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Michael John Moorcock(Michael John Moorcock) born December 18, 1939 small town Mitcham (Surrey) in the family of an engineer. He moved to London as a child and lived there until 1993. The childhood and youth of the writer fell on a special period - the collapse of the British Empire (not so long ago we ourselves experienced something similar - just yesterday we lived in a powerful state, and suddenly, in a couple of years, the empire crumbles to dust). It is from here that the roots of one of the main themes in his work grow - the idea of \u200b\u200bthe eternal, incessant struggle against the advancing Chaos, the story of the destruction of the familiar system of the universe and the long, painful adaptation to the new one.

In fact, having lost his family early (his parents divorced), Moorcock began to independent life. After serving in the Royal Air Force, he graduated from the prestigious Pitmans College, after which he plunged headlong into the bohemian life. From a young age, Murcock played the guitar and other instruments well, and at that time England and the whole western world Beatlemania influenced the choice life path- he organized and led the group "Hawkwind" ("Hawk Wind"), in the repertoire of which there were many of his own songs and compositions. Moorcock was also fond of politics. In the early 1960s, he joined the radical left and for two years edited the Liberal Party's organ, Current Topics. Later, he generally became an anarchist and even published in 1983 a sharp nonfiction book"Departure from Freedom: The Erosion of Democracy in Modern Britain".

In the early 1960s, the future editor and writer got married for the first time (he was married 4 times in total; last time- in 1983) - on journalist and science fiction writer Hilary Bailey. He lived with her for 16 years, becoming the father of two daughters and a son. Although the Hawkwind group left behind several albums, and during the peak of their popularity gathered a considerable audience of fans, Moorcock's finest hour did not come on stage. The future writer greedily devoured fiction (and pissed) since early childhood. At the same time, Michael very early discovered in himself a rather rare gift - he turned out to be a talented editor.

At first he worked in amateur fanzines, where he was actively published himself (his first magazine was called "The Adventures of Tarzan", and Moorcock headed it at the age of 18). It was on the pages of this self-made edition that Moorcock's first series in the genre of "heroic fantasy" was published, which began in the May issue of 1957 with the story "Sojan the sword-bearer" (in 1977, the stories of the series were combined under one cover in the collection "Sojan") . However, the main livelihood was still given by music (he also worked as an editor in a publishing house of detective literature). Everything changed when Michael met Ted Carnell, editor of many professional British science fiction magazines, spiritual leader and unquestioning authority of British fandom. This meeting became fateful, both for Moorcock and for Carnell himself and his offspring - the leading English science fiction magazine "New Worlds" (New Worlds), founded back in 1946. At first, Michael himself began to write regularly in the magazines then led by Carnell, - "SF Adventures" and "Science Fantasy", and quickly achieved some success with readers - immediately book editions, and not in periodicals, saw the light of the volume of the "Martian" trilogy, created in imitation of E. R. Burroughs (it came out in 1965 under the pseudonym Edward P. Bradbury). And in 1964, the magazine "New Worlds" unexpectedly closed, and Carnell left the editorial post. But, a few months later, the publication resumed work with a new editor - twenty-four-year-old Michael John Moorcock.

After that, for seven years that shook the world of science fiction, New Worlds became the mouthpiece of a whole literary movement - the so-called. "New Wave". Even in his youth, Moorcock argued passionately with other fans, arguing that modern fiction lacks general literary literacy and culture, as well as a "human dimension" to be called Literature. What he meant by these concepts became clear as soon as he had the opportunity to demonstrate it on the pages of his own magazine. The main basis of the "New Wave" was a sharply aggressive rejection of "classic" science fiction. Therefore, the writers-apologists of the movement were a rather motley palette of various fashionable at that time literary movements. Most well-known representatives movements, besides Moorcock himself, became - the British Brian Aldiss, James Graham Ballard, John Brunner, Michael John Harrison, John Sladek, Christopher Priest and the Americans Thomas Disch, Norman Spinrad, Samuel Delaney, Roger Zelazny and Harlan Ellison (as you can see, very different in the manner of the authors).

Throughout the years that Moorcock edited New Worlds, he never stopped writing. But, only in the mid-1970s, when the Wave subsided, critics and readers "discovered" a new writer - a very prolific, diverse, consistent in carrying out some of his obsessions, as well as intelligent, ironic and stylistically "equipped" for any taste. From the very first works, he set about creating a completely unprecedented super series, covering, according to the author's intention, all his works. To do this, however, it was necessary to develop the concept of the Multiverse (the term was borrowed from the prominent English prose writer John Cowper Powis), in which various Parallel Worlds constantly intersecting with each other. The novels of this megacycle are written in different genres- here is "hard" science fiction, and fantasy, and an absurd novel, and alternative history, and decadence, and "space opera", and even a detective or realistic prose. The heroes of the books freely migrate from novel to novel, eventually forming a rich polyphonic whole (which was in no way facilitated by the author’s frequent rewriting early works). [All of this makes compiling a bibliography of Moorcock's books a hell of a job!]

Moorcock has created several series of rather specific "heroic fantasy". However, the writer never hid that he wrote fantasy series for the money, which he mainly needed to keep his magazine afloat. However, his series turned out to be very non-standard and ambiguous. One has only to take a closer look at his heroes - in contrast to the doubtless supermen of Burroughs, Howard and other founders of "heroic fantasy", Moorcock's heroes are usually restless, lonely, obsessed with dark passions, phobias and other clearly non-superman qualities. In short, they are people without any prefixes "super" (we can say that it is Moorcock who stands at the source of modern "heroics").

Moorcock's Peru also owns critical work, dedicated to the genre fantasy, - "Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy" (1987). Moorcock currently lives in a small town in Texas (USA, since 1993), collecting rare books in his free time. late XIX- the beginning of the 20th century, he is also fond of hiking, music and drawing. He is the winner of the "Nebula", the World Fantasy Award and three times - British Prize fantasy. A number of comics and video games have been based on his books.

Multiverse by Michael Moorcock. Interview for Radio Liberty

16.12.2009 21:00

Anna Aslanyan (London), Dmitry Volchek

Dmitry Volchek: The release of Over the Barriers is prepared for the 70th anniversary of Michael Moorcock, a writer who has a great many fans in Russia. Moorcock began publishing in Russian in 1990, and the list of his books published since then takes up seven pages in the Ozon online store. This list, of course, does not include underground Soviet publications - in the early 80s I read the saga about the adventures of the albino prince Elric, the most famous hero of Moorcock, in samizdat translations, and I well remember the scarlet covers of these self-made typewritten brochures, which somewhere got my classmate, who was fond of science fiction. Moorcock's bibliography contains almost a hundred works, most of them addressed to teenagers, but British critics note not only his achievements in genre literature: the book "London, my love", for example, was included in the list published this year in the London "Times" best novels written over the past 60 years. Angela Carter defined Moorcock's work as "a gigantic theatrical performance about the fight between good and evil. Speaking about the secret of his success, she also came to the conclusion that "it's all about hard work, enthusiasm and high writing speed." Moorcock himself claims that at the best of times he gave up to 15,000 words a day on the mountain. Svoboda correspondent Anna Aslanyan met Michael Moorcock in Paris and first of all asked how he managed to write so many books.

Anna Aslanyan: Is such overperformance possible?

Michael Moorcock: I grew up with writers—mostly light-fiction writers—who could write at that speed. And there was nothing so unusual about it - no, seriously. I also knew such writers who could finish a book in two days. I also remember saying: in fact, it takes two days, but a third is needed to properly polish everything. However, I have never re-read any of those books of mine—not once. Somehow, you know, it's boring ... Genre literature, in fact, I don't particularly like it. Strange situation - I don't read fantasy at all. We are talking here, of course, about genre books: thrillers, fantasy - in a word, some separate genre. And the genre as such doesn't really appeal to me. I'm interested in the stage when the book is just beginning to take shape; even before it takes shape in a particular genre; when the thing itself is just trying to fit into some genre. And it's also interesting when satire on a genre comes into play, in one form or another; that is, when the result is something completely different - a book dedicated to the genre itself. Take, for example, the Western. You know the movie Blazing Saddles, it's a Western parody; here he liked me. I actually like westerns in general, though, so that's a bad example - westerns are pretty much the only genre I like, so... But I don't like detective stories. If I ever wrote detective novels, they were always either comical—again, a parody of form—or they somehow used form as a kind of, well, intellectual joke, whether.

Anna Aslanyan: You have often emphasized the importance of structure in a book, once remarking that “morality and structure are inextricably linked.” Do you have any rules about this?

Michael Moorcock: In all my books, behind the structure is some kind of mathematics - my own invention. If I try to explain this to anyone, it will probably seem like some kind of madness. Why, I once tried, and it seemed to me that way. Structure - at least in some cases - I define as follows: first you need to decide what number to take as a basis and what units of measurement to use in separate parts books. Usually I decided in advance how many words the book would have, how to divide this number into chapters. So, in the novel “London, my love” (Mother London), if I remember correctly, there ... yes, everything is divided into six and twelve: in each chapter there are six or twelve thousand words.

Anna Aslanyan: I would never have guessed - it would never have occurred to me to start counting them.

Michael Moorcock: Yes, I did not expect that you would start! It's my own way, it's not for the reader - you see, I don't expect anything like that from the reader. The last thing I want is for the reader to start exploring the book in this way. All I'm trying to do is to create, as far as possible, a sense of spontaneity. You see, art is not spontaneous; well, yes, certain elements of it - maybe ... But you can’t just take everything and throw it out on paper as it is - at least I can’t do it.

Anna Aslanyan: So you're trying to put yourself in a straitjacket to avoid the danger of getting too carried away?

Michael Moorcock: A person who is by nature prone to romanticism - if he, like me, is drawn to romance - has a lot of all sorts of material inside, and everything is in full swing ... You have to restrain it - of course, otherwise something huge, formless spills out. At least that's how it seems to me - not everyone does it.

Anna Aslanyan: Many switch in such situations to another language. For example, Samuel Beckett began to write in French for the sake of greater rigor. In English - and the point here is not that Beckett knew him better - you allow yourself much more. They say that writing in English is like walking barefoot, but in French there is no such freedom: you always have shoes on, moreover, tightly laced.

Michael Moorcock: Well, you know, this is a very individual matter. This is what I meant when I said that on paper such reasoning looks like madness. I know - I tried, and indeed, there is a feeling of complete madness if you try to explain something like that. Really, what's the difference! In my opinion, there are writers - and among them there are wonderful writers - for whom the romantic spirit is given with difficulty. They, in fact, admire romance and strive for it with all their might. In a sense, they are already wearing a straitjacket. I don't mind the straitjacket at all, I don't want to say that it's bad - it's a matter of personality, character. But, since they already have a straitjacket on them, they try to break out of it. But for me - as, I suppose, for most of my writer friends - the situation is different: you try to find a straitjacket that will fit you, one that will fit what you are trying to say.

Anna Aslanyan: I try, but I can't imagine a writer who was born in a straitjacket. Do you have any examples?

Michael Moorcock: I think that was the case with Angela [Carter]. In my opinion, Angela was drawn to romance, admired her. But at the same time her last things, where she chose topics much more mundane than in her earlier books, were in some ways the best. I don’t mean that at all ... I love her books, I loved Angela - the point here is by no means what is better, what is worse ... As far as I can tell, among my acquaintances writers, those who praised me - you know , I do not want to say that I am worthy of praise, but they themselves expressed them - among them there are many representatives of the so-called social literature. Angus Wilson, for example... I once told Angus Wilson that I was writing a social novel, and he was horrified. He persuaded me: quit this occupation, better come back to yours ... I was writing books about Jerry Cornelius at that time. So, he said: why do you step on the throat own song! I really admired Angus Wilson. And in general, I read a lot more social books than ... how to put it ... romantic literature.

Terry PRATCHET. STRATA
The clue to its existence incredible world close. However, the heroes still have a lot of tests.
Marina and Sergey DYACHENKO. MY GLORIOUS KNIGHT LEFT ...
Among all the undoubted advantages of a beautiful lady, loyalty is the most important for a knight.
Michael MOORCOCK. SECURITY OF THE SILENT CITADEL
A stern lone wolf, the stepson of the Mercurial wilds, Captain John McShard sets off in search of a kidnapped young beauty.

He can be both brunette and blond, hermaphrodite and male; the essence of his life - in the crazy rhythms of rock and roll and incoherent drug visions. He is accompanied by the same many-sided sister and brother, either beloved or hated.

Name English writer Michael Moorcock is known to many. This is one of the most versatile and unpredictable authors in the genres of science fiction and fantasy, the creator of the famous series and sagas about Elric, Corun, Jack Cornelius and other famous literary heroes. The works presented in this volume will certainly please the reader.

In the future, when the Earth has stopped spinning and humanity is degenerating, one man challenges everything.

Three very famous, but very different authors gathered under one cover: the brilliant storyteller Michael Moorcock, the great inventor Roger Zelazny and the subtle psychologist and humorist Piers Anthony. They are united by the main thing: inexhaustible imagination and the ability to captivate the reader from the very first lines of his works.
CONTENT:
Michael Moorcock. Shores of death. per. L.Voroshilova
Roger Zelazny. Jack from the shadows. per. V. Kurganova

Michael Moorcock - Rosenstrasse Brothel

An erotic novel in which the elderly Count von Beck recalls his old adventures in the best brothel in the city of Mirenburg, before the First World War.

The army of Chaos is gaining strength and conquering one kingdom after another. No one can resist their power, and only Elric and his sword Thunderbird can defeat Chaos and give hope for the revival of the Earth.

The land where once lived ancient people mabden, and now their descendants live, centuries later it was covered with ice ... The terrible Foi Miore, who came from Limbo, send a winter cold to the once beautiful Lium-en-Es.
What can save the Earth and people from death? Prince Corum, who again came to their aid, sets off in search of the mysterious Bull and Spear - isn't deliverance in them?

The first novel in the saga follows a 20th-century earthling, John Daker, who begins to have dreams that his name is people from another world. After some time, he is transferred there into the body of a great hero of the past named Erekose. The former Erekose swore that he would return if the old enemies of mankind, the Eldren, returned. And John Daker, accepting his role as the protector of humanity, begins to fight the Eldren - a humanoid, but non-human race.

The Erekose trilogy and the Michael Caine trilogy in one volume.
Content:
Eternal Warrior (translated by I. Togoeva, I. Danilov)
Phoenix in obsidian (translated by I. Togoeva, I. Danilov)
Order of Darkness (translator not specified)
City of the Beast (translated by E. Yankovskaya)
Lord of the Spiders (translated by E. Yankovskaya)
Masters of the Pit (translated by E. Yankovskaya)

Biography

Michael John Moorcock was born on December 18 in the small town of Mitcham (Surrey) in the family of an engineer. As a child, he moved to London and lived there for up to a year. The childhood and youth of the writer fell on a special period - the collapse of the British Empire (not so long ago we ourselves experienced something similar - just yesterday we lived in a powerful state, and suddenly, in a couple of years, the empire crumbles to dust). It is from here that the roots of one of the main themes in his work grow - the idea of \u200b\u200bthe eternal, incessant struggle against the advancing Chaos, the story of the destruction of the familiar system of the universe and a long, painful adaptation to the new one.

In fact, having lost his family early (his parents divorced), Moorcock began an independent life as a teenager. After serving in the Royal Air Force, he graduated from the prestigious Pitmans College, after which he plunged headlong into the bohemian life. From a young age, Murcock played the guitar and other instruments well, and the Beatlemania that swept England and the entire Western world at that time influenced the choice of life path - he organized and led the Liberal Party group, Current Topics magazine. Later, he became an anarchist in general and even published a scathing non-fiction book, The Retreat from Freedom: The Erosion of Democracy in Modern Britain, in the city.

In the early 1960s, the future editor and writer married for the first time (he was married 4 times in total; the last time was in 1983) - to journalist and sci-fi writer Hilary Bailey. He lived with her for 16 years, becoming the father of two daughters and a son. Although the Hawkwind group left behind several albums, and during the peak of their popularity gathered a considerable audience of fans, Moorcock's finest hour did not come on stage. The future writer greedily absorbed (and peed) science fiction from early childhood. At the same time, Michael very early discovered in himself a rather rare gift - he turned out to be a talented editor.

At first he worked in amateur fanzines, where he was actively published himself (his first magazine was called The Adventures of Tarzan, and Moorcock headed it at the age of 18). It was on the pages of this self-made edition that Moorcock's first series in the "heroic fantasy" genre was published, which began in the May 1957 issue with the story "Sojan the sword-bearer" (in 1977, the stories of the series were combined under one cover in the collection "Sojan") . However, the main livelihood was still given by music (he also worked as an editor in a publishing house of detective literature). Everything changed when Michael met Ted Carnell, editor of many professional British science fiction magazines, spiritual leader and unquestioning authority of British fandom. This meeting became fateful, both for Moorcock and for Carnell himself and his offspring - the leading English science fiction magazine New Worlds, founded back in 1946. At first, Michael himself began to write regularly in the magazines then led by Carnell, - "SF Adventures" and "Science Fantasy", and quickly achieved some success with readers - immediately in book editions, and not in periodicals, saw the light of volume of the "Martian" trilogy, created in imitation of E. R. Burroughs (it came out in 1965 under the pseudonym Edward P. Bradbury). And in 1964, the New Worlds magazine unexpectedly closed, and Carnell left the editorial post. But, a few months later, the publication resumed work with a new editor - twenty-four-year-old Michael John Moorcock.

After that, for seven years that shook the world of science fiction, New Worlds became the mouthpiece of an entire literary movement - the so-called. "New Wave". Even in his youth, Moorcock argued passionately with other fans, arguing that modern fiction lacks general literary literacy and culture, as well as a "human dimension" to be called Literature. What he meant by these concepts became clear as soon as he had the opportunity to demonstrate it on the pages of his own magazine. The main basis of the "New Wave" was a sharply aggressive rejection of "classic" science fiction. Therefore, the writers-apologists of the movement represented a rather motley palette of various literary movements that were fashionable at that time. The most famous representatives of the movement, except for Moorcock himself, were the British Brian Aldiss, James Graham Ballard, John Brunner, Michael John Harrison, John Sladek, Christopher Priest and the Americans Thomas Disch, Norman Spinrad, Samuel Delaney, Roger Zelazny and Harlan Ellison (as you can see , authors very different in style).

Throughout the years that Moorcock edited New Worlds, he never stopped writing. But, only in the mid-1970s, when the Wave subsided, critics and readers "discovered" a new writer - a very prolific, diverse, consistent in carrying out some of his obsessions, as well as intelligent, ironic and stylistically "equipped" for any taste. From the very first works, he set about creating a completely unprecedented super series, covering, according to the author's intention, all his works. For this, however, it was necessary to develop the concept of the Multiverse (the term was borrowed from the prominent English prose writer John Cowper Powis), in which various parallel worlds coexist, constantly intersecting with each other. The novels of this megacycle are written in different genres - there are "hard" science fiction, and fantasy, and the novel of the absurd, and alternative history, and decadence, and "space opera", and even detective or realistic prose. The heroes of the books freely migrate from novel to novel, eventually forming a rich polyphonic whole (which was facilitated by the frequent rewriting of early works by the author).

Moorcock created several series of rather specific "heroic fantasy". However, the writer never hid that he wrote fantasy series for the sake of money, which he mainly needed to keep his magazine afloat. However, his series turned out to be very non-standard and ambiguous. One has only to look at his heroes - unlike the doubtless supermen of Burroughs, Howard and other founders of "heroic fantasy", Moorcock's heroes are usually restless, lonely, obsessed with dark passions, phobias and other clearly non-superman qualities. In short, they are people without any prefixes "super" (one can say that it is Moorcock who stands at the source of modern "heroics").

Per Moorcock also owns a critical work on the fantasy genre - "Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy" (1987). Currently, Moorcock lives in a small town in Texas (USA, since 1993), in his spare time collecting rare book editions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he also enjoys hiking, music and drawing. He is the recipient of the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award and three times the British Fantasy Award. A number of comics and video games have been based on his books. (Information taken from the Tanelorn website with the permission of its administrator Mary).

Bibliography

Wanderers in time

Master of the Air (1971)
Leviathan Walks the Earth (1974)
Steel Tsar (1980)

Chronicles of Kane from Ancient Mars

City of the Beast (1965)
Master of the Spiders (1965)
Masters of the Pit (1965)

Sojan and the warriors of Zilor

Sojan - swordsman (1957)
Sojan, swordsman from Zilor (1957)
Sojang and the Sea of Demons (1957)
Sojang and the mysterious steppes (1958)
Sojan and the Sons of the Serpent God (1958)
Sojan and the Monster Hunters of Norge (1958)
Clam Predator (1958)
Dec from Nutara (1957)
Rens Carto with Bursnola (1958)

Chronicles of Hawkmoon

The Jewel in the Skull (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1967)
Amulet of the Mad God (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1968)
Sword of the Dawn (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1968)
Secret of the Runestaff (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1969)
Count Brass (trilogy - Castle Brass) (1972)
Defender of Garathorm (trilogy - Castle Brass) (1973)
In Search of Tanelorn (trilogy - Castle Brass) (1973)

Chronicles of Corum

Knight of Swords (trilogy - Lords of Swords) (1971)
Queen of Swords (trilogy - Lords of Swords) (1971)
King of Swords (trilogy - Lords of Swords) (1971)
Bull and Spear (trilogy - Corum the silver hand) (1973)
Oak and Aries (trilogy - Corum the silver hand) (1973)
Sword and Stallion (trilogy - Corum the silver hand) (1973)

The Saga of Elric of Melnibone

Elric: Birth of a Wizard (graphic novel) (2005)
Elric of Melnibone (1972)
Fortress of the Pearl (1986)
Song of the White Wolf (Summoning the Black Sword) (1994)
Sailing the Seas of Destiny (1976)
Elric at the Edge of Time (1984)
Dreaming City (1977)
When the Gods Laugh (1977)
Singing Citadel (1977)
Sleeping Sorceress (Vanishing Tower) (1971)
Rose's Revenge (1991)
Soul Thief (1977)
The Last Spell (Jokes of Chaos) (1977)
Kings in Darkness (1977)
Lost Dreams (Bringers of Fire) (1977)
Burenosets (1965/1977)
Ivory Portrait (2007)
Wandering Forest (2007)
Black Petals (2008)

Chronicles of the von Beck family

Dog of War and Pain of the World (1981)
Brothel on Rosenstrasse (1982)
City in Autumn Stars (1989)
flow (?)
The Strange Garden of Filipe Sajittarius (?)
Breakfast with the Antichrist (1994)
Daughter of the Dream Thief

Second Aether

Blood: Southern Fantasy (1994)
Incredible Harbors (1995)
War Among Angels (1996)

Erikese Chronicles

Eternal Warrior (1956)
Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
Dragon in the Sword (Order of Darkness) (1981)
Swords of Heaven: Flowers of Hell (graphic novel) (1983)

Between Wars

Byzantium Commands (1981)
Carthage Laughs (1984)
Jerusalem Commands (1992)
Revenge of Rome (2005)

Chronicles of Cornelius

Final program (1968)
The Cure for Cancer (1971)
English Assassin (1972)
The Musak Condition (1977)
Entropy Tango (1981)
The Adventures of Una Person and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century (1976)
The Life and Times of Jerry Cornelius (collection of short stories; expanded edition - The New Nature of Disaster) (1976/1993)
The Great Rock'n'Roll Fraud (1977)
The Alchemist's Question (1984)
Spencer's Legacy (1998)
Cheers for Rockets (1998)
Arson of the Cathedral (2002)

Jerry Cornell

Chinese Agent (formerly - Somewhere in the Night) (1966/1970)
Russian Intelligence (formerly Apprentice Printer) (1966/1980)

Edge of Time

Alien Heat (1972)
Empty Lands (1974)
End of All Songs (1976)
Pale Roses (1976)
White Stars (1976)
Ancient Shadows (1976)
Transformation Miss Ming (Messiah at the Edge of Time) (1977)
Luxury Dress: A Matter of Size at the Edge of Time (2008)

Tales of the Albino

Dream Thief's Daughter (2001)
Skreling Tree (2003)
Son of the White Wolf (2006)

Carl Glogauer

Se - Man (1969)
Breakfast in the Ruins (1972)

Dwellers of time

Dweller of time (?)
Escape from the sunset (?)

Selected works

Dark Worlds (1965)
Fire Clown (Winds of Limbo, At the Gates of the Underworld Windy) (1965/1969)
Twilight Man (Death Shores) (1966/1970)
Collision of Times (1967)
Ice Schooner (1969)
Black Corridor (1969)
Distant Suns (with F.K. Dick) (1975)
Save Tanelorn (1977)
Count Obek's Dream (Chaos Conqueror) (1977)
Gloriana, or the Failed Queen (1978)
Golden Barca (1980)
Crystal and Amulet (with J. Kawthorne) (1986)
Mother London (1988)
Silver Heart (with Storm Constantine) (2000)
Sorceress of the Silent Citadel (2002)

Music

Blue Öyster Cult (UK). Moorcock wrote three songs for this group: "The Great Sun Jester" ("The Great Sun Jester"), dedicated to Michael's friend Bill Butler, who died from drugs, which has clear allusions to the Fire Jester, a character in the novels "The Winds of Limbo" (1969) and " The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming" (1977), and included in the album "Mirrors" (1979); "Black Blade" ("Black Blade") from the album "Cultosaurus Erectus" (1980); and "Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars" from the album "Fire of unknown Origin" (1981), which by unknown authors a clip-presentation was made using paintings based on Moorcock's work.

Michael Moorcocks Deep Fix (UK). Own musical project Michael Moorcock. In addition to being the founder, leader and vocalist of the group, he is responsible for about half of the lyrics from the only official album - "The New Worlds Fair" (1972), including the song "The Brothel In Rosenstrasse", the same name with the novel from the cycle "Chronicles of the von Beck family" (1982). In addition, the group released an album called "Elric live at the BBC" (1992), which included 8 songs, which, unfortunately, no information is available.

Nick Turner (Great Britain). Solo project of Nick Turner, a former member of the Hawkwind band. When recording the album "Past or Future?" Moorcock sang the lyrics to "Warriors on the Edge of Time".

Robert Calvert (Great Britain). Solo project by Robert Calvert, former member of the Hawkwind band. Moorcock plays the 12-string guitar on the Hype album and the banjo on the Lucky Leif & The Longships album.

The Bellyflops (UK). This group met in 1965 to record an album to be distributed at the Science Fiction Convention. Moorcock played in it along with some of the musicians who constantly or occasionally participated in the Hawkwind.

In addition, many songs and instrumental compositions have been written based on Moorcock's work by various rock bands and solo artists from different countries.

3 Inches of Blood (Canada). The song "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" is based on the novel of the same name from the Elric Saga (1976), which features Elric and other Moorcock characters, as well as the "Upon The Boiling Sea" trilogy (" In the Boiling Sea" - one of the geographical names of the Elric world) - the songs "Fear On The Bridge", "Lord Of The Storm" and "Isle Of Eternal Despair") from the album "Advance And Vanquish" (2004) and the mini-album "Upon The Boiling Sea.

Agnes Vein (Greece). The song "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" from the Chaos And Law album is about Elric and his Sword.

An Albatross (USA). The song "Stormbringer" ("Stormbearer" - after the name of the Black Sword and last novel The Elric Sagas, 1977) from the album Blessphemy (2006).

Apollo Ra (USA). The song "Bane Of The Black Sword" ("The Curse of the Black Sword" - based on the novel of the same name about Elric, 1977) from the album "Ra Pariah" (1989).

Assedium (Italy). The song "The Messenger of Chaos" from the album "Rise of the Warlords" (2006), dedicated to Elric.

Battleroar (Greece). The songs "Mourning Sword" ("The Sword of Sorrow" - the name of the twin Thunderbird) from the album "Battleroar" (2003) and "Dyvim Tvar" ("Divim Tvar" - the lord of the Dragon Caves, the character of the Elric Saga) from the album "Age Of Chaos" ("Times of Chaos") (2005). The cover of the Battleroar album depicts what appears to be a battle from the novel Stormbringer, as indicated by the Stars of Chaos on the flags. Perhaps, under the influence of Moorcock, some other songs of the group were written.

Blind Guardian (Germany). The songs "Damned for All Time" about Hawkmoon and "Fast to Madness" about Elric from the album "Follow the Blind" (1989), "The Quest for Tanelorn" ("In Search of Tanelorn" - after the title of the last novel from the Hawkmoon cycle, 1975) from the album "Somewhere Far Beyond" (1992), "Imaginations from the Other Side" (mentioned by Corum) from the album "Imaginations from the Other Side" (1995). In addition, one of the Blind Guardian songs - "Journey through the Dark" from the album "Somewhere Far Beyond" (1992) - is dedicated to Jerry-a-Conel, according to band leader Hansi.

Blood Arkin (Norway). The song "Blood Arkin" ("Bloody Arkin" - named after one of the Lords of Order, Lord Arkin) from the album "The Death is dead" (2006), which is a rather strange interpretation of the personality of this character.

BloodHad (USA). The song "Michael Moorcock" ("Michael Moorcock") from the album "Hellbent For Letters" (2006), belonging to a large cycle of songs dedicated to various science fiction writers (including Stephen King, Howard Lovecraft, Ursula le Guin and many others) .

Cirith Ungol (USA). The songs "Black Machine", "Master Of The Pit" (apparently, these two songs are related to the novel "Masters of the Pit" - "Masters of the Pit" - from the cycle about Michael Caine, 1971), "Death Of The Sun " (perhaps based on the novel "Phoenix in Obsidian" from the Erekose cycle, 1970, or based on some stories by Moorcock), "King Of The Dead" (based on the story "Kings in Darkness", 1977) from the album "King Of The Dead" (1984); "Chaos Descends" ("The Descent of Chaos"), "Nadsokor" ("Nadsokor" - City of Beggars in the Elric Saga; this song is also covered by the group "DoomSword"), "The Fire" (apparently about Chekalakh - the Fiery God from the novel "The Sleeping Sorceress", 1971) from the album "One Foot In Hell" (1986); "Chaos Rising" ("The Rise of Chaos") from the album "Paradise Lost" (1991). On the album covers - illustrations by Michael Whelan for the Elric Saga: "Bringer of the Storm" ("Frost and Fire"), " The last king Orga (King Of The Dead), Demon Guardian (One Foot In Hell) and Sailing the Seas of Fate (Paradise Lost).

Dark Moor (Spain). The song "The Fall Of Melnibone" from the album of the same name (2000), also a bonus track on the Japanese album "Hall of the Olden Dreams" and included in the album "Between Light and Darkness". The album cover for The Fall Of Melnibone appears to be of Arioch.

Deep Purple (UK). The song "Stormbringer" from the album of the same name (1974). There are also cover versions of this song by Whitesnake (Live in the Shadow of the Blues album), Sandler (People Pro To Purple compilation), John Norum & Glenn Hughes (Smoke On The Water - A Tribute To deep purple"). In addition, the song "Perfect Strangers" from the album of the same name is also sometimes called as related to Elric (the group "Dream Theater" has a cover version). On the band's official website, the eight-pointed Star of Chaos is used as a listing marker.

Defenders Of Tanelorn (Georgia). Songs "Defenders Of Tanelorn" ("Defenders of Tanelorn") and "The Apocalyptic Powerhead" (apparently, at the end of the novel "Stormbearer") from the single "Defenders Of Tanelorn" (2003).

Diamond Head (UK). The song "Borrowed Time" from the album of the same name (1982), written from the perspective of Elric, as well as the song "Knight Of The Swords" ("Knight of Swords" - the title of Arioch and the title of the first novel from the Corum cycle, 1971) from the album "Canterbury" (1983). Elric is featured on the album cover for Borrowed Time.

DoomSword (Italy). The song "Return to Imryyr" ("Return to Imrrir") from the album "DoomSword" ("Sword of Destiny") (1999), as well as a cover version of the Cirith Ungol song - "Nadsokor".

Dragon Lord (Italy). The band's name ("Dragon Master") is likely an allusion to the Elric Saga. Some songs may also be influenced by Moorcock.

Dragon Lords (USA). The group's name ("Dragon Masters") is likely an allusion to the Elric Saga.

Elysian Fury (USA). The song "The Nomad of Time" ("Nomad of Time" - by the name of the cycle about Oswald Bastable).

Far East Ghost (Japan). The song "Hishiryo Vs Far East Ghost - Stormbringer" from the album "Welcome To Psychedelic Hell" (2007).

Gandalf. The song "End Of Time" ("The End of Time" - based on the cycle about the Edge of Time) from the album "Deadly Fairytales" (1998).

Highland Glory (Norway). The song "Edge Of Time" ("Edge of Time") from the album "Forever Endeavor" (2005).

Kendra Smith (USA). The song "Valley of The Morning Sun" (from the Time Nomads cycle) from the Five Ways of Disappearing album. Also, as related to the work of Moorcock, the song "The Wheel Of The Law" is called.

Lorien (Spain). The song "The Island Of The Dragon" ("Dragon Island" - an epithet of Melnibone) from the album "Secrets Of The Elder» (2002).

Magnum (Great Britain). The song "Stormbringer", included in the albums "Vintage" (2002) and "Kingdom of Madness".

Mekong Delta (Germany). The song "Heros Grief" from the album "Mekong Delta" (1987), dedicated to Elric.

Mournblade (UK). The group is named for Stormbringer's twin sword ("Sorrow's Blade").

M. T. Wizzard (Germany). The song "The Flowers Of Bannon Brae" ("Flowers from Bannon Brie", mentioned in the poetic fragments of the novel "Rose's Revenge", 1991) from the album "Berlin-Instanbul"

Necronomicon (Germany). The song "Stormbringer" from the album of the same name (2004).

Panacea (Germany). The song "Stormbringer" from the album "Low Profile Darkness".

Roanoke (USA). Half-hour composition "Stormbringer", released as a separate album (2005).

Stuart Smith. Instrumental composition "Road to Melnibone" ("Road to Melnibone") from the album "Heaven and Earth" (2005).

Tanelorn. The band is named after the Eternal City of Tanelorn from Moorcock's writings.

Turmion Katiliot (Finland). The song Stormbringer.

Tygers of Pan Tang (Great Britain). The Pan Tang Tigers are named after the war tigers of Pan Tang Island, a theocratic kingdom from the Elric Saga. The song "Fireclown" ("Fire Clown" - the second title of the novel "The Winds of Limbo", 1969, and the name of its main character) from the album "Wild Cat" (1980). Perhaps Moorcock inspired some of the other compositions of the group.

Valensia (Great Britain). The song "The Realm of Nature" from the album "Gaia II" (2000) seems to be based on the cycle about the Edge of Time.

Yyrkoon (France). The band is named after Yirkun, Elric's cousin. Many of the band's songs are likely inspired by Moorcock; for example, "Elemental Storm]" and "Runic Art" from the album "Oniric Transition" (1998), "Stolen Souls" (probably based on the novel Soul Thief, 1971) and "Dying Sun" from the album "Dying Sun" ( 2002), "Temple Of Infinity" (possibly based on the novel "Rituals of Infinity", 1971) from the album "Unhealthy Opera" (2006).

Zakas (USA). The song "Hounds of the Horn" ("Dogs of the Horn" - about the dogs of Kerenos from the second trilogy about Corum) from the album "Shunk Daddy Grind" (2001). On the cover of this album, as well as the album "Illegitimus Non Carborundum" (2003), there are illustrations by Gerald Brom, respectively, for the Corum and Elric sagas. In addition, many other illustrations for Moorcock's books (The Tree of Chaos, The Dogs of Kerenos, Foy Miore, etc.) are associated with the work of this group.

Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium (Russia). Only one song has been officially confirmed with Moorcock - "Misha from the City of Creaking Statues" (after the name of the City of Screaming Statues - the capital of Pan-Tang) from the album "Triangle" (1981). Boris Grebenshchikov is also recognized in connection with the work of Moorcock's album "Hyperborea", as well as in an indirect influence on many other songs. Some researchers believe that, in addition to explicit Christian allusions, the title of the album "Songs of the Fisherman" may be associated with the wandering fisher god Rynn from the Korum cycle.

Scarlet Archer (Kaliningrad). The songs "Soldier of Tanelorn" and "Tanelorn must be ...". In addition, the Scarlet Archer is the author of many other works, parodies, games and jokes based on Moorcock, and also actively participates in the work of the Tanelorn website (http://moorcock.narod.ru/), dedicated to Moorcock's work.

Andrey Markelov (Russia). Instrumental composition "Black Sword".

Illet (Russia). The song "Eternal Warrior" from the album "Wolf Sun" (2000).

Laura Moskovskaya (Russia). The song "Sword of Sorrow" (the same as the Sword of Sorrow) from the album "Witch" (2000).

Loriel (Russia). The songs "Under the Unkind Sun", "Lullaby to the Hero" and "Shari", the lyrics of which were included in the collection of poems "The Facets of the Great Crystal". In addition, the music for the first two songs was written by Mara, the Keeper of the Tanelorn website.

Martiel (Russia). The song "In Search of Tanelorn" (after the title of the last novel in the Hawkmoon cycle). In addition, there is her own parody of the same music, as well as Assidi's parody song "In Search of Zucchini", which retains allusions to Moorcock.

Nella (Kaliningrad). The song "Fire and Sword", dedicated to Elric.

Prince Korum (Russia). Instrumental album "Lords of Swords" (based on the first trilogy about Corum), including several tracks.

Roman Shebalin and Nav (Russia). Suite "Stones of Crag Don" (based on the trilogy about Corum "Silver Hand"), the composition "Lullaby for Corum", as well as the composition "Earth of the End Time" (in addition to the possible connection of the name with the End of Time, the text is a list of names in the spirit Eternal Warrior, among which are the names of Moorcock's characters: Corum, Munglum, Oswald, Hawkmoon), the backing track of which was included in the album Favorite Days of the Life and Death of King Haggard (2002). In addition, many Navi performances are accompanied by quotes from The Edge of Time, and Roman Shebalin is the author of crossover works with great allusions to Moorcock - The Saga of Folco from Ea, or DND on the DB and The Book of the Echidna of the White Flame.

Yuri Melisov and the Epidemic (Russia). The song "At the Edge of Time" from the album of the same name (1999), as well as the rock opera "Elven Manuscript" (2004) and, in particular, the song "Eternal Warrior". In addition, the song "Life at Twilight" from the album of the same name (2005), according to Yuri Melisov, was written about Limb.

There are also "murky" parodies different authors(Scarlet Archer, Assidi, Vadim Rumyantsev, Werther de Goethe, Loving Chaos, May Minstrell; most of them are regular visitors to the Tanelorn site and forum) to famous and not very famous songs.

Links

Michael Moorcock official website

Multiverse by Michael Moorcock
Authors	Michael Moorcock· Hilary Bailey · Richard Lee Beers · Carl Edward Wagner · Robert Weinberg · Robert Weirdman · Neil Gaiman · Gary Gygax · Roland Greene · Colin Greenland · Matthew Jorgsen · James Dorr · Nancy Collins · Storm Constantine · Peter Crowther · Bill Creeder · Paul Cashman · James Lovegrove · Doug Murray · Frieda Murray · Jody Lynn Nye · Brian Aldis · Charles Pertington · Alan Rich · Roman Adrianov · Norman Spinrad · Kevin Stein · Brad Strickland · Ted Williams · Thomas Fuller · John M. Harrison · David Hoenigsberg · Nancy Holder · Scott Chinchin · Stuart von Ellman ·
Incarnations of the Eternal Warrior
Companions of the Eternal Warrior
Beloved of the Eternal Warrior	Zarinia · Isolda Brass · Yishana · Katherine Cornelius · Medb · Ralina · Simoril · Shaarilla · Hermijad
Enemies of the Eternal Warrior
Gods
Weapon

Biography

Throughout the years that Moorcock edited New Worlds, he never stopped writing. But, only in the mid-1970s, when the Wave subsided, critics and readers "discovered" a new writer - a very prolific, diverse, consistent in carrying out some of his obsessions, as well as intelligent, ironic and stylistically "equipped" for any taste. From the very first works, he set about creating a completely unprecedented super series, covering, according to the author's intention, all his works. For this, however, it was necessary to develop the concept of the Multiverse (the term was borrowed from the prominent English prose writer John Cowper Powis), in which various parallel worlds coexist, constantly intersecting with each other. The novels of this megacycle are written in different genres - there are "hard" science fiction, and fantasy, and the novel of the absurd, and alternative history, and decadence, and "space opera", and even detective or realistic prose. The heroes of the books freely migrate from novel to novel, eventually forming a rich polyphonic whole (which was facilitated by the frequent rewriting of early works by the author).

Bibliography

Wanderers in time

Master of the Air (1971)
Leviathan Walks the Earth (1974)
Steel Tsar (1980)

Chronicles of Kane from Ancient Mars

City of the Beast (1965)
Master of the Spiders (1965)
Masters of the Pit (1965)

Sojan and the warriors of Zilor

Sojan - swordsman (1957)
Sojan, swordsman from Zilor (1957)
Sojang and the Sea of Demons (1957)
Sojang and the mysterious steppes (1958)
Sojan and the Sons of the Serpent God (1958)
Sojan and the Monster Hunters of Norge (1958)
Clam Predator (1958)
Dec from Nutara (1957)
Rens Carto with Bursnola (1958)

Chronicles of Hawkmoon

The Jewel in the Skull (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1967)
Amulet of the Mad God (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1968)
Sword of the Dawn (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1968)
Secret of the Runestaff (tetralogy - Runestaff) (1969)
Count Brass (trilogy - Castle Brass) (1972)
Defender of Garathorm (trilogy - Castle Brass) (1973)
In Search of Tanelorn (trilogy - Castle Brass) (1973)

Chronicles of Corum

Knight of Swords (trilogy - Lords of Swords) (1971)
Queen of Swords (trilogy - Lords of Swords) (1971)
King of Swords (trilogy - Lords of Swords) (1971)
Bull and Spear (trilogy - Corum the silver hand) (1973)
Oak and Aries (trilogy - Corum the silver hand) (1973)
Sword and Stallion (trilogy - Corum the silver hand) (1973)

The Saga of Elric of Melnibone

Elric: Birth of a Wizard (graphic novel) (2005)
Elric of Melnibone (1972)
Fortress of the Pearl (1986)
Song of the White Wolf (Summoning the Black Sword) (1994)
Sailing the Seas of Destiny (1976)
Elric at the Edge of Time (1984)
Dreaming City (1977)
When the Gods Laugh (1977)
Singing Citadel (1977)
Sleeping Sorceress (Vanishing Tower) (1971)
Rose's Revenge (1991)
Soul Thief (1977)
The Last Spell (Jokes of Chaos) (1977)
Kings in Darkness (1977)
Lost Dreams (Bringers of Fire) (1977)
Burenosets (1965/1977)
Ivory Portrait (2007)
Wandering Forest (2007)
Black Petals (2008)

Chronicles of the von Beck family

Dog of War and Pain of the World (1981)
Brothel on Rosenstrasse (1982)
City in Autumn Stars (1989)
flow (?)
The Strange Garden of Filipe Sajittarius (?)
Breakfast with the Antichrist (1994)
Daughter of the Dream Thief

Second Aether

Blood: Southern Fantasy (1994)
Incredible Harbors (1995)
War Among Angels (1996)

Erikese Chronicles

Eternal Warrior (1956)
Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
Dragon in the Sword (Order of Darkness) (1981)
Swords of Heaven: Flowers of Hell (graphic novel) (1983)

Between Wars

Byzantium Commands (1981)
Carthage Laughs (1984)
Jerusalem Commands (1992)
Revenge of Rome (2005)

Chronicles of Cornelius

Final program (1968)
The Cure for Cancer (1971)
English Assassin (1972)
The Musak Condition (1977)
Entropy Tango (1981)
The Adventures of Una Person and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century (1976)
The Life and Times of Jerry Cornelius (collection of short stories; expanded edition - The New Nature of Disaster) (1976/1993)
The Great Rock'n'Roll Fraud (1977)
The Alchemist's Question (1984)
Spencer's Legacy (1998)
Cheers for Rockets (1998)
Arson of the Cathedral (2002)

Jerry Cornell

Chinese Agent (formerly - Somewhere in the Night) (1966/1970)
Russian Intelligence (formerly Apprentice Printer) (1966/1980)

Edge of Time

Alien Heat (1972)
Empty Lands (1974)
End of All Songs (1976)
Pale Roses (1976)
White Stars (1976)
Ancient Shadows (1976)
Transformation Miss Ming (Messiah at the Edge of Time) (1977)
Luxury Dress: A Matter of Size at the Edge of Time (2008)

Tales of the Albino

Dream Thief's Daughter (2001)
Skreling Tree (2003)
Son of the White Wolf (2006)

Carl Glogauer

Se - Man (1969)
Breakfast in the Ruins (1972)

Dwellers of time

Dweller of time (?)
Escape from the sunset (?)

Selected works

Dark Worlds (1965)
Fire Clown (Winds of Limbo, At the Gates of the Underworld Windy) (1965/1969)
Twilight Man (Death Shores) (1966/1970)
Collision of Times (1967)
Ice Schooner (1969)
Black Corridor (1969)
Distant Suns (with F.K. Dick) (1975)
Save Tanelorn (1977)
Count Obek's Dream (Chaos Conqueror) (1977)
Gloriana, or the Failed Queen (1978)
Golden Barca (1980)
Crystal and Amulet (with J. Kawthorne) (1986)
Mother London (1988)
Silver Heart (with Storm Constantine) (2000)
Sorceress of the Silent Citadel (2002)

Music

Blue Öyster Cult (Great Britain). Moorcock wrote three songs for this group: "The Great Sun Jester" ("The Great Sun Jester"), dedicated to Michael's friend Bill Butler, who died from drugs, which has clear allusions to the Fire Jester, a character in the novels "The Winds of Limbo" (1969) and " The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming" (1977), and included in the album "Mirrors" (1979); "Black Blade" ("Black Blade") from the album "Cultosaurus Erectus" (1980); and "Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars" ("Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars") from the album "Fire of unknown Origin" (1981), on which a clip presentation was made by unknown authors using paintings based on Moorcock's work.

Michael Moorcocks Deep Fix (UK). Michael Moorcock's own musical project. In addition to being the founder, leader and vocalist of the group, he is responsible for about half of the lyrics from the only official album - "The New Worlds Fair" (1972), including the song "The Brothel In Rosenstrasse", the same name with the novel from the cycle "Chronicles of the von Beck family" (1982). In addition, the group released an album called "Elric live at the BBC" (1992), which included 8 songs, which, unfortunately, no information is available.

Nick Turner (Great Britain). Solo project of Nick Turner, a former member of the Hawkwind band. When recording the album "Past or Future?" Moorcock sang the lyrics to "Warriors on the Edge of Time".

Robert Calvert (Great Britain). Solo project by Robert Calvert, former member of the Hawkwind band. Moorcock plays the 12-string guitar on the Hype album and the banjo on the Lucky Leif & The Longships album.

The Bellyflops (UK). This group met in 1965 to record an album to be distributed at the Science Fiction Convention. Moorcock played in it along with some of the musicians who constantly or occasionally participated in the Hawkwind.

In addition, many songs and instrumental compositions have been written based on Moorcock's work by various rock bands and solo artists from different countries.

3 Inches of Blood (Canada). The song "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" is based on the novel of the same name from the Elric Saga (1976), which features Elric and other Moorcock characters, as well as the "Upon The Boiling Sea" trilogy (" In the Boiling Sea" - one of the geographical names of the Elric world) - the songs "Fear On The Bridge", "Lord Of The Storm" and "Isle Of Eternal Despair") from the album "Advance And Vanquish" (2004) and the mini-album "Upon The Boiling Sea.

Agnes Vein (Greece). The song "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" from the Chaos And Law album is about Elric and his Sword.

An Albatross (USA). The song "Stormbringer" ("Stormbearer" - after the name of the Black Sword and the last novel of the Elric Saga, 1977) from the album "Blessphemy" (2006).

Apollo Ra (USA). The song "Bane Of The Black Sword" ("The Curse of the Black Sword" - based on the novel of the same name about Elric, 1977) from the album "Ra Pariah" (1989).

Assedium (Italy). The song "The Messenger of Chaos" from the album "Rise of the Warlords" (2006), dedicated to Elric.

Battleroar (Greece). The songs "Mourning Sword" ("The Sword of Sorrow" - the name of the twin Thunderbird) from the album "Battleroar" (2003) and "Dyvim Tvar" ("Divim Tvar" - the lord of the Dragon Caves, the character of the Elric Saga) from the album "Age Of Chaos" ("Times of Chaos") (2005). The cover of the Battleroar album depicts what appears to be a battle from the novel Stormbringer, as indicated by the Stars of Chaos on the flags. Perhaps, under the influence of Moorcock, some other songs of the group were written.

Blind Guardian (Germany). The songs "Damned for All Time" about Hawkmoon and "Fast to Madness" about Elric from the album "Follow the Blind" (1989), "The Quest for Tanelorn" ("In Search of Tanelorn" - after the title of the last novel from the Hawkmoon cycle, 1975) from the album "Somewhere Far Beyond" (1992), "Imaginations from the Other Side" (mentioned by Corum) from the album "Imaginations from the Other Side" (1995). In addition, one of the Blind Guardian songs - "Journey through the Dark" from the album "Somewhere Far Beyond" (1992) - is dedicated to Jerry-a-Conel, according to band leader Hansi.

Blood Arkin (Norway). The song "Blood Arkin" ("Bloody Arkin" - named after one of the Lords of Order, Lord Arkin) from the album "The Death is dead" (2006), which is a rather strange interpretation of the personality of this character.

BloodHad (USA). The song "Michael Moorcock" ("Michael Moorcock") from the album "Hellbent For Letters" (2006), belonging to a large cycle of songs dedicated to various science fiction writers (including Stephen King, Howard Lovecraft, Ursula le Guin and many others) .

Cirith Ungol (USA). The songs "Black Machine", "Master Of The Pit" (apparently, these two songs are related to the novel "Masters of the Pit" - "Masters of the Pit" - from the cycle about Michael Caine, 1971), "Death Of The Sun " (perhaps based on the novel "Phoenix in Obsidian" from the Erekose cycle, 1970, or based on some stories by Moorcock), "King Of The Dead" (based on the story "Kings in Darkness", 1977) from the album "King Of The Dead" (1984); "Chaos Descends" ("The Descent of Chaos"), "Nadsokor" ("Nadsokor" - City of Beggars in the Elric Saga; this song is also covered by the group "DoomSword"), "The Fire" (apparently about Chekalakh - the Fiery God from the novel "The Sleeping Sorceress", 1971) from the album "One Foot In Hell" (1986); "Chaos Rising" ("The Rise of Chaos") from the album "Paradise Lost" (1991). On the album covers - illustrations by Michael Whelan for the Elric Saga: "Bringer of the Storm" ("Frost and Fire"), "The Last King of Org" ("King Of The Dead"), "Demon Guard" ("One Foot In Hell" ) and "Sailing the Seas of Fate" ("Paradise Lost").

Dark Moor (Spain). The song "The Fall Of Melnibone" from the album of the same name (2000), also a bonus track on the Japanese album "Hall of the Olden Dreams" and included in the album "Between Light and Darkness". The album cover for The Fall Of Melnibone appears to be of Arioch.

Deep Purple (UK). The song "Stormbringer" from the album of the same name (1974). There are also cover versions of this song by Whitesnake (Live in the Shadow of the Blues album), Sandler (People Pro To Purple compilation), John Norum & Glenn Hughes (Smoke On The Water - A Tribute To Deep Purple"). In addition, the song "Perfect Strangers" from the album of the same name is also sometimes called as related to Elric (the group "Dream Theater" has a cover version). On the band's official website, the eight-pointed Star of Chaos is used as a listing marker.

Defenders Of Tanelorn (Georgia). Songs "Defenders Of Tanelorn" ("Defenders of Tanelorn") and "The Apocalyptic Powerhead" (apparently, at the end of the novel "Stormbearer") from the single "Defenders Of Tanelorn" (2003).

Diamond Head (UK). The song "Borrowed Time" from the album of the same name (1982), written from the perspective of Elric, as well as the song "Knight Of The Swords" ("Knight of Swords" - the title of Arioch and the title of the first novel from the Corum cycle, 1971) from the album "Canterbury" (1983). Elric is featured on the album cover for Borrowed Time.

DoomSword (Italy). The song "Return to Imryyr" ("Return to Imrrir") from the album "DoomSword" ("Sword of Destiny") (1999), as well as a cover version of the Cirith Ungol song - "Nadsokor".

Dragon Lord (Italy). The band's name ("Dragon Master") is likely an allusion to the Elric Saga. Some songs may also be influenced by Moorcock.

Dragon Lords (USA). The group's name ("Dragon Masters") is likely an allusion to the Elric Saga.

Elysian Fury (USA). The song "The Nomad of Time" ("Nomad of Time" - by the name of the cycle about Oswald Bastable).

Far East Ghost (Japan). The song "Hishiryo Vs Far East Ghost - Stormbringer" from the album "Welcome To Psychedelic Hell" (2007).

Gandalf. The song "End Of Time" ("The End of Time" - based on the cycle about the Edge of Time) from the album "Deadly Fairytales" (1998).

Highland Glory (Norway). The song "Edge Of Time" ("Edge of Time") from the album "Forever Endeavor" (2005).

Kendra Smith (USA). The song "Valley of The Morning Sun" (from the Time Nomads cycle) from the Five Ways of Disappearing album. Also, as related to the work of Moorcock, the song "The Wheel Of The Law" is called.

Lorien (Spain). The song "The Island Of The Dragon" ("Dragon Island" - an epithet of Melnibone) from the album "Secrets Of The Elder" (2002).

Magnum (Great Britain). The song "Stormbringer", included in the albums "Vintage" (2002) and "Kingdom of Madness".

Mekong Delta (Germany). The song "Heros Grief" from the album "Mekong Delta" (1987), dedicated to Elric.

Mournblade (UK). The group is named for Stormbringer's twin sword ("Sorrow's Blade").

M. T. Wizzard (Germany). The song "The Flowers Of Bannon Brae" ("Flowers from Bannon Brie", mentioned in the poetic fragments of the novel "Rose's Revenge", 1991) from the album "Berlin-Instanbul"

Necronomicon (Germany). The song "Stormbringer" from the album of the same name (2004).

Panacea (Germany). The song "Stormbringer" from the album "Low Profile Darkness".

Roanoke (USA). Half-hour composition "Stormbringer", released as a separate album (2005).

Stuart Smith. Instrumental composition "Road to Melnibone" ("Road to Melnibone") from the album "Heaven and Earth" (2005).

Tanelorn. The band is named after the Eternal City of Tanelorn from Moorcock's writings.

Turmion Katiliot (Finland). The song Stormbringer.

Tygers of Pan Tang (Great Britain). The Pan Tang Tigers are named after the war tigers of Pan Tang Island, a theocratic kingdom from the Elric Saga. The song "Fireclown" ("Fire Clown" - the second title of the novel "The Winds of Limbo", 1969, and the name of its main character) from the album "Wild Cat" (1980). Perhaps Moorcock inspired some of the other compositions of the group.

Valensia (Great Britain). The song "The Realm of Nature" from the album "Gaia II" (2000) seems to be based on the cycle about the Edge of Time.

Yyrkoon (France). The band is named after Yirkun, Elric's cousin. Many of the band's songs are likely inspired by Moorcock; for example, "Elemental Storm]" and "Runic Art" from the album "Oniric Transition" (1998), "Stolen Souls" (probably based on the novel Soul Thief, 1971) and "Dying Sun" from the album "Dying Sun" ( 2002), "Temple Of Infinity" (possibly based on the novel "Rituals of Infinity", 1971) from the album "Unhealthy Opera" (2006).

Zakas (USA). The song "Hounds of the Horn" ("Dogs of the Horn" - about the dogs of Kerenos from the second trilogy about Corum) from the album "Shunk Daddy Grind" (2001). On the cover of this album, as well as the album "Illegitimus Non Carborundum" (2003), there are illustrations by Gerald Brom, respectively, for the Corum and Elric sagas. In addition, many other illustrations for Moorcock's books (The Tree of Chaos, The Dogs of Kerenos, Foy Miore, etc.) are associated with the work of this group.

Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium (Russia). Only one song has been officially confirmed with Moorcock - "Misha from the City of Creaking Statues" (after the name of the City of Screaming Statues - the capital of Pan-Tang) from the album "Triangle" (1981). Boris Grebenshchikov is also recognized in connection with the work of Moorcock's album "Hyperborea", as well as in an indirect influence on many other songs. Some researchers believe that, in addition to explicit Christian allusions, the title of the album "Songs of the Fisherman" may be associated with the wandering fisher god Rynn from the Korum cycle.

Scarlet Archer (Kaliningrad). The songs "Soldier of Tanelorn" and "Tanelorn must be ...". In addition, the Scarlet Archer is the author of many other works, parodies, games and jokes based on Moorcock, and also actively participates in the work of the Tanelorn website (http://moorcock.narod.ru/), dedicated to Moorcock's work.

Andrey Markelov (Russia). Instrumental composition "Black Sword".

Illet (Russia). The song "Eternal Warrior" from the album "Wolf Sun" (2000).

Laura Moskovskaya (Russia). The song "Sword of Sorrow" (the same as the Sword of Sorrow) from the album "Witch" (2000).

Loriel (Russia). The songs "Under the Unkind Sun", "Lullaby to the Hero" and "Shari", the lyrics of which were included in the collection of poems "The Facets of the Great Crystal". In addition, the music for the first two songs was written by Mara, the Keeper of the Tanelorn website.

Martiel (Russia). The song "In Search of Tanelorn" (after the title of the last novel in the Hawkmoon cycle). In addition, there is her own parody of the same music, as well as Assidi's parody song "In Search of Zucchini", which retains allusions to Moorcock.

Nella (Kaliningrad). The song "Fire and Sword", dedicated to Elric.

Prince Korum (Russia). Instrumental album "Lords of Swords" (based on the first trilogy about Corum), including several tracks.

Roman Shebalin and Nav (Russia). Suite "Stones of Crag Don" (based on the trilogy about Corum "Silver Hand"), the composition "Lullaby for Corum", as well as the composition "Earth of the End Time" (in addition to the possible connection of the name with the End of Time, the text is a list of names in the spirit Eternal Warrior, among which are the names of Moorcock's characters: Corum, Munglum, Oswald, Hawkmoon), the backing track of which was included in the album Favorite Days of the Life and Death of King Haggard (2002). In addition, many Navi performances are accompanied by quotes from The Edge of Time, and Roman Shebalin is the author of crossover works with great allusions to Moorcock - The Saga of Folco from Ea, or DND on the DB and The Book of the Echidna of the White Flame.

Yuri Melisov and the Epidemic (Russia). The song "At the Edge of Time" from the album of the same name (1999), as well as the rock opera "Elven Manuscript" (2004) and, in particular, the song "Eternal Warrior". In addition, the song "Life at Twilight" from the album of the same name (2005), according to Yuri Melisov, was written about Limb.

There are also "murky" parodies by various authors (Scarlet Archer, Assidi, Vadim Rumyantsev, Werther de Goethe, Loving Chaos, May Minstrell; most of them are regular visitors to the Tanelorn site and forum) of famous and not very famous songs.

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