I looked down at her shriveled corpse. It lay across that o… - Michael Moorcock

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I looked down at her shriveled corpse. It lay across that of her brother. One had represented the evil of the world, the other the good. Yet both had been defeated by pride, by ambition, by a promise of immortality.

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

Birth Name: Michael John Moorcock

Alternative Names: Hank Janson

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