![]() Although born in London, he now splits his time between homes in Texas and Paris. ![]() ![]() Intense, delicate and brutal, it explores the psyche of one man as he faces his ultimate fate. He has been compared to, among others, Balzac, Dumas, Dickens, James Joyce, Ian Fleming, J.R.R. Expanded from the Nebula-winning 1966 novella, BEHOLD THE MAN is one of the greatest books of Moorcock's long and varied career. Michael Moorcock's literary creations include Hawkmoon, Corum, Von Bek, Jerry Cornelius and, of course, his most famous character, Elric. ![]() 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. /rebates/2f97800061534432fBehold-Man-Moorcock-Michael-00061534452fplp&. The quest leads Karl to the days of Christ. His girlfriend tries to convince him to follow her lead. Karl is obsessed with living psychology and dead languages. 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. The writer was Michael Moorcock and the story was Behold The Man. ![]() 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. 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. Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. ![]()
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