Michael Moorcock

Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. Moorcock has mentioned The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw and The Constable of St. Nicholas by Edward Lester Arnold as the first three books which captured his imagination. He became editor of Tarzan Adventures in 1956, at the age of ... more

Date of birth:

  • Dec 18, 1939 (age 69 years)

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Also known as:

  • Bill Barclay,
  • Desmond Reid,
  • Edward P. Bradbury,
  • George Collyn,
  • J. R. Taylor,
  • James Colvin,
  • Michael Barrington,
  • Michael John Moorcock,
  • Mike Moorcock,
  • Roger Harris,
  • Warwick Colvin, Jr.,
  • William Barclay
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