"He is the master storyteller of our time."--Angela Carter
Michael Moorcock: Legendary author of the Elric saga, Science Fiction
Grand Master, platinum album-receiving rock star, and controversial
editor of the new wave fiction movement's New Worlds. In this definitive
collection, discover the incomparable stories of one of our most
important contemporary writers.
These exceptional stories range effortlessly from the genre tales that
continue to define fantasy to the author's critically acclaimed
mainstream works. Classic offerings include the Nebula Award-winning
novella "Behold the Man," which introduces a time traveler and unlikely
messiah that H.G. Wells never imagined; "The Visible Men," a recent tale
of the ambiguous and androgynous secret agent Jerry Cornelius; the
trilogy "My Experiences in the Third World War," where a Russian agent
in an alternate Cambodia is powerless to prevent an inevitable march
toward nuclear disaster; and "A Portrait in Ivory," a Melibone story of
troubled anti-hero Elric and his soul-stealing sword, Stormbringer.
Newer work handpicked by an expert editing team includes one previously
unpublished story and three uncollected stories.