My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction Of Michael Moorcock Volume 1

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The first part of Gollancz's definitive collection of Moorcock's short fiction, this selection features some of his finest work.

From 'The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius' to 'The Cairene Purse', the stories here are incredibly varied in their style, execution and subject matter.

The stories included in this volume are:

My Experiences in the Third World War

Casablanca

Going to Canada

Leaving Pasadena

Crossing into Cambodia

The Mountain

The Deep Fix

The Frozen Cardinal

Wolf

The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius

The Real Life Mr Newman

The Cairene Purse

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The greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy

A triumph of mature talent and imagination - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Author Bio

Michael Moorcock (1939-)

Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Whitbread and Guardian Fiction Prize. In 1999, he was given the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award; in 2001, he was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame; and in 2007, he was named a SFWA Grandmaster. Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since the seventies with his own band, the Deep Fix; and, as a member of the prog rock band, Hawkwind, won a gold disc. His tenure as editor of New Worlds magazine in the sixties and seventies is seen as the high watermark of SF editorship in the UK, and was crucial in the development of the SF New Wave. Michael Moorcock's literary creations include Hawkmoon, Corum, Von Bek, Jerry Cornelius and, of course, his most famous character, Elric. He has been compared to, among others, Balzac, Dumas, Dickens, James Joyce, Ian Fleming, J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard. Although born in London, he now splits his time between homes in Texas and Paris.