Multiverse--Michael Moorcock discussion

Thought I'd add a topic about news about or related to Mike.

First, a link to an interesting article by Mike, about Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick and '2001: A Space Odyssey,' from the 'New Statesman' site.

"Close to tears, he left at the intermission": how Stanley Kubrick upset Arthur C Clarke

Well worth a read. ;->)

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Secondly, a link to a review of a new young adult fiction novel, 'Agent of Chaos,' about the 'X Files' character Fox Mulder, as a teenager.

Teen Mulder & Scully Investigate in Two New X-Files YA Novels

In 'Agent of Chaos,' Mike's Elric novel, 'Stormbringer,' has become a plot element.

And, a link to an interview with the author of, 'Agent of Chaos,' in which she expands on the background to the Stormbringer connection.

The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos, A Chat with Author Kami Garcia

Might just be worth checking out this YA novel.

TTFN :->)

WOW thanks PM! I was reading a Warren Ellis comic some years ago where he mentions he got Clarke's email from an email Mike sent to all his friends but forgot to BCC them.

Truth to be told, the very first science fiction book I read was "Childhoods End" when I was 13 ( I consciously had decided I could read more mature stuff at that age ;-) ) and I read many Clarke's books over the years and still like them except "Childhoods End".

Thanks for this. Very interesting!

Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing, I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.

Sad news from the New York Times, of the passing away of, Emma Tennant, one of Mike's old editors.

Emma Tennant, Who Wrote Beyond the Fringe of Realism, Dies at 79

Quote:

In 1975 she founded the influential literary journal Bananas, which published new work by Mr. Ballard, Beryl Bainbridge, Angela Carter and the science-fiction writer Michael Moorcock. She served as editor for three years.

Definitely a writer whose works I'll be looking out for, in the future.

Very sad news, about Mike's ex-partner, Hilary Bailey, in the form of an Observer obit., from the Guardian site.

Hilary Bailey obituary

Hilary passed away on January the 19th.

My sincere condolences.

A double review from Mike, in the New Statesman:

What is the "New Weird" – and what makes weird fiction so relevant to our times?

' The surrealist fancies of the “New Weird,” find elegant expression in The Erstwhile by Brian Catling and The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville.'

As usual, very much worth a read. ;>)

I really want to read The Last Days of New Paris but the prices for the digital ebooks is still high.

Thanks for the link! It's worthwhile reading.

Thanks! Super-cool!

It's great to see this available again! -

"Into The Media Web: Selected Short Non-Fiction, 1956-2006"

Thanks for the update, Jack!

Good news for Brazilian fans:

Sometime ago Braziian publisher Generale has acquired the rights for a few Elric books according to Mike himself they bought rights for 6 books. Elric Of Melnibone was released here in 2014 but I am happy too see that they are releasing Elric Of Melnibone II which I assume to have the other stories that are part of the omnibus Song Of The Black Sword. Needless to say I have already pre ordered!.

https://www.amazon.com.br/Elric-Melni...

Did you folks see this? Just published August 9. Mr. M's note is about 3/4 down the page.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/i...

Mike had to cancel an appearance at a French festival, du festival des Utopiales de Nantes , due to health issues, a few days ago. Here's hoping that he's feeling better.

Pietro_Mercurios_01 wrote: "Mike had to cancel an appearance at a French festival,
du festival des Utopiales de Nantes
, due to health issues, a few days ago. Here's hoping that he's feeling better."

Fingers crossed man!

I am Sending Positive Waves for Mike Moorcock!

Thanks, Jack! Those books he mentioned look interesting.

From, ComicBookMovie.Com, a Titan Comics video interview with Mike over the upcoming, Corum, comic book adaptation.

COMICS: THE CHRONICLES OF CORUM Creator Michael Moorcock Discusses The Upcoming Comic Adaptation

The Chronicles of Corum Vol. 1 - The Knight Of Swords, due in the shops, February 20th.

From the Spectator, site, an article by Mike.

Michael Moorcock: Why banning opioids has been a disaster for me
Also: We’re seeing the emergence of officious little Trumps who feel free to express their petty prejudices

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I wonder if returning via a sanctuary city would make a difference?

Does anyone know if Mike got to overcome this ludicrous problem with American legal system?

Daniel wrote: "Does anyone know if Mike got to overcome this ludicrous problem with American legal system?"

Not sure about that, but I did, rather belatedly, come across an announcement about Mike giving a talk and doing a book signing in San Francisco, on the 9th of this month (April), at the Bookbinder's Museum. There may be a podcast of the event at some point. If it happens, I'll let you know.

Great thanks!

Right, as promised. A couple of links concerning Mike's interview in SF, back in April.

Firstly, a link to a piece on the Locus mag website:

SF in SF with Michael Moorcock
(This and more like it in the May 2018 issue of Locus.)

There's also a nice pic of Mike, standing with, Jacob & Rina Weisman and Terry Bisson.

And, secondly, the link to the actual, Soma FM podcast, itself:

April 2018: A Conversation with Michael Moorcock
(Michael Moorcock in conversation with Terry Bisson, along with questions from the audience.)

Haven't listened to all of it myself, yet. A good sized, almost an hour and a half running time, but what I've heard so far sounds jolly good.

Went up stairs to have a smoke, total a whack o'wine, watch the end of, Maigret, The riddle of the Halted Train and headed, inevitably, for the podcast.

A blast! A question and answer master class in Mike, his writings and writing in general. Interesting auto-bibliography.

In which we discover that Elric is very much Mike's Holmes.

There's also a laugh out loud moment with a 'fan''s appreciation of Elric versus the Black Orchid (was it?), or whichever flower oriented plant protagonist that it actually was, which is a spoof to the max of sexual imagery.

Well worth a listen!

[And after you've listened. A rider.]
No. I'm a not a shill for Mike, Good Reads, Locus, Nor anybody. I'm a good boy I am. And very much a long time fan.

Hello, My Friends!

I missed this somehow. I don't know if it was discussed here, but I am very pleased to see something new in print! -

"Pegging the President", a novella by Michael Moorcock.

(A book in the Jerry Cornelius series)

In Stock:

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/mi...

'SYNOPSIS In the 1960s Jerry Cornelius was the coolest assassin on the Ladbroke Grove block.

By the 1970s The Condition of Muzak had won the Guardian Fiction Prize and The Final Programme was a feature film starring Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Hugh Griffith and Sterling Hayden.

In the 1980s the world s first cyberpunk continued to inspire a generation of writers including William Gibson, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and bands like the Human League.

By the 1990s he was up and running towards the guns again in stories like The Spencer Inheritance , The Camus Referendum and Cheering for the Rockets , which dealt with the icons and key events of the day.

At turn of the millennium, in Firing the Cathedral, he responded to the attacks on America of September 2001 and their consequences, to the realities of global warming and global terrorism.

Now, in Pegging the President, Jerry Cornelius is back; the ambiguous, amoral, androgynous English Assassin, cooler, sharper, his fingers still firmly on the pulse of the twenty-first century, counting names and taking heads, showing once again that colonialism and despotism the roots of empire gone sour do not change. The apocalypse has never seemed more terrifying, never been more fun, and modern life will never feel the same to you again.'

Hardcover -

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...

You are most welcome, Jack of Shadows!

Very cool!

I'm glad that I check the Moorcock page at Fantastic Fiction, once in a while.

Awesome!

I'm reading it at the moment, very good it is too. There is another new JC story, The Fracking Factory at http://www.faojc.com/ with other rare JC stories by other hands - including two I've never seen before.

I am waiting for the JC ebooks to be published. First, they were due to 2017, then went to a category I call "Only God knows when" but recently they are scheduled for 2020 at Kobo's store.

Jack Of Shadows wrote: "Mike gets a mention on The Stephen Colbert Show!

https://news.avclub.com/on-the-late-s..."
Great stuff man!

I was reading String Theory for dummies and the author when explaining Multiverse cites Mike was one of the pioneers of the concept in science fiction.

A review of the new collected ed. of the, History of the Runestaff, over on the, Adventures in Poor Taste, website.

The Chronicles of Hawkmoon: History of the Runestaff Vol. 1 review

James Cawthorn’s classic adaptation of Michael Moorcock’s novels finally collected at last.

Pietro_Mercurios_01 wrote: "A review of the new collected ed. of the, History of the Runestaff, over on the, Adventures in Poor Taste, website.

The Chronicles of Hawkmoon: History of the Runestaff Vol. 1 review

James Cawt..."

Thanks, Pietro! I like how the article page features a short list of pros and cons from the reviewer.

Pietro_Mercurios_01 wrote: "A review of the new collected ed. of the, History of the Runestaff, over on the, Adventures in Poor Taste, website.

The Chronicles of Hawkmoon: History of the Runestaff Vol. 1 review

James Cawt..."

Thanks PM. I have checked on Amazon and they have the kindle version already. Right now a bit expensive, but I will be following it in hopes it becomes more affordable.

Anyway, I loved the artwork.

Pop Con
San Antonio Public Library

Saturday, February 16th, 2019

Author Michael Moorcock

Artist John Picacio and others!

https://guides.mysapl.org/sapopcon

Lemec wrote: "Pop Con
San Antonio Public Library

Saturday, February 16th, 2019

Author Michael Moorcock

Artist John Picacio and others!

https://guides.mysapl.org/sapopcon"

Are you close to San Antonio? Will you go?

Daniel wrote: "Lemec wrote: "Pop Con
San Antonio Public Library

Saturday, February 16th, 2019

Author Michael Moorcock

Artist John Picacio and others!

https://guides.mysapl.org/sapopcon"

Are you close to San ..."

No, sorry, it's still fairly far away from me.

Unless I would decide to fly there, or rent a car for a long ride.

It sounds cool, though.

Hi Apoligies if this posted in wrong place, i was just wondering if there is any news on the follow up to the The whispering swarm ?

Who's ready to swear by The Runestaff? :)


'The BBC has announced that it has snapped up the rights to Michael Moorcock’s Runestaff fantasy book series and has set screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Doctor Who), producer John Yorke (Life on Mars) and executive producer Richard Stokes (Broadchurch, Torchwood) to develop a TV adaptation.

“I am delighted that BBC Studios is developing the Runestaff series for TV,” said Moorcock. “I believe the team will do an outstanding job and I’m looking forward to seeing Hawkmoon, Count Brass and Yisselda brought to the screen. This is a perfect time for the series, which seems more relevant today than it did when I originally wrote it. I will be working closely with the writers to develop the stories. I feel like a schoolboy, breathlessly waiting for the first episode to be aired.”

“The Runestaff novels were the first books that captured my imagination,” added Thompson. “It’s a privilege and a great adventure to be working with Michael Moorcock. I feel like I’ve just been handed the keys to the crown jewels of fantasy fiction.”

Runestaff spans four novels – The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God’s Amulet, Sword of the Dawn and The Runestaff – and tells the story of a resistance against a tyrannical rule, with the protagonist Hawkmoon setting out on a journey which “takes him from ghost-cities in the Syrian desert to pirate colonies in the American bayou; from caravans of mutant creatures in Carpathian mountains to the heart of the Dark Empire itself – the glittering city of Londra where the river runs blood red.” '

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2019/0...

I think this will be awesome! Hawkmoon!

Does anyone have a link to a list of 2019 events Michael might be attending?

Very excited about this! However, I have some reasonable fear that it will be an interpretation that will appear much more modern than medieval. I'm hoping for a medieval steam punk style to the aesthetics, but after seeing how Shannara was massacred... I just hope they don't make it overly contemporary with people wearing Champion-brand sweats under their armor (like they did in MTV's wretched excuse for Shannara) ya know?

With that said, if they can really focus on characters and bringing out the hooks of the storyline, it would be awesome to introduce younger generations to the allure of Moorcock's cerebral fantasy! And if that happens, maybe they will start re-publishing Mike's entire catalogue (preferably some with Robert Gould cover art!)!



Lemec wrote: "Who's ready to swear by The Runestaff? :)


'The BBC has announced that it has snapped up the rights to Michael Moorcock’s Runestaff fantasy book series and has set screenwriter Steve Thompson (She..."

About bloody time! The History of the Runestaff, could make a great live action intro to Mike's fantasies. It's more traditionally structured than the wilder shores of Elric and Corum, or even the Bastable alternate futures. With lots of weird retro future tech and cultural references. A good place to start on a great oeuvre.

North American Space Ritual 2019! - Austin, Texas! (U.S.A.)
Friday, March 29th and Saturday, March 30th, 2019.
Celebrating 50 Years of Hawkwind Music.
MOONHAWKS - Alan Davey - Michael Moorcock - Nik Turner.

https://twitter.com/Joe83rdDream/stat...

I think that Mike will be signing posters there, as well as performing.

Pietro_Mercurios_01 wrote: "About bloody time! The History of the Runestaff, could make a great live action intro to Mike's fantasies. It's more traditionally structured than the wilder shores of Elric and Corum, or even the ..."

I totally agree.

Lemec wrote: "Pietro_Mercurios_01 wrote: "About bloody time! The History of the Runestaff, could make a great live action intro to Mike's fantasies. It's more traditionally structured than the wilder shores of E..."

This is fantastic news especially because I enjoy The Hawkmoon series better than the Elric series and I do have many fond memories of reading the four books.

Super-cool! Hawkmoon was always a close second for me.

Elric & Hawkmoon books almost on an even level of things I like.

Bit late, been away, with M'Lady, celebrating 25th anniversary.

However, a link to an interview, in the Austin Chronicle, with Mike, concerning last weekend's Hawkwind 2-dayer, in Austin, Texas, in which the Big Man himself, was to be playing!

Q&A: Michael Moorcock Plays Hawkwind
Sci-fi author joins two-day tribute to space rocker
(by Michael Toland)

I'm not on Facebook (for some excellent reasons), but here's a link to some photies from the gig:

North American Space Ritual 2019 - Festival - 68 Photos | Facebook

New Hawkwind book, "Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground Radical Escapism In The Age Of Paranoia", by Joe Banks to be released later this year!

The special edition looks cool, it comes with a bonus book "Sideways Through Time: An Oral History Of Hawkwind In The 1970's" featuring interviews with DikMik, Nik Turner, Michael Moorcock, Stacia Blake, Alan Powell, Paul Rudolph, Adrian Shaw, Paul Hayles, Harvey Bainbridge, Andrew Lauder, Doug Smith, Jeff Dexter, Jonathan Smeeton, Renée Berg, Michael Butterworth, and Pamela Townley. A print of Michael Moorcock and Jim Cawthorn’s "Sonic Assassins" comic strip from Frendz is also included along with postcards featuring unseen photographs from the "Space Ritual" shoot by Laurie Lewis.

http://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/...

In case any of you all missed it, Mike & The Deep Fix released a new CD recently: it's a collection of songs related to the Second Ether books (particularly Blood: A Southern Fantasy) that's titled "Live at the Terminal Cafe". I've listened to it a bunch of times, and it's a good one. Zydeco prog, maybe? Melancholy, for sure.
Very fond of the cover of "St. James Infirmary" and the epic "Sam Oakenhurst's Story".

https://michaelmoorcockthedeepfix.ban...