
Oswald Bastable, The Steel Tsar (1981)
“Your imagination is notoriously poor. Not everyone holds identical ambitions to your own!”
Book 2, Chapter 4 (p. 560)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 6 (p. 269)
Introduction (p. viii)
The Eternal Champion (1970)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 14 (p. 375)
Book 2, Chapter 7 “A Mechanical Man” (p. 386)
The Steel Tsar (1981)
Book 2, Chapter 4 (p. 561)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Book 3, Chapter 17 “The Sad Queen” (p. 501)
The Runestaff (1969)
“My instinct shouted “Conspiracy” but my head reasoned “Coincidence.””
Source: The von Bek family, The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 8 (p. 291)
“No denial would convince you,” D’Averc smiled, “so I will not offer you one.”
Book 2, Chapter 1 “The Waiting Warrior” (p. 185)
The History of the Runestaff, The Mad God's Amulet (1968)
Book 1, Chapter 1 “The Last City” (p. 259)
The Sword of the Dawn (1968)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 5 (p. 245)
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 3 (p. 210; ellipsis represents a minor elision of description)