Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcockis an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 December 1939
peace imperfect-world opposites
Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.
mean mad legends
By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.
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Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.
book literary-merit rewards
The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.