![]() ![]() He becomes literary and muses, ‘I feel like he's always been part of my mental landscape, like amazing rocky outgrowths drawn by Burne Hogarth.’ As thoughts of old Tarzan Adventures trigger Miéville’s memory he suddenly recalls, ‘It was probably The Stealer of Souls, when I was about 9. ![]() Nearly his entire body of work, both science fiction and non-genre, is being reissued and distributed in print and e-book by Gollancz beginning this month through January 2015 – veritably ending the Moorcock paperback drought.Īn undeniably post-Moorcock author, China Miéville tries with difficulty to remember when he first came across the writing of the author. ![]() More recently, he penned a Dr Who novel and is currently working on his autobiography due out later this year. Known to friends as a charismatic figure with an immense presence, Moorcock served as a catalyst for many influential relationships – including introducing JG Ballard to artist Eduardo Paolozzi in the late Sixties. Eight years later he went on to edit the New Worlds science fiction magazine as a key proponent of the New Wave science fiction movement in both Britain and across the pond. Born in 1939 in London, prolific science fiction and literary author Michael Moorcock became editor of juvenile magazine Tarzan Adventures when he was just 16 years old. ![]()
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