Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock (born 1939) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy. Moorcock's most popular works have been the Elric novels, starring the character Elric of Melniboné. In 2008 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him as a Grandmaster of SF.

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Books by Michael Moorcock

The Stealer of Souls (Elric)

★ 8.00 / 4

City of the Beast (Warrior of Mars #1)

★ 8.00 / 1

Lord of the Spiders (Warrior of Mars #2)

★ 8.00 / 1

Masters of the Pit (Warrior of Mars #3)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Sundered Worlds

★ 7.50 / 2

Stormbringer (Elric Saga #6)

★ 9.20 / 10

The Winds of Limbo

★ 5.50 / 2

The Shores of Death

N/A

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #1)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Wrecks of Time

★ 8.00 / 1

The Jewel in the Skull (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #1)

★ 7.34 / 3

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 2 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #2)

N/A

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 3 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #3)

★ 7.00 / 1

The Final Programme (The Cornelius Quartet #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

The Mad God's Amulet (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #2)

★ 7.66 / 3

The Sword of the Dawn (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #3)

★ 7.66 / 3

The Time Dweller

★ 8.00 / 1

The Runestaff (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #4)

★ 7.76 / 4

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 4 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #4)

N/A

The Ice Schooner

★ 8.00 / 1

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 5 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #5)

★ 7.00 / 1

The Black Corridor

★ 7.00 / 2

Behold the Man (Karl Glogauer #1)

★ 6.92 / 38

The Eternal Champion (Erekosë (John Daker) #1)

★ 7.80 / 5

Phoenix in Obsidian (Erekosë (John Daker) #2)

★ 8.00 / 3

The Singing Citadel (Elric)

★ 8.00 / 4

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 6 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #6)

★ 3.00 / 1

A Cure for Cancer (The Cornelius Quartet #2)

★ 6.00 / 1

The Knight of the Swords (Corum #1)

★ 8.26 / 4

The Warlord of the Air (Oswald Bastable #1)

★ 7.28 / 43

The Sleeping Sorceress (Elric Saga #4)

★ 9.00 / 6

The Queen of the Swords (Corum #2)

★ 7.50 / 4

The King of the Swords (Corum #3)

★ 8.76 / 4

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 7 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #7)

★ 6.00 / 1

An Alien Heat (The Dancers at the End of Time #1)

★ 7.24 / 43

Breakfast in the Ruins (Karl Glogauer #2)

★ 8.00 / 1

New Worlds Quarterly 3

★ 4.00 / 1

Elric of Melniboné (Elric Saga #1)

★ 7.44 / 61

The English Assassin (The Cornelius Quartet #3)

★ 6.00 / 1

The Jade Man's Eyes (Elric)

★ 9.00 / 2

Count Brass (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass #1)

★ 7.00 / 2

The Champion of Garathorm (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass #2)

★ 7.00 / 2

The Bull and the Spear (Corum #4)

★ 8.66 / 3

The Oak and the Ram (Corum #5)

★ 9.00 / 3

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 8 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #8)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Hollow Lands (The Dancers at the End of Time #2)

★ 6.96 / 31

The Land Leviathan (Oswald Bastable #2)

★ 6.36 / 28

The Sword and the Stallion (Corum #6)

★ 9.00 / 3

The Quest for Tanelorn (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass #3)

★ 8.00 / 2

The Distant Suns (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The End of All Songs (The Dancers at the End of Time #3)

★ 7.00 / 32

Moorcock's Book of Martyrs

N/A

The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

Legends from the End of Time (The End of Time)

★ 6.00 / 2

The Time of the Hawklords (The Time of the Hawklords #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Elric Saga #2)

★ 8.50 / 10

The Condition of Muzak (The Cornelius Quartet #4)

★ 5.00 / 1

The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming (The End of Time)

★ 6.00 / 1

Sojan

★ 5.00 / 1

The Weird of the White Wolf (Elric Saga #3)

★ 8.76 / 8

The Bane of the Black Sword (Elric Saga #5)

★ 8.38 / 8

The Chronicles of Corum (Corum)

★ 9.50 / 2

Gloriana

★ 8.50 / 2

The History of the Runestaff (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff)

★ 8.50 / 4

The Golden Barge

★ 6.34 / 3

My Experiences in the Third World War

N/A

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The Entropy Tango (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The War Hound and the World's Pain (Von Bek #1)

★ 6.24 / 37

The Dancers at the End of Time (The Dancers at the End of Time)

★ 8.00 / 6

Warrior of Mars (Warrior of Mars)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Steel Tsar (Oswald Bastable #3)

★ 7.10 / 21

The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (Von Bek)

N/A

Elric at the End of Time (Elric)

★ 8.50 / 4

The Opium General and Other Stories (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The Chronicles of Castle Brass (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass)

★ 8.00 / 1

The City in the Autumn Stars (Von Bek #2)

★ 8.00 / 2

The Dragon in the Sword (Erekosë (John Daker) #3)

★ 8.00 / 2

Wizardry & Wild Romance

N/A

Casablanca

N/A

The Fortress of the Pearl (Elric)

★ 7.80 / 5

The Revenge of the Rose (Elric)

★ 7.60 / 5

Von Bek (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #1)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Prince with the Silver Hand (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #10)

★ 9.50 / 2

A Nomad of the Time Streams (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #6)

★ 7.00 / 1

Sailing to Utopia (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #5)

N/A

Earl Aubec and Other Stories (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #13)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Cornelius Quartet (The Cornelius Quartet)

N/A

Behold the Man and Other Stories

★ 8.00 / 1

Blood: A Southern Fantasy (The Second Ether #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

Fabulous Harbours (The Second Ether #2)

★ 6.00 / 1

Lunching with the Antichrist (Von Bek)

N/A

The War Amongst the Angels (The Second Ether #3)

★ 6.00 / 1

The Roads Between the Worlds

N/A

Tales from the Texas Woods

N/A

Silverheart

N/A

The Dreamthief's Daughter (Elric: The Moonbeam Roads #1)

★ 8.00 / 2

London Bone

★ 8.00 / 1

Elric (Elric)

★ 8.50 / 6

Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe (Corum)

★ 9.50 / 2

Firing the Cathedral (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The Skrayling Tree (Elric: The Moonbeam Roads #2)

★ 8.00 / 2

The White Wolf's Son (Elric: The Moonbeam Roads #3)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Metatemporal Detective

N/A

Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #1)

★ 8.76 / 4

Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #2)

★ 9.50 / 2

Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #3)

★ 10.00 / 3

Elric: Duke Elric (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #4)

★ 9.00 / 2

The Best of Michael Moorcock

N/A

Elric: In the Dream Realms (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #5)

★ 7.34 / 3

The Coming of the Terraphiles (Doctor Who)

N/A

Sojan the Swordsman & Under the Warrior Star

N/A

Elric: Swords and Roses (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #6)

★ 8.00 / 2

The Whispering Swarm (The Sanctuary of the White Friars #1)

★ 7.50 / 2

Pegging the President (Jerry Cornelius)

N/A

The Citadel of Forgotten Myths (Elric)

N/A

Reports from the Deep End: Stories inspired by J. G. Ballard

N/A

Series by Michael Moorcock

The Second Ether (3 books)

Karl Glogauer (2 books)

Doctor Who (16 books)

The Sanctuary of the White Friars (1 books)

The Time of the Hawklords (2 books)

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds (8 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

Reports from the Deep End: Stories inspired by J. G. Ballard

2023 | science fiction, short stories

The Citadel of Forgotten Myths (Elric)

2022 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

Pegging the President (Jerry Cornelius)

2018 | science fiction

The Whispering Swarm (The Sanctuary of the White Friars #1 / 1)

2015 | fantasy

Elric: Swords and Roses (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #6 / 6)

2010 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

Sojan the Swordsman & Under the Warrior Star

2010 | science fiction, fantasy

The Coming of the Terraphiles (Doctor Who)

2010 | science fiction

Elric: In the Dream Realms (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #5 / 6)

2009 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

The Best of Michael Moorcock

2009 | science fiction, fantasy, mainstream, short stories

Elric: Duke Elric (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #4 / 6)

2009 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #3 / 6)

2008 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #2 / 6)

2008 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, short stories

Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné #1 / 6)

2008 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

The Metatemporal Detective

2007 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories

The White Wolf's Son (Elric: The Moonbeam Roads #3 / 3)

2005 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Skrayling Tree (Elric: The Moonbeam Roads #2 / 3)

2003 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

Firing the Cathedral (Jerry Cornelius)

2002 | science fiction

Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe (Corum)

2002 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

Elric (Elric)

2001 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

2001 | science fiction, fantasy, mainstream, short stories

The Dreamthief's Daughter (Elric: The Moonbeam Roads #1 / 3)

2001 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

2000 | fantasy

Tales from the Texas Woods

1997 | fantasy, non-fiction, short stories

The Roads Between the Worlds

1996 | science fiction, collection

The War Amongst the Angels (The Second Ether #3 / 3)

1996 | science fiction, fantasy

Fabulous Harbours (The Second Ether #2 / 3)

1995 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories

Lunching with the Antichrist (Von Bek)

1995 | science fiction, mainstream, short stories

Blood: A Southern Fantasy (The Second Ether #1 / 3)

1994 | science fiction, fantasy

Behold the Man and Other Stories

1994 | science fiction, collection

Earl Aubec and Other Stories (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #13 / 13)

1993 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories

The Prince with the Silver Hand (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #10 / 13)

1993 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

A Nomad of the Time Streams (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #6 / 13)

1993 | science fiction, alternate history, collection

Sailing to Utopia (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #5 / 13)

1993 | science fiction, collection

The Cornelius Quartet (The Cornelius Quartet)

1993 | science fiction, collection

Von Bek (The Tale of the Eternal Champion #1 / 13)

1992 | fantasy, collection

The Revenge of the Rose (Elric)

1991 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Fortress of the Pearl (Elric)

1989 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

1989 | science fiction, non-fiction, short stories

The Dragon in the Sword (Erekosë (John Daker) #3 / 3)

1986 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The City in the Autumn Stars (Von Bek #2 / 2)

1986 | fantasy, historical fantasy

The Chronicles of Castle Brass (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass)

1985 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

Elric at the End of Time (Elric)

1984 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, non-fiction, short stories

The Opium General and Other Stories (Jerry Cornelius)

1984 | science fiction, non-fiction, short stories

The Steel Tsar (Oswald Bastable #3 / 3)

1981 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

The War Hound and the World's Pain (Von Bek #1 / 2)

1981 | fantasy, historical fantasy

The Dancers at the End of Time (The Dancers at the End of Time)

1981 | science fiction, collection

Warrior of Mars (Warrior of Mars)

1981 | science fiction, collection

The Entropy Tango (Jerry Cornelius)

1981 | science fiction

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Jerry Cornelius)

1980 | science fiction

My Experiences in the Third World War

1980 | science fiction, short stories

The Golden Barge

1979 | fantasy

The History of the Runestaff (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff)

1979 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

The Chronicles of Corum (Corum)

1978 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, collection

1978 | fantasy, alternate history

The Bane of the Black Sword (Elric Saga #5 / 6)

1977 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, short stories

The Condition of Muzak (The Cornelius Quartet #4 / 4)

1977 | science fiction

The Weird of the White Wolf (Elric Saga #3 / 6)

1977 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, short stories

The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming (The End of Time)

1977 | science fiction

1977 | science fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, non-fiction, short stories

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Elric Saga #2 / 6)

1976 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Time of the Hawklords (The Time of the Hawklords #1 / 2)

1976 | science fiction

Legends from the End of Time (The End of Time)

1976 | science fiction, short stories

The End of All Songs (The Dancers at the End of Time #3 / 3)

1976 | science fiction

The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century (Jerry Cornelius)

1976 | science fiction

The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (Jerry Cornelius)

1976 | science fiction, short stories

Moorcock's Book of Martyrs

1976 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories

The Quest for Tanelorn (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass #3 / 3)

1975 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Distant Suns (Jerry Cornelius)

1975 | science fiction

The Sword and the Stallion (Corum #6 / 6)

1974 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Land Leviathan (Oswald Bastable #2 / 3)

1974 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

The Hollow Lands (The Dancers at the End of Time #2 / 3)

1974 | science fiction

The Oak and the Ram (Corum #5 / 6)

1973 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Bull and the Spear (Corum #4 / 6)

1973 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Champion of Garathorm (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass #2 / 3)

1973 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

Count Brass (Hawkmoon: The Chronicles of Castle Brass #1 / 3)

1973 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Jade Man's Eyes (Elric)

1973 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery

The English Assassin (The Cornelius Quartet #3 / 4)

1972 | science fiction

Elric of Melniboné (Elric Saga #1 / 6)

1972 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery

Breakfast in the Ruins (Karl Glogauer #2 / 2)

1972 | science fiction

An Alien Heat (The Dancers at the End of Time #1 / 3)

1972 | science fiction

The Sleeping Sorceress (Elric Saga #4 / 6)

1971 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery

The King of the Swords (Corum #3 / 6)

1971 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Queen of the Swords (Corum #2 / 6)

1971 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Knight of the Swords (Corum #1 / 6)

1971 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Warlord of the Air (Oswald Bastable #1 / 3)

1971 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

A Cure for Cancer (The Cornelius Quartet #2 / 4)

1971 | science fiction

Phoenix in Obsidian (Erekosë (John Daker) #2 / 3)

1970 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Eternal Champion (Erekosë (John Daker) #1 / 3)

1970 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Singing Citadel (Elric)

1970 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, short stories

The Runestaff (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #4 / 4)

1969 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

Behold the Man (Karl Glogauer #1 / 2)

1969 | science fiction

The Ice Schooner

1969 | science fiction

The Black Corridor

1969 | science fiction

The Time Dweller

1969 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories

The Sword of the Dawn (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #3 / 4)

1968 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Mad God's Amulet (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #2 / 4)

1968 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Final Programme (The Cornelius Quartet #1 / 4)

1968 | science fiction

The Jewel in the Skull (Hawkmoon: The History of the Runestaff #1 / 4)

1967 | fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Wrecks of Time

1967 | science fiction

The Shores of Death

1966 | science fiction

Stormbringer (Elric Saga #6 / 6)

1965 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery

The Sundered Worlds

1965 | science fiction, space opera

The Winds of Limbo

1965 | science fiction

Masters of the Pit (Warrior of Mars #3 / 3)

1965 | science fiction

Lord of the Spiders (Warrior of Mars #2 / 3)

1965 | science fiction

City of the Beast (Warrior of Mars #1 / 3)

1965 | science fiction

The Stealer of Souls (Elric)

1963 | fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, short stories

Comics and Anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 8 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #8 / 8)

1974 | science fiction, anthology

New Worlds Quarterly 3

1972 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 7 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #7 / 8)

1971 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 6 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #6 / 8)

1970 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 5 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #5 / 8)

1969 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 4 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #4 / 8)

1969 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 3 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #3 / 8)

1968 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 2 (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #2 / 8)

1968 | science fiction, anthology

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds (Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #1 / 8)

1967 | science fiction, anthology

Fictions and Others

Wizardry & Wild Romance

1987 | non-fiction

The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (Von Bek)

1982 | mainstream