Scholarly men were suspect in my town. Women could not admi… - Michael Moorcock

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Scholarly men were suspect in my town. Women could not admit to scholarship at all. Men are afraid of two things in this world, it seems—women and knowledge. Both threaten their power, eh?

Michael Moorcock

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Michael Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is a prolific British writer and editor, long known for his SF and fantasy works and now also for literary novels.

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Birth Name: Michael John Moorcock

Alternative Names: Bill Barclay • William Ewert Barclay • Edward P. Bradbury • James Colvin • Warwick Colvin, Jr. • Philip James • Hank Janson • Desmond Reid • Michael Barrington

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The schizophrenic condition finds its most glorious expression in Hinduism," remarked Professor Hira. "Whereas Christianity is an expression of the much less interesting paranoid frame of reference. Paranoia is rarely heroic, in the mythical sense, at least.

Men may trust men, Prince Elric, but perhaps we'll never have a truly sane world until men learn to trust mankind. That would mean the death of magic, I think.

But beware of gods Elric. Beware of the Lords of the Higher Worlds and remember that their aid and their gifts must always be paid for.

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