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Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is 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. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine ''New Worlds'', from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States. His publication of ''Bug Jack Barron'' by Norman Spinrad as a serial novel was notorious; in Parliament some British MPs condemned the Arts Council for funding the magazine.〔Michael Ashley, Transformations: Volume 2 in the History of the Science Fiction Magazine, 1950–1970 (Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 2005), p. 250.〕 In 2008, ''The Times'' newspaper named Moorcock in its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".〔(The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945 ). 5 January 2008. ''The Times''. Retrieved 2010-02-27.〕 In December 2014, production was announced by Digital Story Engine of ''MICHAEL MOORCOCK: FAITH, HOPE AND ANXIETY'', a feature-length documentary film exploring Moorcock's six-decade career and influence. The film is scheduled for release in 2016.〔http://www.multiverse.org/?q=node/262〕 ==Biography== Michael Moorcock was born in London in 1939〔http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Michael-Moorcock/biography.html〕 and the landscape of London, particularly the area of Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove, is an important influence in some of his fiction (cf. the Cornelius novels). Moorcock has mentioned ''The Gods of Mars'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ''The Apple Cart'' by George Bernard Shaw and ''The Constable of St. Nicholas'' by Edwin Lester Arnold as the first three books that captured his imagination.〔(Thoughts \ Interviews \ People Online Chat with Michael Moorcock )〕 Moorcock is the former husband of Hilary Bailey. He is also the former husband of Jill Riches, who later married Robert Calvert. She illustrated some of Moorcock's book covers, including the ''Gloriana'' dustjacket.〔("Jill Riches – Summary Bibliography" ). ISFDB. Retrieved 2013-04-04.〕 He was an original member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of eight heroic fantasy authors founded in the 1960s and led by Lin Carter, self-selected by fantasy credentials alone. Moorcock was the subject of two book-length works, a monograph and an interview, by Colin Greenland. In 1983, Greenland published ''The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction''. He followed this with ''Michael Moorcock: Death is No Obstacle'', a book-length interview in 1992. In the 1990s, he moved to Texas in the United States. His wife Linda is American. He spends half of the year in Texas, the other half in Paris.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Moorcock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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