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Originally Posted by llreader
That said, Moorcock had lots of great ideas in there. My impression of his books is similar to what they said about The Velvet Underground's first show - only a few people were there, but they all went on to form great bands. I imagine he was an inspiration to a lot of people at a certain age, and would have been to me (who am I to judge, I was reading Andre Norton and Rob White back when). But it certainly isn't riveting prose.  |
Dave Hartwell is Senior Editor at Tor these days, but has a PhD in English, and has tought college level courses among other things. He told a story about a lit class he taught with a student that didn't like
anything Dave presented in class. Pressed about what he
did like, it turned out to be only Michael Moorcock "Elric" style S&S. Dave just stated at him, and said "This class is an elective.
Drop it."
I like Moorcock's work, but Elric never especially attracted me. I am extravagantly fond of the "Dancers at the End of Time" series and _Gloriana_. I also like some of the Jerry Cornelius stories.
Moorcock first gained a reputation editing the British SF magazine New Worlds, which was the hotbed of "New Wave" SF, and features Norman Spinrad, Brian Aldiss, and Tom Disch among others.
He was also friends with Bob Calvert, leader of the British space rock band Hawkwind, did some stuff with Hawkwind, and recorded an album of his own called "Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix" with some of Hawkwind playing on it.
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Dennis