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Michael Moorcock

    18 december 1939

    Michael Moorcock is een gevierde Engelse auteur wiens uitgebreide oeuvre zich uitstrekt over sciencefiction, fantasy en literaire romans. Zijn schrijven duikt vaak in complexe morele vraagstukken en verkent archetypische personages die de grenzen van het menselijk bestaan en de aard van de werkelijkheid bevragen. Moorcocks onderscheidende stijl, gekenmerkt door metafysische mijmeringen en een scherp ironisch perspectief, heeft de ontwikkeling van moderne sciencefiction en het bredere literaire landschap diepgaand beïnvloed.

    Michael Moorcock
    Von Bek
    The Winds of Limbo
    The Vengeance Of Rome
    Science Fiction - 46: Emigranten voor utopia
    Zie de mens
    God uit de machine
    • The Vengeance Of Rome

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      The fourth and final volume of the legendary Pyat Quartet. Hero-worshipping Mussolini, he enters the dictator's circle, enjoys a close friendship with Mussolini's wife and is sent by the Duce on a secret mission to Munich, becoming intimate with Ernst Roehm, the homosexual stormtrooper leader.

      The Vengeance Of Rome
      4,4
    • Set in a future devoid of war and nuclear threats, where technology propels humanity forward and many cities exist underground, the story follows Alain von Bek, a man of noble heritage leading a mundane life in Switzerland's subterranean city. The sudden emergence of the enigmatic Fireclown disrupts his existence, threatening to alter not just Alain's fate but the entire trajectory of Earth's future. This tale explores themes of identity, change, and the impact of unexpected forces on a seemingly utopian world.

      The Winds of Limbo
      5,0
    • Von Bek

      • 608bladzijden
      • 22 uur lezen

      This is the story of Ulrich von Bek, a cynical mercenary who sells his skills as a soldier in the wars taking place all over Europe. After the particularly horrific destruction of a city in which he played a role, von Bek decides to desert the military company he was working for and travel alone for awhile before seeking further employment. On his solo journey, he happens upon a castle where he takes refuge with - and then falls in love with - the keeper of the castle, the beautiful Sabrina. It is in this castle that he meets Lucifer, the master of Hell, and finds out that his soul is already destined for Hell. And so, in exchange for his soul, von Bek agrees to go on a quest for Lucifer, namely to find the Cure for the World's Pain.

      Von Bek
      5,0
    • The War Amongst the Angels

      • 832bladzijden
      • 30 uur lezen

      The Michael Moorcock Collection presents, for the first time, definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author.

      The War Amongst the Angels
      4,4
    • The Sailor on the Seas of Fate

      • 170bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      Leaving his cousin Yrkoon sitting as regent upon the Ruby Throne of Melnibone, leaving his cousin Cymoril weeping for him and despairing of his ever returning, Elric sailed from Imrryr, the Dreaming City, and went to seek an unknown goal in the world of the Young Kingdoms where Melniboneans were at best, disliked.

      The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
      4,3
    • Jerusalem Commands

      • 592bladzijden
      • 21 uur lezen

      The third novel of the Pyat quartet finds Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski scheming his way from New York to Hollywood, Cairo to Marrakesh, from cult success to the utter limits of sexual degradation, leaving a trail of mechanical and human wreckage as he crashes towards an appointment with the worst nightmare of this century.

      Jerusalem Commands
      4,2
    • In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. After defeating his nefarious cousin and gaining control over the epic sword, Stormbringer, Elric, prince of ruins, must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in a fight against Armageddon.

      Stormbringer: The Elric Saga Part 2
      4,2