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Michael Moorcock

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Also known as: Michael John Moorcock
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Michael John Moorcock
Born:
Dec. 18, 1939, Mitcham, Surrey, Eng. (age 85)
Awards And Honors:
Nebula Award (1967)

Michael Moorcock (born Dec. 18, 1939, Mitcham, Surrey, Eng.) is a British science fiction and fantasy author who, as editor of the magazine New Worlds, led the New Wave movement in science fiction that expanded the boundaries of the genre. Moorcock’s career started in 1956 when, as a teenager, he began selling fiction to various British pulp magazines. A year later he became editor of Tarzan Adventures, a weekly comic book. In 1964 Moorcock became editor of New Worlds. As the epicentre of what became known as New Wave science fiction, New Worlds published work that used techniques of the ...(100 of 439 words)

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