Michael Moorcock Quotes

Michael John Moorcock is an English writer and musician, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, a seminal influence on the field of fantasy since the 1960s and 70s.

As editor of the British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States. His publication of Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad as a serial novel was notorious; in Parliament some British MPs condemned the Arts Council for funding the magazine. He is also a successful recording musician, contributing to the bands Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult and his own project.

In 2008, The Times named Moorcock in its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Wikipedia  

✵ 18. December 1939   •   Other names مایکل مورکوک, Μάικλ Μούρκοκ
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Works

The Cornelius Quartet
The Cornelius Quartet
Michael Moorcock
The Eternal Champion
The Eternal Champion
Michael Moorcock
The Sword of the Dawn
Michael Moorcock
The Runestaff
The Runestaff
Michael Moorcock
Phoenix in Obsidian
Phoenix in Obsidian
Michael Moorcock
Erekosë
Michael Moorcock
The Land Leviathan
The Land Leviathan
Michael Moorcock
The Time Dweller
Michael Moorcock
The King of the Swords
Michael Moorcock
The Knight of the Swords
The Knight of the Swords
Michael Moorcock
The Mad God's Amulet
The Mad God's Amulet
Michael Moorcock
The Jewel in the Skull
Michael Moorcock
Elric of Melniboné
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Famous Michael Moorcock Quotes

“There is less danger, gentlemen, in living according to a set of high moral principles than most politicians believe.”

Book 1, Chapter 6 “A Haven of Civilization” (p. 214)
The Land Leviathan (1974)

Michael Moorcock Quotes about the world

“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)

“Redefine the terms by which Man views the world, and thus eventually you redefine the world itself.”

Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter (p. 367)

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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)

“It is many years since I have wielded a weapon larger than a pen, borne anything weightier than a difficult problem in philosophy.”

Book 3, Chapter 5 “Five Heroes and a Heroine” (p. 467)
The Runestaff (1969)

“Again that smile of exquisite and self-congratulatory piety.”

Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 8 (p. 98)

“I would be grateful if I was allowed to work out my own destiny for once,” I said. “For good or ill.”

Book 3 “Visions and Revelations” Chapter 4 “The Lady of the Chalice” (p. 416)
Erekosë, Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)

““I shall not be killed!” The count smiled scornfully, as if death were something that only others suffered.”

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)

“The captain seemed mad. Perhaps he did not enjoy his trade. Many soldiers did not, when real warfare developed.”

Book 1, Chapter 10 “Lost Hopes” (p. 336)
The Steel Tsar (1981)

“All Empires fall,
All ages die,
All strife shall be in vain.
All Kings go down,
All hope must fail,
But Tanelorn remains—
Our Tanelorn remains…”

Book 2 “The Champion’s Road” Chapter 5 “The Black Sword” (p. 365)
Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)

“Tyrants hate original thinking.”

The Warlord of the Air (1971)
Source: Book 3, Chapter 3 “Chi’ng Che’eng Ta-Chia” (p. 106)

“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)

“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)

“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)

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